floating in the air
golden minutes of the day
swirl and fall gently

lost in the colour
thousands of heartbeats later
I take a slow breath

shuttered blue windows
open in the winter sky
a flash of red wings

shadows dance with light
in stories told through smiles
death is not quiet

up through the fathoms
spinning galaxies resound
music on my skin

they brush my eyelids
and the swirling years, they dance
warm golden sunlight

I can feel the words
embedded in the shadows
syllables of light

I blinked in the sun
and then tripped over the day
laying at my feet

underneath the waves
suspended in the quiet
blue filtered sunlight

shining and dancing
my daughter's beautiful soul
sunlight through the leaves

sharp as clear sunlight
words and life reach a balance
turning with the leaves

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gently, these bright lives
enter my doors and windows
colours beyond thought

words dropped one by one
until nothing left but sound
thoughts run like water

rise and fill the sky
on waves the colour of thought
my heart for a sail

words shine or destroy
in the landscape of the heart
use them carefully

clear as sharp starlight
I see your heart in your eyes
shadows on the floor

such a mad jumble!
words dance, dust motes in sunlight
spinning and flashing


my heart is learning
the music of your story
layers of deep sound

a familiar light
looks back at me through dark eyes
with doors wide open


the slow explosions
that come from intense stillness
warm quivering breath

my words are mountains
built layer upon layer
whispers to the stars

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I seem to have much to say lately
but don't know where to begin.
So what is this need I feel to
explain myself or to find
where I stand amidst
the lives, the wonder
that is around me?
All is connected,
I have no doubt, 
and I am in
wonder
always.

day slowly closes
thoughts lingering with the light
an uncertain sky



eyes meet, then entwined
no ending, or beginning
with warm breath between

growing, expanding
I have been turned inside-out
my heart in the stars

breathing in the words
I become still, then I smile
with their pleasant weight