sun kiss on my cheek
and those crazy places fill
a rising stillness

a brown smell, wet leaves
the dark scent of expanding
possibilities

eyes closed and drifting
sunlight falling through water
silence suspended

beauty...I want to
breathe this moment forever
the sky in my hands

blue sky meets the earth
follow that long endless edge
wide as my smile

dancing over me
sunlight plays with grey shadows
filled with a white light

to hold myself back
or be completely open
truth in compassion


cold edge of the night
purple falling into black
words cut out of me



as I closed the door
I left you out in the night
listen to the stars

I will not fight it
my heart will love where wanted
and sometimes where not

and rising above
I leave my body behind
no ties left to bind

the sky is falling
stars are sliding off my skin
puddles on the ground


as I learn to stay
quiet with a hopeful heart
embracing silence

cold, rainy, sharp, grey
remembering my deep roots
and power returns

all I can hope for
is for someone to see truth
stripped...silent...open

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sometimes events are out of our control
they move forward with a life of their own
while we are the unaware participants, catalysts

breath
learn
love
live

heal me with your skin
warm smooth life under my tongue
pain leaves with a breath

tired past all words
I surrender to the sound
deep in indigo

with eyes wide open
hush the words, stop the chatter
listen inside-out

with eyes clear as glass
you held your doors wide open
I found myself home

words rise with our breath
warm thought swirls, trails through the night
constellations form

looking up at you
I fall through the open doors
so easily lost

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there is no telling when this will happen
without warning and no place to hide
sliced open...exposed...released
finally to become weightless
climbing the velvet night
a clear searing flame
soars deeply over
endless waves
vulnerable
powerful
crashing
falling
rising
you
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I explore through words. Who I am, what I am learning..experiencing.
This is only my view, and all it ever can be. A small slice at best.
It is not easy to be so exposed, but...necessary.

no words for the joy
no place I would rather be
right here...right now...breathe

taking  a deep breath
I feel life against my skin
just stop and live it