I lit a fire in me
That I cannot put out
That I cannot ignore
That I cannot hide
I lit a fire in me
That demands I act
That demands I do more
That demands I be more
I lit a fire in me
Yet I fear
Yet I fear
Yet I fear
It may consume me yet
Category: Free Verse
6/14/2023 – make my mark
I’ll take my truth and let it fly
Release it from the lonely dark
And watch, intent, as it soars high
And I let myself make my mark
6/13/2023 – etch you
Let me etch you
Into the shadowed places
Into the hidden corners
Of my mind
Let me paint you
Upon the brightest walls
Upon the highest towers
Of my soul
Let me write you
In all the secret nooks
In all the lonely seats
In all the broken parts
Of me
6/10/2023 – there upon the breeze
Once I opened my ears
To the songs upon the breeze
To the whispers hidden there
To the secrets I once missed
And there upon the breeze
Was truth everlasting
A power greater than can be seen
Or imagined
There was a song
Sung by the trees
And the birds
And the grasses
And the soft clay and hard rock
Now when I open my ears
I hear it evermore
6/9/2023 – lie here
Lie here, beside me in the dark
As man’s brash sounds exhale
Listen with me to earthly songs
The music hiding there beyond it all
6/7/2023 – you are
You are
A star against the naught of space
An onyx jewel beside the grey
Rich earth beneath the greenest trees
The sun rising to make the day
You are
6/6/2023 – thread and loom
Give me a thread and loom, and I’ll
Weave tales of us in tapestries
And you can sing beside me while
We tell our stories to the breeze
6/4/2023 – wide water
Bright blues and greens under the glow
Of sun in high midafternoon
Into the cool I dip my toe
And listen to the clear call of the loon
6/2/2023 – between
Walk with me
Between the stars
5/31/2023 – words fall
Words fall
Like rain
Down a page
Down a street
Some crumple
Some fall apart
Some take root and grow
Yet words fall
All the same
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