Bring me quiet
And a fire
Hot to burn away my fears
Hot to turn to ash my woes
Hot to make of my struggles a flame
And melt away
The fallen snow
Blanketing my aching heart
Tag: Free Verse
11/19/2022 – the spaces between
Sweet music plays
In the spaces between
Where metal pops
And ice cracks
And air drifts through
11/14/2022 – to you
To you:
The one who walks strong
The one who speaks gently
The one who thinks carefully
Who listens first
And speaks second
Who loves first
And hates seldom
Who brings me warmth
And meaning
And peace
And wonder
O, that I might give those things to you
To you
11/12/2022 – truest, most, best
Hide me away
In the crevices of your heart
Where I am safest
Hold me there
In the warmth of your embrace
Where I am strongest
Keep me here
Beside the kindness of your soul
Where I am truest
Where I am most
Where I am best
11/8/2022 – nurture it
A breath
Is the fire
That burns against the cold
A salve
Is the rain
That comes amidst the drought
Salvation
Is the green
That sprouts from winter’s melt
If only I can nurture it
10/31/2022 – worth the wandering
I have often wandered
And often wondered
Whether I have wandered enough
Seen enough
Heard enough
Been enough
Yet in my heart of hearts
I sense
I know
I wander
Not for an answer
But because the question
Is worth the wandering
10/29/2022 – the shadow
There is a shadow
Buried in my corners
Hidden in my nooks
Hidden from me
As I’ve hidden from it
Never stopping to wonder
Does it feel?
Does it fear?
Does it wish for my embrace?
Is it me?
10/26/2022 – winter’s pause
As all slows
And cools
I wonder that time presses on
Even as we pause
Waiting
For a day we may not see
10/20/2022 – grow and grow
The days grow short
The air, cool
And ‘neath the starless skies I marvel
That as all dies
The shadows grow and grow
10/17/2022 – all the sweeter
When it has been a little while
Since last I felt your hand in mine
Heard your heart beat
Saw the deepness of your eyes
I want for it all the more
And when I feel it
Hear it
See it
It is all the sweeter
For that little while
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