promise
have you ever stopped yourself
beneath a douglas fir?
looked up to see
its branches, outstretched
arms, held high gathering the rays of june
but also in the evening
with the sun balanced on the horizon
they reach, gently upward
trusting a sacred vow
between earth and her star
“i will always return to you”
have you ever stood on a mountain
among the junipers
have you let the blue spruce scent the air
inhaled it deeply
felt the soothing move through you
a silent exchange that requires only
the belief: “all hurts can be healed”
with a promise to peel yourself open
to hold nothing back
have you ever joined your breath
with the wind through the prairie grass?
the swaying rhythm
when you stand among their seedheads
have you given in to the ancient dance
to your ancestor’s movements
drums, fire
two hearts, attune
you’ve only to acknowledge
how needed, that cadence
and promise to let it sustain you
love comes easy
but it stays hard
easy like the river
hard like the land
easy like the spring
hard like the winter
there are no tricks
no shortcuts
only the constants
change
grow
stay
have you ever made a promise
to the solstice moon
when it hangs so low
you can feel its pull on your skin
as if you are the ocean
your tide, coming in
“i am yours, always”
“i will let your light shine through me”
we can start the journey not knowing where we’ll go
June 8, 2024
love
farther
it is farther
from your skin to mine
than these inches
we could measure
any distance, even touching
could be miles
April 12, 2024
love
flutter
flutter
beneath my chest
hands
across the table
i feel the red
around my eyes
the glistening
in diner light
“don’t be sad” you said
“i’m not”
it’s just the sunrise
brilliant sky
i see when you smile
the ocean swell
your touch
that pulls me out to sea
it’s just the absence
of weight from my shoulders
the bow of respect
ceremony of tea
reverence
for you
for me
it’s just
i’m flooded with gratitude
to be joined
with someone
i am honored
to be near
February 8, 2024
love
orbiting light
orbiting light
gifting the smiles of our dearest
and a flicker
warmth for a late december
binds us for another year
will you travel with us
through the unknown reach
hold out your hand
as we cross the breach?
time will be our friend
if we invite him in
December 25, 2023
love
a single drop of rain
a single drop of rain
holds time against the window sill
the rhythm comforts me
like your scent
as you float by me at the counter
moving from task to task
like the storm blowing through
fiercely drenching the city streets
then on to the next town
like friends from the past
who see you for just a moment
then find new faces
the drop slows
you place your hand on my shoulder
“come sit with me?”
the rhythm stops
we have nowhere to be
but together
July 29, 2023
love
hummingbird
twisted colors bound by runways, lit
but we are dark
cast in the shadow of a century’s momentum
if you see my hopes escaping
my dreams rising
rest your beak in their gentle flesh
we can never stop
moving
disappearing
between the iris click
capture what you can
July 19, 2023
nature
growth
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