Hearts longing
Deepest breath
Beg to rest
--of today we say
‘Farewell’
Caress of finger
Familiar face
Beauteous everything
--of today we beg
‘Stay’
Borrowed days of living
The sleep of hard reality
Falsely padded to shield
--of today we agree
‘False’
Words of bitter truth
You assure me they are true
Survive, yes, but live too?
--of today we demand
‘Proof’
Soothing balm
Of reminded King of Time
You tried
--of today we beg, please
‘End’
Stooping to bend over
A dead and rotting flower
Unknown reasons made you promise
You’d carry it awhile
As you descend the mountain
A spring in your step
Your vigilance to deathly pale lotus
Promised to remain intense
Sheltered in the palm of grace
You stopped when you heard the sound
A tiny song, yet silent to the world at large
Somehow you deigned to hear
Lifting broken to the sky
A smile in your eyes
Triumphant in what you saved-
The flower came to life
Promise of a lover
Fulfillment of all truth
You carried small twig down the mountain
Back to the fields of youth
Included and absolved
Sheltered in compassionate rest
Courage you poured drop by drop
Until the flower lived
Gracious surrender
Green fingers release the care
Into dancing sway
Of hypnotizing sun-faded lace
We waited for you dear Summer
We danced with you dear Spring
We mourn your tearful leaving
We rejoice with who takes your place
Plucked from low branch
You offer blessings off the vine
Forever held in grateful heart
The Earth gasps for your hands
Green fingers gently pry loose
Blessings from above
Shower low the bounty
Of your singing mind
Soft caress from forgotten warmth
Sun-Faded lace infused
She mingles so seductively
Intertwined with dimming green
One song to sing
Two voices low
Our Earth draws to loving heart
One green fingered, the other sun faded lace
When dark depths were never-ending
And deep night
Was the only repeating promise
When it mattered most
You came close
And whispered
‘Here.’
At the point of endless dancing
When bright hope arose
And sunshine laughed at the flow of time
When it mattered most
You came close
And whispered
‘Staying.’
As day by day
Led the procession of mundane
And doubts arose to the point
When it mattered most
You came close
And whispered
‘Forever.’
When the tables turned
And a road led you away
As you fell into the hurt
When it mattered most
I came close
And whispered
‘Always.’
