A trust put to hold on purpose.
Trust
upon
paused choices
made fate jealous
as uncertainty
hailed stars unto ashes
burning fathomed—darker depths.
Promises buried with secrets
left silence and honesty scarred like
riddles and metaphors losing purpose.
From there:
Purpose losing metaphors and riddles
like scarred honesty and silence left
secrets buried with promises.
Depths darker— fathomed burning
ashes unto stars hailed
uncertainty as
jealous fate made
choices paused
upon
trust.
Signals along the prairie
Play a tin man’s role with all dented parts,
the flag is raised to every rusted heart;
down each hill, its paradise in a rush
when triumph sings— reap words beneath the seams
over each sunset holding a suede brush
that paints landscapes with life; an artist dreams
as mockingbirds hold your heart with all might
in time for givens to be chased in aisles
with half-empty ribs and half-full lungs—bright,
the joker brands the light with these faint smiles.
Cold,
ever cold
on these steps
beneath the bright
awnings and displays
that shine in evening gloom
and beckon with sparkling warmth,
but for thick panes of glass between
fanciful settings of Christmas cheer
and the bitter cold of a homeless night.
With frozen memories gripped fervently
against the shuddering, biting wind,
the mind casts back to a time past,
before life went so awry,
when these bones were warmed
by loved ones held close
and the crackling
of firelight,
burning
bright.
dawn (an etheree variation)
sky
light bathes
whirling free
canaries’ wings.
melody twists gives
sharp brilliance, sends laughing
sheets of dew, courts beds of green.
leaves dance around my feet, greeting
the world. the almighty sun arrives—
She gently nudges me, bringing peace and
the world. the almighty sun arrives,
leaves dance around my feet greeting
sheets of dew, courts beds of green
sharp brilliance, sends laughing
melody twists, gives
canaries wings
whirling free—
light bathes
sky.
a.j.u.
