Tag Archives: Faith

Soar 47 Times

these words these birds sing my story before it’s even lived cavorting canaries flocking headlong into my future impatient, decisive they flirt and zing across the calendar goodbye January blues so long February love songs rat a tat, rat a … Continue reading

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Rise!

Did the months really fly south that swiftly? Did our passion settle into a slow smoulder for good? And what is that blurry speck floating in the waning distance, where once our young eyes held high in court? Wake up, … Continue reading

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Still Birth

I lay there in the dark Precise and still Expectant as an eggshell About crack open From the inside Committed to the spate of love That was my destiny Yet the hours trudged along And no savior claimed me for … Continue reading

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Seeing Through the Dark

And what will I have then When these eyes dry out? When the pigment drains away And the green grass delights no more? When the wary thrush, Perching precariously on toothpick legs Disappears completely Into the background In a coat … Continue reading

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Drowning Out

music hangs thick in the air It floats and fills the room it replaces the oxygen and drowns the doubts of the day. it’s both heavy and light it’s soft but i cry i breathe it in ’til my thoughts … Continue reading

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Along the Marsh

> Along the marsh ferns run rampant in the generous, wet air and moss hangs in youthful oblivion, impervious to the cold gathering round. Tall grasses heed the signs of winter settling in though; their lithe stalks bend over in … Continue reading

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Midnight Rain

The rain was falling down in torrents, black water from a blood-black sky, yet there i stood under that keening night, wearing the wet as a shawl. A chill seeped in under my skin but I held my ground, face … Continue reading

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These Autumn Days

These autumn days, have lost their social graces. One minute, flamboyant, splashed out in amber light, the next, they’re curled under a quilt of somber grey; they can’t bear to face themselves or drag their bones through the week. Grasses … Continue reading

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55 Miles High

she flies late at night under a sable sky in that nocturnal haven her wings stretched wide under cover of darkness sheer faith is enough and earthly anguish melts into the black ink above a sky brimmed with grace bends … Continue reading

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Today’s Like That

every now and then you’re just bumbling along and you stub your toe on something so good. better than finding a whole, unopened loaf of bread laying on top of a dumpster even. you know, just sitting there waiting for … Continue reading

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