Can’t push me away

If I have already left

Double down the dregs

Grass grows short and tall

Leaning with the wind and falls

Out of my control

I was a ripple

Now I roll toward the shore

Carrying your weight

Algae clings bravely

To any hope of solace

So hold on to life

Fluttering ripples

Denigrate the unabashed

Surface of the lake

How many others

Have let the sun melt their chains

Among this meadow

Rolling over reeds

Minnows dart while brown trout feed

The river our need

I lost direction

An echo of inflection

A pale reflection

Reeling in the dark

Hunting for a neutron start

Never ending quarks

We’re still floating on

Between wispy willows, for

River and ever

Swaddle me in an

Invisibility cloak

Am I still a child?

I wish I weren’t pink

And my face turned to the sun

We aren’t all daisies

The half light hangs low

Climb up every blade of grass

Dusk lays me down slow

Catch the light and bend

Into twisted hazel curls

Catkins wrapped up tight

The sweet glow of hope

Blushing with promise and pride

Tickled by summer

Try to be myself

Can’t be anybody else

Put that on the shelf

Just keep your head down

Keep following your own road

You’re already there

Does a river flow

Or watch the water run by?

This bed never sleeps

Though worms may eat me

Flesh and bone won’t be alone

With their company

Gannets swarm the face

Guillemots balance in place

Between kittiwakes

Hang on to the cliff

Escape predators and lift

Purposeful eyes up

I’m just an old ship,

Ever since I’m cut adrift

Heading for the cliff

Flowers bloom and fade

Before they have the time to

Wonder who they are

The spring is over

Flowers succumb. Loose these chains

Summer has begun