Fragile petals shake

Gentle breeze is all it takes

To share this heartache

Is this one way glass

A window to the past, or

A future mirror?

Tides slip out to sea

Unearthing this estuary

Leaving me empty

Now we’re face to face

Unblinking eye full of grace

An unending chase

Flit from tree to tree

Chit-chattering happily

You don’t know you’re free

I would burn it down

Raise the level to the ground

The simple compounds

As the heat rises

Questions sear across my eyes

Am I blindsided?

Bow my heavy head

To the up with which I’m fed

A heart filled with lead

With cackle and glee

Weave a forest we can’t see

For all these still trees

Sun, soil and water

Is all anyone will need

To live their best life

The tallest mountain

Becomes a tiny pebble

With time or distance

Days running like rain

From the mountain to the sea

Writing new stories

Over my shoulder

The reddish hues of sunrise

Rewriting the past

Another summer

Slowly begins to emerge

Let gratitude reign

We’ve been left behind

Painted out of the background

Artificial leaves

Lean into the sun

Now the days and nights are one

New life has begun

When these dark mountains

Were covered in thick forest

This view was for birds

Your head’s in the clouds

Sometimes you have to descend

To reach the next peak

The buzzard’s shadow

Winking at the rising sun

A crooked disguise

When I reach the peak

I will search and seek, cloud lights

A path for my feet

Duck and dock and dive

Upturn and glide, sweep and slide

Flick and flock the skies

Care motivates change

Thoughts of change give birth to hope

Hope breeds frustration

What strange stories lie

Underneath these scattered stones

Splintered spires succumb