As I float away

On the ocean waves, I leave

Troubles on the shore

Oxygen rich haze

Hangs in the damp woodland midst

I believe in growth

Float in suspension

Starlings flock in formation

Our wake a mirror

Rolling in the waves

A wake will drive us away

Will I ever change?

Flat lines in the mud

Wings beat back a baffled break

Don’t rattle my cage

Mud banks slip and slide

While the willow warblers hide

Travel with the tide

If I should become

Everything I’ve ever done

Am I just a sum?

As my glory fades

Summer draws me out; I’ll play

For another year

Slowly unravel

Let the lines droop and spill out

As our lives unwind

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