release

yearning
had strangled my days
and nights
so fiercely,


with a thirst
to once again
feel the mountain's
wild heartrending roar.


and a need
to hear freedom
waft back
far beyond the shore.


twisted, tied, and
taut with desire,
a deluge poised impotent
upon untended lips,
seeking succour
through cold fingertips.





a strike breaks.





wind,
and
rain,
and
thunder begin their scry:

love
and purpose,
once again
on the rise.



are you ready?

thaw

somewhere
between the wind
and
shadow,
and
echoing triumphant
against the distance to my heart,
my name rings out,
in a voice that was once my own.


i
close
my
eyes to drift
closer,
and
sink further
into
the shadow of my song.



a soft smile slips:
scorched pleasure,
kindled in fear.


and I whisper back,
hello.

more summer dreamin’

shimmers
of tomorrow flicker in the rearview,
God,
how I loved doing
those things
we would do.



if but we
were young once more,

could we,

would we,

should we

dare,
to walk once again
through that golden door
and taste the future,
in all its sweet finality?

night’s reign

long
after
nightingale's final song,
as wisps
of shadow grasp the softness
at her edges,
these bewitched hours
sift
the words from memories lost
and forgotten,
leaving me
bare,
raw and exposed...

free to feel
once more,
the soft and gentle lips
of nostalgia's first kiss.