dawn showers

the depth of meaning found
within the splat,
pitter, plat,
pat of rain falling in the town,
slipped away so long ago.


profound truths lost to selfish wanderings.


a soul set adrift:
free
to forge his way alone.

free
to love universal.

free
from you,
and from me.


and the sounds of the rain fade back into the night.


in that vast silence

he finds solace in solitude.

he finds himself once again
free

to face the returning storm.

Garça

sky ablaze
in gorgeous cool calm,
i slip
into a reverie
of what could
be.
Perhaps indeed,
of what will
be.


and Heron,
wings bowed and heavy with destiny,
calls down to me,
screeching uglily
and
defiant,
racing towards that future dream.


and i follow,
eager
to taste this new reality.

yearning

silence
lifts soberly through this long dark night.


the quiet within
crescendos with loss.


yet,
in this mad symphony,
a fugue of hope draws close:

a slip of wind here,
tugs tight at the door-
a sprat of rain there,
slaps gentle to the ground.



Dear Tempest, I see you, so
do come quick,
and howl away this calm
with fury
& audacity, and
what needs yet be done.