Reflection

I can see you

take him on

You've been doing it

for so long

You forgot to feel

the soft wind

against your ear

The way you have felt

with no one near

Now you try

to calm your soul

Letting go

of what you can't control

And you feel like

you're spinning

Spinning

You've been spinning

for so long

You take a look

at your reflection

You see a woman

that's too hard to question

But question you must

You are losing the face

you're needing to trust

And you wonder why

she can't let go

Of all the things

she already knows

I see you reach

for her face

Knowing she's the one

you must embrace

-May 2017

That Echo

That echo

through the grain

The one

that beat so fiercely

I still feel it

sinking

in my chest

Heavy 

and full of things

once deeply buried

But all things

rise

with time

Just like

the sun and the moon

I can feel it

Taste it

With each
heaving breath

I breathe

-May 2017

Falling Fall Leaves

There's a game you play

When you watch the leaves falling

Deep down inside

you know what's been calling

But your hands keep on slipping

from those stiff silver reins

You trot a little faster

hoping it's the happiness you'll gain

But the ice keeps on melting

and nothing defrosts your bone

You can't seem to remember

the direction toward home

And your heart seems to linger

in all that dark empty space

Where you hold no desire

for what's trimmed with white lace

-April 2017