The Quickening

She closes her eyes
Feels power rush over
Her waiting body
Caresses gather her in
She welcomes the spirit
Allows it to fill her
Invade her
Become her
Her drawn breath releases
She settles to sleep
As the stirring begins
A fullness, completeness
New worlds start

Deeply

You sit next to me in silence
As we prepare for the night
I lean into your strength
Knowing you're here
That towering spirit
Fills me with resolve
Then the light shifts
I become tangled in covers
That once formed your arms
And the silence
Echoes all the more
Deeply
In your absence

Karana

The lights are all around
'Twix day and night it grew
It's beauty knew no bounds
The brightness seem to woo
As if all love were true
Mist covered hallowed ground
Thence came a horrid sound
Winds cold and fearsome blew
The snap could break your bones
It echoed through the land
Forever cut the cord
There was lonesome moan
A crack of guilded band
A pain that can't be cured

Happy Birthday

I remembered today was your birthday
I thought on love that is lost
But without an equaling measure
How would we know true love's true cost?
That sweet ache that tells us we're living
That pain that makes breathing so hard
Cured only by physical presence
Cuts through my heart like jagged shards
So while you celebrate your birthday
While you party with family and friends
Blow out one candle for me, dear
The girl whose heart now mends