Friday, March 31, 2017

Listen and Witness

Earth, Wind, Air, and Fire.
Listen and Witness.
I swear not to betray this trust.
Not to stray from my vow,
Not by look or illusion
By deed or by thought,
Through touch or recoil,
By waking or sleeping,
In speech or in silence,
In absence or in presence,
In this land or any other
Less fire burn me,
Air smother me,
And water cover my grave

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Climb

Rendezvous scheduled and planned
Not to a far distant shore
Hair tangled in my hand
Never got past the front door
Breath, speeding and slowing
Causing fire in its wake
The path it etches is flowing
Making me tremble and quake
Heartbeats echo each other
Racing to beat in time
Ascending higher and further
Till there's nowhere left to climb
I've found heaven in your arms
Together we're safe from all harm