What if I told you

What if I told you that you

put a song in my heart when

your eyes peered into my soul and

made me someone bigger than me.

Now I stand in a pool of sallowness in

 the saging of the heart the waging of the war

with all that forces my body to fade

into a specter rather wasted but

gallant in the face of forces

pretending to be stronger than me.

What if I told you that I sing the song

still in my dreams and waking.

Will that lift us up?

Will you keep holding my hand and

breathe your promise as you did once?

Faith everlasting.

  Bulrushes by the wayside                                                               

By the wayside  bulrushes grow wild

whacked by the wind as the cars speed by

They will purify the river just

 wayward flowing towards no sea

Ages of muck sitting at the bottom

have to be scrubbed clean bring in the surge

reach the sea surf  rest after the tumult.

Alone in the open with the wind

on the face the scent of grass I taste

the anthem of  blue jays in my heart

 raindrops in my soul the spring in me

The wilderness around my solace

the angry storm raging  cow me down

but I am  brave inside sure I can.

Rainbow

While

White smoke unfurls curls upwards

from the tall steel pipes to touch the clouds,

The furnace blasts bloody fire ruby red also neon blue,

You held my hand your lips on mine,

Like base metal to gold I melted like the black ore,

Bloody fire in my veins too piercing my very core.

Breathing in breathing out an awareness:

I am the light like you and can

listen to our silence within .

Love tempers solders  emboldens uplifts

Leavens  the humdrum tears all bounds,

Ride the rainbow and hear the plainsong

everywhere.