wpadmin – Page 157

Waiting

in twenty-two years
from now I pray I’ll still be
waking next to you
–
in anticipation-
dreaming of
our old age

the dragonfly’s drone
suddenly silenced when it
alights on my palm
–
stillness-
the dragonfly
landed

slow ocean waves

push the gathering sea foam

gently into shore

–

murmuring-

the ocean whispers

to the shore

ancient banyan roots
a lounging snapping turtle
basks in the sunlight
–
bayou roots-
the sun warms
a lazy turtle

there is no debate
we should be doing what’s right
not just what’s easy
–
morality is
happily doing
the hard work

my heart held hostage
as a testament to your
faith in my return
—
waiting-
my heart
as collateral

semaphore flags snap
high in the ominous sky
double back and red
–
a tempest-
warning flags
flying high

an arc of limestone
scoured by the desert wind
carved by passing time
–
balancing rock-
sculpted by wind
and time

an unseen rabbit
eyes the fox suspiciously
from beneath the hedge

–

hidden-
the rabbit spies
a hungry fox

the cricket’s refrain
raspy in the evening woods
fades as the night falls

–

evening woods-
crickets fade
as midnight nears