Emotions – Page 68

Salvation

drowning in darkness
heaved out and left on the rocks
gasping for the sun
–
sinking…
yearning for
the surface

peacocks at the bar
we share a sidelong glance
and a private laugh
–
two swans
together
for life

bandaged wedding vows
broken trust slowly healing
despite all the pain
–
loss…
mostly
regained

a feather’s tip nicks
the torn paper’s ragged edge
bleeding bright black ink
–
an obligation
the contract
signed in blood

afternoon stillness
the piercing cry of a crow
hanging in the air
–
wooded path…
unintended
silence

lilacs in her hair
as she lays in the grass with
clouds floating whimsy
–
escapees from
my minds eye
in the clouds

escaping out of
my self constructed prison
into your embrace
–
bourbon
ice cubes
slowly melting

in the forest glen
a dappled fawn lies hidden
in the underbrush
–
shrouded
cloaked within
our own narrative

iPhone vibrating
mocking my attempt to be
at one with nature
–
meditation
water threading
between my toes

I drag my feet through
the dust of relationships
that I’ve left behind
–
shuffling
forward into
an empty future