Shackled

Shackled to a love that drives a need

Rivers

Gliding wings feed on its generous bounty

Sustaining life to feet foraging the muddy banks

Dormant Heartbeats

Memories of dreams and playful hearts lay dormant under a blanket of ivy.

Waking

Renewing a consciousness deafened by din

Morning dew

Delicately touching its splendor to bathe in reflective pearls of quenching dew

Whispering vines

As a canopy spread over delicate leaves

wilting growth reached for speckled light

finding its way through

Little boy Bobby

This baby face I have never kissed but know so well as it is one I grew up alongside and then again held as my own.

Beach beauties

Its a strange mix of emotions that stir inside of me when I walk alone listening to laughter that still lingers in the blowing reeds and lapping waves.

Cobbled with barbs

Forced to take a road you never saw

Cobbled with barbs and a broken heart

Fully fledged

Holding tight to the porcelain edge

Wishing to be the eagle upon my chest

Wings spread and fully-fledged