illumination
is how she feels, when the sun
makes the dull Earth bright
illumination
is how she feels, when the sun
makes the dull Earth bright
looking for clovers
in fields of lush green, i hope
to find emeralds
before You, we’re lost-
after is breathless wonder,
free of their bound cage
the string in your hand
pulled tight- trailing from a root
living in my heart
I like to
watch the rain
fall-
watching rain
fall
gives me
peace
Falling rain
reminds me-
what rises
to the sky
will someday
come back down-
down,
to the boring
poor
ground.
they chase and they chase,
following my footprints- i’m
prey… hunted to end.
in a world of Rose
this elongated pose, is
more Iris, than Rose
To be warm
is to be safe
But warmth is not a right-
warmth is a privilege
If you are cold
freezing and dying
you do not have a right
to build a fire
You have the right
to remain silent
But when the storm comes
and buries you deep,
and you have no wealth
then you will seep
And you will freeze
forever exercising your right
of remaining silence
until your cold bitter end
and the fire runs out-
and you end.
Penny,
you knew fighting
this losing battle
would be no stroll
on a calm beach.
And daughter,
now you know
that to challenge Goliath
when you are David,
when you have nothing,
…feel like nothing…
and you have no wealth,
no allies, no power-
that it’s like a penny
challenging a million bucks!
But you know, too
when everything is gone
…everything is lost…
and you lose…
and you’re lost…
like I lost…
…you still win.
Because you are one-
one in a million,
my Penny…
I am my mother’s cheers
I embody my father’s fears
I go further and further past
the painful sears
that ended mom and dad,
and ended their careers.
I am a guardian
of my mother’s ghost
I am the protector
of my father’s post
I am the gatekeeper
of their coast
I am the master
of my mom and dad’s fates
I am the master
of all my fates
I am their warrior
their savior; their angel.
I am Juno.
I am
and I am,
their love-
reborn.