My heart
took flight
on northern wings

To find
the love
forever brings

Along a path
above
this place

Of cooler
ways
desires trace

For when
at last
I stand before

My waited
wish that
I adore

Then I
will know
this wondrous view

Is proof
my dreams
have all come true

.

*Standing on a lonely beach
watching the sun greet the horizon,
draping an aquamarine skyline
in swirling watercolor ribbons
enticing twilight to make an appearance

Remembering seashells we collected
while leaving our footprints
beneath a cheerful summer moon,
sharing warm kisses as
cool water caressed our toes

You drew a heart in the sand,
and we stood inside promising
to love each other forever,
then counted every star in the heavens
until the dawn returned

I have drawn another heart in the sand,
one set of footprints within,
no longer counting stars,
not caring if dawn ever returns,
standing on a lonely beach . . . alone

.

*In the distance
I hear thunder
Rumbling echoes
on a blackboard sky

Darkened clouds
that seem to follow
Since that sunny day
you said goodbye

.

Fevered the winds on a shadow bled morning
A heart lies in pieces now slung to the path
Fractured are dreams of our yesterday questions
The waiting in stages, a long aftermath

Photographed wishes in frames on the mantle
Ashes below are the same as before
Dousing the flame while a child is missing
Charred are the matchsticks of news brokered war

Staring aloft as the moon freezes over
Memories counted abort the night sky
Falling on tears of the words never-ending
Oh can’t you see, they were too young to die