I am free
to follow my heart,
and love like the sea.

Black birds
sing until dawn,
smoke and cinder
raining down
on everyone,

darkness
shaking like bones,

carry your shame
bound tight inside
an angel's name,

black wings
carry me home,

take me back
where water meets
the winding roads,

red barns
burning to ash,
flames that flicker
far beyond the avenue,

nobody knows
what the new world holds,
but mama says,
love like water,
and wander back home.

letting go is love too

Her gaze had
frozen
where her heart
carried memories.
Her feet were
chained
to the wonders of
destiny.
To see a plant
grow
where she never could
imagine,
growing deep
with roots on foreign
earth.
Strange are life's
hidden treasures,
A mystery;
that love can be felt
while the heart is
dead.

- n. ib