yesterday I was asking you
to please
not hide your tracks
too well
today I started looking
at my own
unsettling feeling
that you are pulled
in a tidal tug
by a newer moon
but when I see your truth
with my real eyes
I know
maybe this distance is to blame
for my distortion

In those words
On an empty page
That you would write
For me
I found a heart
Strength forged
From molten iron
Cooled by frozen blood
It's beauty never fully beheld
Until the muse
Broke a welded seam
And fire poured
Love on an empty page
And I saw you

In the darkness of night, or by the light of day
Waiting for hours with nothing to say
When wonder turns worry and knowledge to doubt
The truth becomes lies and silence to shout
The louder the cry the more muffled the plea
Lost miles away from where we should be
Open and honest and ugly and raw
Without wasting time with the hem and the haw
Memories fight oversights hidden by masks
Begging a thought is a torturous task
Still waiting for a hint or a clue or a sign
That the strength of a heart beats the power of mind

words from your open heart
mirror my sacred place to be

lavender light
polarized bright and stormy
the lush green sweeps
rising and falling
in a joyous dance
in music brushed by a thousand leaves
every color, a jewel
I turn to find you
in this perfect moment

we are
this light
this sweeping dance