quiet brings color to my gray world, silence is the music of brilliance, ignite the explosion, open the mind shade, with this light comes all, with this day i walk hand in hand with silence, in awe.

A breath shared
A breath taken
Offered, given
Leaves me shaken

I let myself fall
into the grace of our desire,
the fleeting air of mouths reaching
for the most delicate of sensations,
the tingling of nerves unleashed,
falling,
floating,
parting time
with energy to travel through a moment
where resides an eternity.

conditional before me
dangling before me
never quite in me
you are not me

I anger at your behavior
punishing myself
for your actions
I suffer
you move
on

tonight the sun played its tune across the clouds,
orchestrating the music of light
dazzling the simple whites and grays
with dancing oranges, reds and magenta
to form the ways we see
the struggle of daytime
give way to the quiet night,
the subtle sparkle of stars,
the gentle glow of the moon.

I struggle with the release
of another day
to the world of past  days
where all things lived
sit in patient observation
of what they have brought about
how the future takes shape
and promptly becomes the past
this moment now
is the only reality.

I have been hiding, waiting, unsure
my petals wrapped tightly about
seeking courage to show beauty
to open for critique by all that see
protecting myself from blooming
questioning all I might become
at the expense of what I am
I now lay out the face
of what I have become
for all to see and compare
grateful for the grace I share
with comfort in what i’ve become
seeking acceptance of all to come
as I lie in display the delicate, the tender, the bloom.