I waited.

By the secret creek with
the porceline bird bath
and misty ivy trails
of love that led us
to a place in time
So forgotten
Yet still a grain
In the backs of our rushing lives.

I waited.

Young hands unkowingly
bearing
heavy weights
Naive hearts
Outstretched,
In trust,
In hope.
A memory comes to mind
Of children
playing,
On that grey fog beach
Silent wolves
Light driftwood
A Child
making sand castles
To reach that sun
hidden behind grey clouds.
Pails pounding,
"C'mon, c'mon!"
The child is left alone
By the sweeping shores,
Dreams too mighty for this physical form.

I waited.

Barefooted laughter
Ripe plum Blossoms in coats
As we crossed the gates
into the ancient silken
Paradise of awe.

I waited for you.
"Maybe in a year, or two,"
We would say
As rambling minds
Chased other tails.


Time,    
How it flickers before
the eyes.



I love you.

I love you.



And so cattle run
Over mother Earths
Vast plains
White buffalo stampeding over sweet grass
And cars speed onward
Into unknown horizens
Pink skyline reflections on gold rimmed aviators
Radio fuzz and zipping highways
As we distract ourselves from
Our souls story.



I waited.



I waited in the garden
Where we,
two young lovers,

First gazed so deeply into one another
That we changed.



I waited
In that dewy
ivory green
moment,


Others
Came and went,
Other pictures
filled my minds eye

but my heart waited.

"We were young, we were foolish."
You said as red pain flinched and pinched
Inside of me.


I grew old.


My Ringlets
Unfolded
as I
Folded more
and more,
wrinkling
inwards.

I love you.
I love you

I didn't want
To wait
I released you
So many times...


But my soul knew its destiny
better than I could ever imagine.


How many distractions do we occupy ourselves with,
A dinner of Momentary pleasures
As the deep spirit in our belly
Begins to give up on our truest song.


I waited.



I waited
because
You birthed
A seed within me
That started to grow


A magnificent flower
Blooming      





Faded winters
Faded windows
Wilted flowers.


I waited for a spring that never came.


Love
like puzzle pieces.


How come you waited,

Until I was gone
To come kiss my fragile body
And tell me you knew?


You knew
a force of great power
played a hand
In the magnificent tale
We were assigned to

You knew.
I knew.

We knew.


We knew
as a thousand
feelings sparked
Through our
veins
When we first held hands
And all the times we touched
thereafter.

We knew.


And we waited,


We waited
because
fear pulled us
away
from that
great power that
lay
between us.
We waited for a strength to arrive
that lived inside us all along.

Fairy winged
and laughing,
we ran through
orchards of apples
and lilac blossoms.

We knew.
We knew.

But did we listen?