You are a bright and burning sun
within my lonely sky
You are a moon in darkness
a slice of apple pie
You’re birdsong in the winter
a flight within a dream
a fresh new book
a bunch of flowers
a bucket of icecream

I am the wind
The merest breath
on the baby’s cheek
as she sleeps
her evening sleep

I am
the bracing wind
that reddens cheeks
and teases skittish cats

I am the gust
that startles birds
to quarrel
in their trees

I am the gale
that wrecks the ship
The hurricane that
shatters worlds

Wherever you go
I am your shadow
I am
your half forgotten dream
your suppressed sorrow

I am a promise broken
a hidden room
in which you keep
dark memories
and evened scores

I follow you
My friend in darkness
I am your shadow

Moon shining brightly
Moon light my way
I am between shadows
The horizon is grey

Then as I grow weary
a rose blooms in the sky
The birds sound so joyful
I no longer ask— why?

The world felt so empty
and charity cold
But this day brings me hope
I no longer feel old

I’m lost under these endless skies
and I follow the star path home
to a distant planet
that was my childhood home
Where panthers sing their silent songs
under the Autumn moon
and women weave a net of poems
to catch and drag you down
Where dolphins hold great mysteries
in coral and in pearl
Where gentle fae wish upon stars
for all the universe
The sea holds endless treasure
and jellyfish fiercely guard
Starfish shine to light your way
fireflies shine like stars
I would walk the star path
unto my distant home
So take my hand and walk with me
So I don’t walk alone

I came from the sea
To the sea I return
The cool of the ocean
The tide on the turn

My life is the ocean
The depths and the storms
The flotsam and jetsam
The widow that mourns

Eternal the ocean
The salt and the sand
Her wondrous creations
can’t be found
on dry land

The Autumn sky is vast
there is no end
The swallows fly exultant
at Summers end

I track the endless sands
I long for peace
The innocence of birds
brings no release

Of meaning I have none
Nor harmony
Yet here I am again
This bitter sea