Month: September 2017

Shaken Souls

I love you dearly
even with our hearts hung low
and our thoughts so weary

I love you deeply
through weeping eyes that,
try as they might,
cannot see clearly
time
after
time

I love you fearlessly
in the face of doubt who breaks us,
shakes our souls and holds up our woes,
wakes our fears and leers
from just out of reach
but far too near

I love you endlessly
like the waves love the sea
like fish in the river love swimming up stream

Brackish

On an island in the ocean,

reaching through cold fog, were trees

old and wise

We stood, enamored with their size

Taking in the long lines of their strong limbs

wanting to climb up

and in

You stood, eyeing the pines with a grin

We waded across a brackish stream

towards mountains

of barnacles and bare roots

larger than our bodies

covered in dirt and a salty glaze

fully exposed to the raw sea air