Hiding beneath the darkness
Not knowing what you will be
You winter in impatience
Part of a mysterious and green maternity

Movement begins with slowness and purpose
Moisture splashes against your growth
Warmth and Wind both comfort and caress
Strength and vulnerability insist on your friendship

Pushing up and outward, wonder gives way
“A bud, that’s what I am,” you say
Oval and slender, ever elongating
But that is not all…a force within yearns for expression

Once more, the turmoil of mistaken identity
And now a pain, demanding release
Layers of softness suddenly become conscious
A Striving spectrum of vitality and visibility

Then a crack appears, unlocking upwards
Folds of force greet tender light and dew
Warmth beckons the fullness to perfection
Raptured color stands tall and proud

Yet…such short hours of clarity wane
The bright light dims and weakness steals in
“Who am I now?”…

We hurry and herd,
bump into one another,
complain of the smell,
cannot get our head
above the crowd…

Where are we going?

Is it beyond want?
Is it beyond fear?
Are the pastures littered with busy
leftovers of bolstered agendas?…

I saw fireflies this morning
Before night drew back its breath
The moon smiled big with a hazy orange grin
All for me, I thought…..

Mimosa fragrance blew in from nowhere
Bursting Gardenias shone in the first light
Dawn sauntered while the birds sang
All for me, I thought….…

   It is excision,
       Precise, clean,
            surgically accurate. 

     So quick in its movement that the end created is not
splayed or jagged
       – a fine cut, so swift that the depth is uncertain,
             but most definitely abysmal. 

                         A cutting away, or from, that ever stifles the gasp,
leaving a shockwave that stuns in its overwhelming disorientation.…

Do you remember the beach?
the sun that burned our hearts…and souls
The searing that touched our very spirits;
Tearing at that which we sought to hide…
for so many years…

Did the salty waters hide the tears,
Or was the water fresh before?……