Bare Feet and Feathers

Rambling like bittersweet At our garden wall In peppermint air Beyond electric bees Out of a campfire’s spit Beneath lilac and lavender Within a grape’s dew Among the outsiders Inside the world of us Between the in-betweens Under nebulae, novae and galaxies Rambling like bittersweet Over our garden wall After all these thoughts Beyond a halcyon dream Alongside peace on parade Across a forest stream Amid soldiers marching in socks Toward the tug of you Near me in our us land Despite the clutter of images Past the rush of nouns and verbs I’m back. (written for One Single Impression Prompt #169: Rambling)

Unbroken smooth between before after bruises bashes and shatters Beyond humid shocking kisses rather a cool lasting that matters. You are the one safe place I know. Fingertip gravity cheeks to lips Returning coming going and home Never leaving steadfast praying grips the exploding expanse of a poem. You are what I will never give up. Arlington to Golgotha, offices to factories Shoulder in, eyes forward, chin up Quiet unspoken shared stories lingering lost ring of a coffee cup. You are my favorite ghost. (written for One Single Impression) http://onesingleimpression.blogspot.com/