By clinging together,
raindrops resist
at the edge
of the cliff,
the abyss,
at the border between
life
and the cracking brown
that begs for tears
to re-quench
what has already been
drowned:
concrete, manmade.
How futile it is to keep
watering the pain.
Green and blue
reflect and infuse,
ever so gently pull
toward better use:
decide instead
to feed growth
and desert these looping
barren roads.
Poem and image ©LauraDenise
Hammock
I gently lay
my heart to rest
upon a sea-oat-
suspended hammock
and let my Maker
tenderly sway
through the breeze
my cradled malaise,
and after this dose
of soaking wounds in warm gold,
I’ll convert this sling
to sail boat…
Bee Therapy
The Way Back
One Golden Hour
Torches
Raindrops at rest,
blown glass upon glass,
aglow from a torch on the lawn
and in my chest,
I willfully enter
the abstract enchantment,
slow dance
with the gentle benevolence,
in and out of the past and present,
flickers as glimpses
of truths, dreams,
and premonitions,
possible directions,
barefoot in the wet,
around the fire,
awake in the trance
of extinguishment and desire.
Poem and image ©LauraDenise
Covenant
Single glistening gossamer thread
catching and releasing rays with wind,
perhaps a bridge
between the yellow and white
wildflowers aglow with golden morning light.
I sit transfixed
by its intermittent existence…
Shadows have yet to be filled in
by Sun still half in bed,
and my ataractic trance
is interrupted by silhouettes:
two “mourning” doves,
omen of good fortune in love
or celestial messengers
like yesterday’s hummingbird
letting me know He’s been present all along,
and this is the amaranthine after-(last)storm calm.
Haiku & Hibiscus
seeds in me open
pink hibiscus reunion
new self-love season
Origin
Sometimes miracles happen
in one downpour
of the heavens,
and sometimes it may be
we need to learn
that last lesson…
Tucked within,
regardless,
I have come to believe,
are the nudges and nuggets
that to the origin
of our Created selves
lead and rebirthe
free.
Presence
My heart:
a wishie
with strands
spectrum-hatching
from encapsulating
silent sunset.
An angel’s presence
kisses. Blessed.