Still

Injury to the heart
forever alters the beat:
weeping wounds, scar tissue,
yet a chamber still
sings…

Words and image ©LauraDenise

One Bloom

Sometimes we can light
another’s candle
from the light
of our very soul,
and sometimes
it only takes
one bloom
refusing to fold
to awaken
the world.

Words and image ©LauraDenise

If Sunflowers Can

If sunflowers can
root themselves in sand
to choose the sea,
so can I
morph into myself
and choose my own
destiny.

Words and images ©LauraDenise

Personal Dawn

Cracked blinds,
unwashed windows,
dusty dreamcatcher
mislead;
the sun has finally found
the seed in me.

Flowers Wish Not

Flowers wish not

for the raindrops

to detach;

petals cling to

brief love affairs

in the fleeting overcast.

Time and gravity

and even sun

seem against them,

pull apart

the bonds.

But sometimes

a flower

simply loves

the rain,

the way

so naturally

both simultaneously

bloom and glisten

when so tenderly

embraced.

between the trees

The light is ever-present,
yet it speaks to me
most deeply
when it flickers
in whispers
between the trees.

Lost Songs

Such soothing,

soulful secrets

lost in the

songs unheard;

step outside,

close your eyes,

and silently

listen to the

wisdom

of the birds.