Looking Down

Washed out, bleaching light 

Casting shadows, bleeding heat

Cursing points of shade

Cold Blooded Oak

Anaconda roots
Suffocate muddy black earth

Squeezing life from tears 

Movement

Hornets cut through wind

Butterflies bounce between gusts
Jealous leaves beg flight 

575

Tides change, water rises
Clouds form, then sunlight pierces through
New shells? Same shoreline

Adolescent blues
Fleeting hours, off the rails,
Put on a smile

My reflection burns
Imperfection gazing back
Forgiveness frees truth