Letting Go

I want to stay and trust

I yearn for second breath

that one you gave me when you said

this is home now,

ours to be and glow

and have.

***

Why do walls change

and where do memories run

to play evermore?

Seeking a new tomorrow

brought only darkness

and the shade,

I know not where to fly,

or go,

or wander.

***

A forest grows outside my window

the trees were far

when I looked yesterday

branches almost touch sill today,

another second,

an instant more

and they'll be knocking on the sill,

chanting

or dwelling

inside another's

heart.

***

What will happen when mirror

loses all sense of time,

when faces look old,

young again

when ages come to rest,

again

in the same place,

same heart,

all else changed

beyond recognition

or forgiveness?

***

Will you look back,

belong again,

can we make this place happy

with our laughter,

play hide-and-seek with flowers

loving each butterfly

in turn?

***

Wishes unfold,

hoping for twilight

before night settles in,

let's leave regrets outside

melted in smiles

that perch on shoulder,

ready to share our dreams,

the ones that stay,

and love

this minute,

on this breath

locked in glowing today.

***

Where is the soul that's kindred

to my own,

where is the gaze

I've searched for

in starlight?

***

Moon beckons one more time,

this lifetime

will go on

in hope,

in peace,

grace of our own,

making a happy home.

***

Belong with me today,

tomorrow is but feather

in heart abyss

of ever-lasting morning

sunset.

***

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