I wrote these two poems after being on a poetry hiatus for about a year and a half. I just hadn't been inspired...but I feel like pain can be a good muse... Enjoy. Commit A bird – you Flying high Seeing the world for what it is And is not Free To see, to think, to feel Spreading your wings Feeling the air beneath them I caught it – you For a moment A blink I caressed – you, your spirit A comfort A sigh, a breath. Then – a noise You must go I feel it – you squirm, wriggle As I hold you in my hands Your eyes scream at me To let go “No. Don’t go You are safe – here” I hold tighter You panic – eyes darting I squeeze – frightened I can’t – let go No. My hands tire Your eyes – frighten me I blink, A tear Fingers separate – unravel That moment You fly again I’m left Here To remember that breath That moment And hope I feel it again. Thoughts of Ventura The sea sighs As the sun sets Vivid oranges atop a horizon A thin line separating air and water Colors changing at every blink A myriad of photons floating and dancing A painting in the sky – just for us. I feel the crisp air on my face Gazing out at the nothingness I close my eyes to imagine Mother Nature’s breath enveloping me Her hand brushing the hair from my face The gentle breeze pirouetting across my skin The earth exhaling - for us. Waves tumble to the shore Curling like a smile on lovers’ lips Crackling as it meets the sand. A bird is playing among these bubbles A game of catch-me-if-you-can Before it is chased away to another place And the waves reach out – to us Your hand slips around my waist pulling me near I feel your warm breath on my neck I am awestruck by the scene before us A tear slips down my cheek as you grab my hand The beauty of this overtakes me My breath shallows as we walk away Knowing it is the end of today – and of us.
