If only the rain Knew how deeply The desert missed Her touch Decades drought Then suddenly A syncopated beat Falls into her She cannot breathe Gasps, absorbs Breaks open New ground Swallow pureness Life abounds New shoots Emanating Stretching fingers Aboveground Creating homes For vagrant Winged wanderers Taking refuge All from clouds
Common Brown Heteronympha merope (Fabricus) at Rosny Hill, Tasmania
Silent smiles nodding As greenspace wanderers Take up residence Sunny retreat From all That hems us in Four walls Blank stares Hallowed faces Return to earth Where shelter of leaves Generously offered Warm sunny smiles Absorbed to heal As if never cold Storms never darkened Her warmth entrances
Show me the ceiling To break through it Roof to climb Endless stars infinity Town edge dwelling Among likeminded City limits absorb Unsuppressed greening Ancient named peaks Conquered cliff seams Deconstructed reality Worldbuilding dreams Every time a memory Falls from your lips I capture the castle Tend to its turrets Looking out to wilderness Waiting for inhabitants Clock stopped in shock Longing to revive Moving hand to hand in time For one