Poetry

Reflections of Me

Reflection arose in the wake
Listen closely these words to take

Some importance with much to fear
Lady ocean what must I hear

Call my name now – please call me close
Call frightened visions of the ghost

Her words breathless and are warning
To understand in my mourning

And in her rhyme, I understood

Run if you must but not so fast
Watch your wind – careful – watch your mast
Pay it forward from now to last
Those angered Gods must stay in past

Reflections now grow much too weak
To awe my senses as I seek

Lady wake who are you I see
Tell me please before you shall flee

Ah, pay attention little one
It is I, for the guided pun

And in her rhyme, I understood

You had summons me to this sea
In hopes that I would set you free
but
For the reflection that you view
Solely are reflections of you

 

Still Breathe Butterfly

It was just a moment but the world stood still
Sleep peaceful butterfly sleep

 

600 new moons cradled her salty eyes
into each daunting dreamless sleepless sleep
and she faced each dawn with a graying aura
Reflecting on years of a sullen youth

 

This butterfly yearned for a fulfilling life
Treasures gifted her peers took pleasure in
Dangling for her to see but not partake
Envious thoughts teasing the tender mind

 

Love-Undying Love

 

She drank of the cup and danced the faerie dance
Whispers of drink butterfly drink promised new hope
But even in her altered state her wings would not spread
This butterfly would never experience the flight

 

She cried to the angels too many times to count
Heal this butterfly heal with no answered prayer
Friends and Foe masked with promise offered no faith
And this butterfly felt as though she would never come alive

 

The mighty storm could not compete with her weary mind
And she took on the wind alone, in a lonesome world
But with each strike of lightning she braved another fear
Until there was nothing left to brave but fear of fear

 

She saddened to regret for the lies that she told
To entice those masked foes to a life yet explored
She gained none and offered all – though never enough
For when it was time to turn down the light

 

Alone-Always Alone

 

It was her time – for her God was calling
Come Butterfly Come, I will offer you peace
And though this butterfly felt too young to go
She accepted the fate and nodded with sanction

 

Her cancer was expected, anticipated

And in her dying breath, this butterfly was set free

Dying-To Die but yet so alive

Unmasked foes came about to exclaim their faking woes
Ah, but a smile took shape, for now she could perceive

And observe their wicked self-centered souls

How insignificant they appeared in the end, compared

 

To all, All she had now

 

A light warmed within her soul, meant for her alone

But not alone-

 

Love, undying love

 

Finally-Forever Final

 

And in an exhaled gasp, as in frozen ice suspended in air….

 

It was just a moment but the world stood still
Sleep peaceful butterfly sleep

 

 

Purple Moon

Purple Moon unveils her protective light
When the seed of my soul grows dim

Grey Sky gently lifts away gripping hands
When my heart yearns for earthy night

White wind breezes through my shivering bones
And I hear her whispering words

Silvery rain seeps through my dying skin
To remind me I’m not alone

I romance the darkness and dance in tone
Ignoring signs of early morn

For when red sun bleeds through my shaded world
I’ll transform into self-unknown