Sitting on the front porch swing
Watching the clouds transform
As they swirl
And crash into each other;
Mixing and changing so naturally.
Separate ,
Then together.
Separate
And one.
Give and take; meld.
Never the same cloud remains
When i take my eyes away.
And they dance on
Dissapating
Becoming the air that I breathe.
I look back and they are gone;
And look back.
The trees before me
Wave an acknowledging hello
As the wind escorts the clouds
All blue and gray
Over the mountain peak.
And unexpected joy
Seeps into my skin as
A deer wanders near my seat and stops to stare.
An ant wanders onto my foot.
I know he is lost
For I have nothing to
Offer him.
Back to the dirt he returns.
I saw the sun shining through
A little break in the clouds.
Shining down
Far away from me.
And I wondered,
Will whoever those rays of
Sun are shining on
Take a moment to
Look up and see
The sun is still there?
I knew him then.
The boy.
The child.
I knew him when the sun played on his shoulders.
When a glance at the clouds above would set him free.
When nothing could stop him from
Dancing
Or
Smiling.
It is as if another lifetime now.
I do not know what happened out there in the world.
I do not know who stole
Delight from his veins.
But I do know
Whoever
Stole it,
They did not take it all.
For
I see it in his shadow.
I can’t help it.
I can’t help but fly.
Fly above the chaos that I have been
Cursing
All this time.
I did my time.
I did my time on the ground.
Now I am spreading my wings.
I am turning my life around.
And I fly
Among the Angels.
I fly
Among clouds.
I fly
Even when my feet,
They touch the ground.
There you stood
Looking at the clouds
Talking to yourself out loud
When you believed
No one was around.
I saw you standing there
The smile gone from your face.
Lost in a dream.
Lost in a lifetime
And space.
And my heart ached
As I recognized
Myself in you.
The clouds are in awe of the moon tonight.
And
Oh,
How they love her.
Bathed in the warmth of her
Quintessence
Night after night.
Bewildered by
How she shines so bright
In
All
Her
Silent beauty.
I must write today.
I must paint the sun
In rhymes.
Or not.
I must urge you to taste the
Rain
With your heart.
Become the air as it dances with
The leaves of the trees.
I ask you to
Close your eyes
And
Let a cloud roll
Off
Your tongue.
Sense the heat of the sun
As it plays on your skin.
Take notice as the ink amuses itself in your
Mind,
Leaving every word a memory indelibly
Impressed upon your soul.
Forever a part of you.
Dare to drink
The poem
That is me.
Dare to let
My moves settle
In your soul.
Dare to take me
Whole.
Lie with me in grass of green.
Dream with me in clouds of white.
Dance with me in days of wonder.
Dream with me in nights of slumber.
Feel this life upon our skin.
Drink the untrained passion
Hear the pulse of satisfaction.
Ride the endless heat
In this divine existence.
And you will know
You have the
Steadfastness
To dare.
Take me whole.
I dare
You.
Chole Into Diamonds 