The memories of longing

Reached out

From under the clouds

Heavy with water

This view was cloudless and blue

Only yesterday

The sun was shining

And there was the kiss

Of a prairie stream

Over a naked body

But today she can’t swim

The thunder is calling in the lightning

So she rests inside a cedar cabin

And lets the longing soak into her heart

Like rain into the dry land...

Outside

There is rain falling from above

There is a river below, roaring to the tune of gravity

There is food to cook

There are books to read

There is music pulling me back in time

There is a fire that won’t start

No matter how much we try

No matter how many sparks fly

Even with bone dry kindling

This is fire won’t start

Inside

There is a bottomless ache,

a gully of darkness

Set to the backdr...

I’ll come for you,

One day

you probably won’t have invited me in,

But I don’t need an invitation.

Didn’t you know,

Ive been here since you were born?

Since your first breath,

silently by your side

I am the last breath

The ending

And the beginning

Rest rest

In the knowing

That I am a friend...