Up to you

A copy of yourself

lives in her smile.

A tether between you

that none can break.

A piece of your soul

dances as you walk.

She reminds me of days

when the young me watched you.

Knowing that you would somehow

leave all this behind you.

The connection you have

replaces all you have lost.

I hold in my heart

the need to be near or far

as my heart can stand.

Only a brush with the two

can make my heart dance

with joy or with sadness.

I still look up to you.

 

 

 

 

Renewal

  1. A season of fire

when the earth is parched.

Raging infernos dance

carried onward by her breath.

A home in ruins

where once children played.

Dreams are displaced,

to evolve in a new place.

Fresh showers clean

burnt embers of the past.

A promise of the next life,

in pools left behind

by those who would fight.