and she remembered yet another winter
that searing cold that never leaves
and frozen fog moments clinging to her heart
land and filth covered by frail white
lost and finite in a bleak, diamond landscape
powdered longings fall and melt
as breaths (hopesdreamsfears) freeze inside
that tangible cold that left her unmoving
with a promise to return...

And she melted into the coming Spring
As though her heart forever needed warmth
Searching for life among broken branches
Colour emerges out of barrenness
Like the long awaited sun
A newness seems to subtly spread
As she lifts up her eyes...

and she wandered through the summer fields
ripe with adventure in the shimmering, thickened air
dancing in the rain of freedom
yet succumbing to the sluggishness of another humid morning
rife with meaning endings beginnings
so easily missed in the glamour
(until it's all over and you return to life having learned...)
having learned nothing more than the warm breath of the sun
the lapping of waves and softly eroding sand dissolving underfoot
dayfading, summer fantasies live on in the heart (while you still sting from burns)
summer pain (you can run away when you return when you return to life)

charlotte oke

posted by Unknown @ 8:06 AM

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