Stutter-Steps

Flakes of cold meander about,

Floating calmly through the air,

Strange to see snow in this desert fare,

So peaceful, even as it dwindles south,

Not concerned with the ground below

Refreshing to see, the beauty of the melting snow,

People stop and people stare,

So much to take in, so much to be found,

When definitions are turned upside down,

The pacing slows, depressions pare,

Life is full of unexpected pauses,

No such thing, I have learned, as lost causes,

For some a new start,

A second chance can be seen,

Awake and open to deeper meaning,

The unexplainable seems to touch the heart,

Out of oddity and within irregularity,

Life is filled with countless possibility

A Shift in Light

Darkness, spoon-fed through a sliver, bends towards

A star of shining brilliance, creeping beneath the gates,

Those truncated arches connecting this to there,

Places most of us don’t care enough about,

That is, until its’ worth merits knowing,

You close your eyes and pray for dreams,

Awake once more, yet this feeling you endure, almost admire,

Lids partly open, eyes partly closed, a subtle softness filters through,

Flittering by, above and below, a harshness rising, darkness grows,

Shielded by deadly lashes, you resist possession, and watch in silence this blackening,

Barely recognizable after what’s been seen, those shiny, sparkly romances, now

Composed from composite angles, only a single shadow remains, infringed upon yet barely hindered by,

Linger it does, linger it must, holding pause in distanced trust,

Whatever resides behind that door, no sense in speculation, but guess you must,

A corridor perhaps, long and winding; with a narrow precipice shortened near the core,

Instead revealed is a sea of red; a blood-red hue, magnetic in its’ satin glow,

A soft and painful melody silhouettes a silky violent tone,

 Swaying slightly to the cadence of an incantation; echoic are the metrics of a breeze,

Moments prior thought escaped,

These same memories now you cannot escape,

Redefined by sight and sound, Awakened; it appears you are.