senephia is a member of Abstracts from Nature, Challenge Café, Everything Winter, Icy Cold and Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers).
I lift the foot / raise me up, step… / a step above / six steps below me / the distance beckons on / yet I pause at the landing, glance… / he’s not there. I take another step, / a…
It is good to see and feel what is true / this is my life! / …and so I thank you: for letting it be / for bringing it out. / You listened to my dreams / you helped me to shout / my joy to the sky…
Wisps and curls of smoke / not lazy – just languid / they curl around my fingers, / tickling me: curious / until I jerk away – burnt / by my own desire to waft / away on currents of air, / spreadi…
I’m all alone out here. It’s not a question of footsteps, / body heat, or weight / it’s just a matter of breath – / freezing in the cold air. It can’t / stay in: every time it races back…