A penny for your thoughts
and I will hold your world briefly within mine.
In a constellation of shadows
and an empty canvas,
the sun tilted that day,
and the peonies waved to the lilacs of summer,
bringing a respite of serenity
to the likes of me wading across shallow water
paddling my arms through muck and mire
of a life distilled,
standing at the crossroads,
fragile as the fledgling
learning how to fly.
Love turns the corner
tender as the sweetest kiss,
indented is my heart searching for myself.
Have you felt the sunset
with both eyes wide open?
Have you swallowed morsels of poetry
that brought beauty to the rain?