The Storm

This storm has pulled

me apart

Conjured up by

my heart

Winds shift at

violent speeds

Lightening strikes

with each plead

Finally, as I fall

the rain comes down

Broken by the truth

that is unbound

The simplest request

unleashes a prayer

With the answer

"no longer linger there"

So I undress and leave

my clothes behind

Naked I walk towards

the quieting of my mind

Raven

The Request

The presences of

A deep rooted tree

Holds in its leaves

A sound that is me

Notes that are played

Dance from within

Effortless music

Make everything spin

The scent that lingers

Drawn in by my breath

Creates a picture

All else vanishes, it's whats left

Both following a journey

Spiraling in

Finding the oneness

Of Spiritual kin

Using the word

As a sacred being

Flows from the heart

The truth in seeing

Key fits the lock

Frees that which was kept

Remembers the waves

Where the animal slept

Seeing dreams which

Beckon the soul

Kindling the embers

Bring lives into whole

Tending the Earth

Loving the Spirit

Each to the other

Sing the same lyric

The windows of vision

Clear with intent

Show the contentment

Of dreams well spent

Free from all need

It becomes clear

Fitting together, like comfort

Blessings so dear

Not tangled

In the cords of the past

Releases the spirit

With the spell that is cast

Seeing into the seed

Where true gifts lie

New lives begin

When allowed to fly

Raven

The Cloth

Pieces of time

Tarnished silver and gold

Found in the dust

Polished now, can be sold

Still in the darkness

Holding an empty cup

Waiting for the rain

To fill it up

The cloth that polished

The others so clear

Never was used

On what was so near

Pulled to the center

By silent devotion

Echoed the depth

Of this loving commotion

From the core

Came the sound

Voice of the soul

That which was found

A request of love

Directed within

Would sooth the burns

And heal the wounds of the sins

Drinking the herbs

From a cup made of glass

Was the prayer

For this holy Mass

Raven

Unraveling

There along the hemline

One missed silken thread

Looking for the weakness

Your attention there was lead

Unraveling the seam

Came unexpected rain

Pounding into chaos

your own pain

Brought into daylight

Something held so near

Threads of your garment

Began to break as was your fear

Salted waves stung

Washed my wounds clean

Tearing off the shreading

Naked it was seen

Running from the light

Hiding back in the dark

Again you tormented

Stitching back that which you did mark

A fledgling at this flight

Bleeding from the moon

The blessing of the seed

Was not awakened soon

Not needing any answers

Opening my eyes

Feeling the winter's frost

Understanding your lies

Raven

New Lenses

Some twist of fate

Covered in time

Inside the forest

Could be hidden a crime

Unable to speak

Unable to see

Never my thought

Misuse of a plea

What a coil

Of distilled spirit

Holding the lid

On the unsung lyric

The purest of nectar

Never to be told

Possibility of truth

fits in the same mold

Silken cord around

The throat of the past

Hands burn from

The tension at last

The same follies

Of childhood dreams

Could have a twin

of muffled screams

One doesn't always

Travel Alone

Sometimes fog

Sings the same tone

So I release the noose

new lenses conspire

Seeing what was

Singed by the same fire

Raven