Three wishes

If I were granted three wishes to make for you

The first would be for wonder

Slow down and watch the fiery sunset

See the ant crawl up the withered branch

 Enjoy the warm sunshine of a smile

There is much joy to be found in small moments

The second wish would be for health

Be conscious and aware and vigilant

Of how you nourish your body

What you feed your mind

How you cherish your soul

Don’t sell these things short

to anything or anyone

The third wish would be for adventure

Never be afraid to fail

Make as many mistakes as it takes

to do the things you want to achieve

And this above all

Follow your own heart

Fearlessly

Meiosis

A perfect sphere

drawn from the sun

A slender watery arrow poised and pierced

the separation has begun

two lungs halved

for every breath I dared to draw

four quarters

accounting every corner of my heart

for every sense that could embrace you

and the sixth that could intuit you

for all of you that emerged from the surface of infinity

and shared with us a glimpse of consciousness

and for you who decided to grab on

hold strong

unto this flower of life.

Don’t go

she whispered

but he didn’t hear

his feet was crunching up the gravel path

his coat a flagship against the bitter wind

his umbrella pirouetting on the icy rain

he returned to his tortoise-shell office

the hibernation-cave room.

Taste Spring

she pleaded

stay

with me.

Holding the sacred space

There was a woman that I loved

She turned into a lizard

Her skin scaly and razor-sharp to the touch

Yet, I did not let her go

She turned into a snake

Slithering and venomous

Her fangs widened to poison

Yet, I did not let her go

She turned into a dragon

Her fire consumed and obliterated

Everything around her

And in the ashes I could see once more

The woman that I loved.