August 28, 2012 – Shadowleaves on Lake Ann

Held At Bay

Written this last Tuesday in August
Written With/For dVersePoets #OpenLinkNight
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nothing prepares you for this day
scant feelings of rushed tears &
a sobbing soul

somehow you keep holding
them at bay ~
pushed back &
buttoned hole

secrets of diagnosis
pinned down with yet
another pair of hands

without regrets
not for any part of the day
a closing and watchful eye

I hear a sudden rush in the trees
a wave coming closer
then an afternoon shadow
all for a passing cloud

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untie me & let me go
scattered vapors
rain forever free

walking down a country road
scuffed heel shoe marks
the spot where I stopped
to gaze over the hallow
lost wonder

I walk down a country road
to find my way home
to find myself once again
to know who I am
it’s the only way I can

after last night’s rain
blue refreshed skies
5 eagles fly higher
sentries over the sky ryder
only seen by day’s moon