soul searching and the lilac [take one] May 27, 2009

The sun is rising out over the city’s wet gray presence.
The air molecules are lightening,
becoming thinner,
turning a less opaque shade of gray.
The trees seem to notice, as they wave a little faster,
soaking in a denser sunlight, a brighter shade of blue.
Who am I?
I am the shade of green
that covers the leaves of the lilac
bush
brushes up [...]

waterfalls are all around May 9, 2009

waterfalls are all around
can’t keep my feet up off the ground
i hear some singing in the rain
i feel something like a change
in my heart
i think it’s spring
i see a ring of light explode,
spread over the horizon’s knoll
there is a color i’ve seen before
it changes everything it knows
it’s reaching for
my toes
i think i’ll let it touch [...]