Talking to the Stars

~Destiny~

Destiny

rides the wild stallion

chasing me through the night

I hide

frightened

among the trees

Hoping he will pass

leaving me forgotten

in his wake.

I hear the distant hoof-beats

pounding time with my heart.

Drawing ever closer.

Until the sound

is upon me,

around me,

within in me.

Pulling me forward

urging me to join him

in my seemingly 
inevitable fate.

I hold on

hold my breath

knowing I must not reveal myself

and be swept away

in the approaching storm.

The thundering noise

roars past me

the trailing winds

whipping my hair 
against my face.

And within a moment
horse and rider
are gone

disappearing 
into the night.

And there is silence.

Only the sound 
of my slowing heart

pounding in my head.

I push through the trees
 onto the path

into the quiet moonlight.

Step by step,

I walk forward

Brushing the hair from eyes.

and knowing the future

 is mine alone to create.

Knowing I have won.

~ Desert Wind~

~ Dawn ~

~ The Cell ~

~ Let's Go to the Sea ~

~ The Carousel ~

~ Sandcastles ~

~ Magic ~

~ Memories ~

Floating 
like petals in the wind
memories of our journeys
dance through my mind.

Each delicate and unique
and chasing each other
in intricate spirals.

Sometimes moving so quickly
as to become one unending
tornado of color.

Some break away
caught in unseen currents
and drift out of sight
forgotten.

Finding their way to the flowing river,
they rest gently on the surface 
and are carried away
lost forever.

As I sit on the banks
watching those that remain
remembering, smiling
and sometimes crying
I can feel you close to me.

Reaching out 
and into the ever changing swarm of color,
I close my hand and bring one close
feeling it fluttering 
like a trapped butterfly 
against my palm.

Some I let go to rejoin the others
Some I keep, 
pressing them between the pages of my mind
ever close 
so I can remember them again and again.