After a major storm

After a major storm
Emotions peaked and went

Deadwood is left upon

The base of a bridge bent

It may take another

Rising water and storm

To release or forgive

To heal again the norm

Bolstered up on my own

Bolstered up on my own
Wishes to be better

Healing or hurrying

Track suit or full sweater

Keeping weeds from growing

Better fence to neighbors

Inviting tender hearts

Alongside the labors

Somewhere in a forgot

Somewhere in a forgot
But not forgotten lost

An importance tugged hard

On its leash at all cost

A bauble, a brief bloom

A button needing thread

On an article of

Clothing that I had shed

Do I turn this corner

Do I turn this corner

Little significance

Just one syllable more

Altering the cadence

Self-imposed strategy

Graduate to seven

Or maybe even eight

Or nine, ten, eleven

There are burdens with dreams

There are burdens with dreams

Anchors dragged through oceans

Cargo thrown overboard

To encourage motions

But without them - abyss

A darkness without edge

We must Imagine and

Set compasses to pledge

Having no empathy

Having no empathy

And those that cannot feel

Approach with knowledge of

Impenetrable peel

Not capable of love

We should have been afraid

It was not about "all"

Just only their parade

All of these absolutes

All of these absolutes

(I'm finding that funny)

Even a cloudy day

Is still a bit sunny

Never ever again

(And still I have to laugh)

Negating my own self

In an intended gaffe