Here in the sparks of Spring

Here in the sparks of Spring

As the darkness peels back

Like seedless watermelon

And the absence of black

An extended New Year

Feelings this is the start

As heaviness leaves a

Blank canvas work of Art

A spent lotus flower

A spent lotus flower

Like the vessel we leave

Generational blooms

The trough, the crest, the eve

Longevity in seeds

But we must tend our lot

Maintain a balance of

Our precious pale blue dot

The fortunes we have spent

The fortunes we have spent

The value of time and love

Together in a World

Of both devil and dove

The destined or wandered

Unexpected or planned

Moments or momentum

Holding each other's hand

In order to advance

In order to advance

A circle back to here

Sticky tar covered heels

Removing the veneer

On drawn poor conclusions

And baggage needing lost

Corralling roaming bulls

With nostril smoke exhaust

Hidden inside myself

Hidden inside myself

I found validation

My hand patting my back

Self-congratulation

How had this escaped me

An inner childhood fear

Being wrongly accused

The evidence now clear

Perceptions and guesses

Perceptions and guesses

Often we never know

Things confusing as an

Avalanche undertow

Missed chances result in

The after-thought "perhaps"

Are roads taken better

Than the unknown mishaps

I never wished I could

I never wished I could

Reach up and touch the sky

My spirits were lower

Looking down asking why

Not wanting to be an

Injustice collector

Striding for liberty

Reality nectar