leafy fingers
greet the day
piecing the sky
pullling
layers of blue
into stems
buds
woody green
elixer of life

green
dapples
moving feet
as dust stirs
settles
stirs
pick me
pick me
soundlessly
whispers
pepper the air
dahlias
honeysuckle
palms
rangers
set the sun
whispering
still

the lilac bush

once a year
maybe a week
sometimes a day

she fills up
with life
nourished
cared for
through long hot days
colder nights

she waits
her head cocked at odd angles
legs thin and sturdy
rooted deep she quietly resists
survives
and blooms
only once
but then once
is still
enough

music
runs through my veins
liquid sound
energizing cells
filling veins and arteries
pumping
living water
filling and overflowing
my life
hers
his
theirs
yours

out of tune
loud
enthusiastic
thrumming with
missing lyrics
half remembered
sounds
connecting
tissue to ligament to muscle to bone
fingers
feet matching beat for beat
shoulders gut
heel to toe
until
the last note falls
to
make room
for the
next

music
draws beauty
from my soul

warbling through
vocal chords
rusty with age
lungs
wheezing with effort
volume
muted with years

until
emotion
passion
fury
drives dusty
valves
softens pedals
smooths
volume

"someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
the lovers, the dreamers and
meeeeeee"