for awhile i lingered in a silence, this place where light no longer
differentiated between the shadows cast ~ bev smith
yet,
with calloused hands
you
reached inside
your heart and
pulled out sky.
a place my kites
could fly forever
without needing
worry of tangle
or
tethering strings.
in the nature
of your gentle,
you
corralled the sun
so each morning
in all weather
i may find a dance
among its rays.
placing every cloud
with care
in their dark place.
where in escape
i may stay to brood,
running the bulls
that on occasion
need freed of
my devil’s way.
and in your strength
pulled for me
every mountain’s mass
skyward.
so sometimes,
when needed,
my feet
can touch
its solid ground
and i will feel
at once
all that lies within
our love.
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© 2017 Bev Smith