April 6, 2022

Sunset Comfort



bright red in a stormy blue sky
dark like the thoughts going through my mind;

clouds so full
my own eyes, too;

Oh, heavens, I am just like you!

the light is so low
that I forget what I know
until I see what remains,
red and orange aglow

it reminds me
it reminds me

I am not alone.


-aq/lesnspired

March 4, 2022

Beautiful You

just because the words were retracted

does not make the opposite true


the gentle praises and expressions

as they learned the nature of you


the words that colored the phrases

that they confidently used

January 17, 2022

her gratitude

may she not lose 
her gratitude 
for all the many 
loving kindnesses 

that gently  

brush her cheek 

and graciously wipe 

her tears away


-aq/lesnspired