I am

splashes of red 

worn in the confidence of lips and dresses

pulsing in the heart that was born fiery and endless 

I am

Spring's delicate shade of green appearing as if by magic 

reminding you of what it is to be born again

I am 

the canopy of blue that blankets you

the restless hue that invites you 

to drown in my sea 

I am 

black and grey 

storming on your horizon 

light's dark companion 

daring you to know beauty without deprivation 

I am 

bright bold colors ripping through your darkest moments 

How quickly joy fades with the faintest shades of red

The swell of hope subsides

The subtle changes of something new are now cruel reminders of something lost

And outside my window there is life 

Sirens blare

People rush to and from 

The workday begins

But my mind is lost to what the world never knew 

Had no time to expect

Had no reason to miss

What is nothing more now than shades of red 

How do I fit you into this world of mine when you come with that world of yours

Comfortably

Sometimes with difficulty 

We will fit gentle breaths between quickened heartbeats 

And smiles between laughs

And children between hands 

And we will fill the space between with us

Ferry me across this river 

Navigate these waters that do not seem to slow 

Cast off the lines that hold us to the foggy shore 

Let's leave it all behind 

We are spectators if just for a moment to the busy-ness that surrounds

The barge and its tow move in equal silence 

Like us

Burdened and incapable of doing it alone 

Lightening and Lady Liberty dance in the darkest moments before day's end

And you and I without word but with motion 

Rise and find 

That the fog has lifted and a new shore awaits

Lit up like the first light of a new day

I've loved you in this life

Please find me in the next 

So that you can stop leaving 

And I can stop waiting

And we can move freely 

As though we are ghosts seamlessly sliding into places we've waited for through lives we can't remember

Please find me in the next life

And I will love you as I have in this one 

One day silence will be what connects us

And the footsteps we planted gently will be covered over 

Gone will be the only traces of you and I 

One day you will reach for my words 

Waiting to feel a smile creep across 

Your face 

But all you will feel is the catch of your breath, the empty grip in the pit of your stomach

One day loneliness will seize you

When all that remains are the ghosts of my kisses haunting the skin upon your neck 

You will miss me as intensely as you loved me

And I, you

For we built a house of rocks on a rushing river and our pieces will scatter far and wide 

Fall away from that which holds you to this place

Leave and take with you the newness that you once promised

Tenderly you arrived, a faint light of hope on a mostly barren landscape

But the days grew long 

And the nights suffocating

So change your hue

and lose yourself in the crisp morning breezes 

These are the signs of the changing seasons