Strongheart

13 Nov 2013

Where My Soul Is Housed

Love

Where My Soul Is Housed Brooding into dawn and the last flexible patchesOf goldenrod, I am singing something even I can’t followWhere motes of light hang over the edge of waterAnd a rose finch has flown away with my dreamsTension in the hush— in the wind-...

Strongheart

21 Jan 2013

Clarity

Coming from despair to hope

I cannot stand, nor walk or flyOnly collide in my barren yardIn stunned moments of claritySoil still clutched in my handsTaste this despair and wormwoodStill bitter on my tongue; I bruise my fleshOn bark, dead roots and cold abuseMy face still stings with...

Strongheart

5 Jan 2013

Indigo Child

Dedicated to all abused and or misunderstood children in our world

Eyes ruined from neglectStrained below all she holds-Above all that slips away Her gentle flame draws breathIgniting strength of ashen dreamsCommanding smiles of passersby Slipping between beats in timeShe proclaims love her sacred hymnAnd so dispels all...