In The Wake

In The Wake

I dare not fall asleep today,

lest gloomy clouds obscure my way.

The dark sun is not what it seems…

for true hope is a waking dream.

I feel the sting of bitter pride

swimming against the errant tide.

Let hurtful feelings flow downstream…

for true hope is a waking dream.

I search the shore for guiding light,

dazed and confused through the long night.

North Star beckons with shining beam…

for true hope is a waking dream.

I dare not fall asleep today…

for true hope is a waking dream.

Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015

January 27, 2015

Untouchable

Untouchable

When January rolled in with black ice and frost,

Your salt and pepper strands fell on white sheets.

Like hot tears on my pillow, I let them slip away

And the bitter winds blew down an empty street.

Now you lie in wait far, far across the universe

As I sink into murky depths and come undone.

You are untouchable like a distant diamond sky,

Untouchable, but burning brighter than the sun.

But somehow, somewhere, the thaw had begun.

I watched the mockingbirds flash their wings

As the sultry foxes sauntered in verdant fields,

Savoring the essence of a lavender spring.

Sometimes I think hear your distant whisper,

Train whistles echoing in the winter night.

Sometimes I see the glint of your smile

Sparkling in the brilliant morning sunlight.

Untouchable in this realm, forever in my heart,

I climbed down that rugged hill and let you go.

The snow shall fall, and we will meet once more

Somewhere, somehow…  I just know.

Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015

January 14, 2015