Sanctuary

Poetry is

the door

to my sanctuary,

a sacred place

where I grow wings

to escape the unimaginable.

A place to find you-

desperate to hold you

once more.

Losing myself

in 

nature,

in 

words

cascading 

like

a

waterfall,

forcing me to plunge 

to the bottom of the night.

The language leads me to

rest beneath the evergreens,

safe in the understory.

To molt as waterfowl

and wait in the twilight

for an eclipse plumage.

Be vulnerable,

transform,

gather strength

for new growth

of deeper hues-

to emerge more beautiful,

for you are part of me.