Take Me Home

There is nature peaking through the cracks
sprouting out of the cracks in the sidewalks
shining through the gaps in the skyscrapers
and in the city of steal and glass
I am reminded of home
taken back to a place where
open space takes my breath away
and fills my soul with a contentment
I have known nowhere else

Home: the best four letter word I know
Blue skies: the background of my dreams
Flora and Fauna: a reminder of the beauty in the details
The horizon: my future laid out before me, undiscovered

Soul Portion

At some point
I glimpsed a portion of your soul
the part you tried to keep hidden
beneath the stoicism and
and constant deflection

You do not know this
I kept my reaction hidden
covered with a snort of laughter
at the joke hiding your truth

It was beautiful
this glimpse
this sliver of light in the
pressing darkness of life
like a gemstone hidden
amongst the stones
deep in a cavernous hole

I never knew how to ask you
why you kept up the facade
never knowing when
the right time would be

Now I cannot ask you
you are gone your soul
gone and buried
and my whole being feels the loss

You were the brightest part of my life
the brightest part of each of my days
I miss you
more than any language can express

I will love you continuously
through each day I face alone
through moments when I want to
turn to you and bring you in on the memory

It will always be you