Dreading your return, I hesitated
Heart entrenched in fear
Devastated with anticipation
Freedom
Tethered to the earth
I find freedom, in the fire
The skyward release
Flirtatious winds carry me
To places my legs cannot
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(This is my submission for http://bluebellbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/short-story-slam.html. I noted one of the onlookers was in a wheelchair and so this is part of my inspiration for the piece.)
Memento
When you went away
I stowed you in a box
Our moments compressed
In a stack of love letters
And caress-worn photographs
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(My first attempt at a Tanka. The syllable count is 5-7-5-7-7)
Cure
Defenseless against your loving heart
I surrender, without words
My tattered soul, mended with kindness
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