Prompt was to use words from a specialty dictionary. I chose photography
Strewn between
Strewn between
mountain and valley
these artifacts of who
we used to be
all of our sins
against the other
blown out for
a thousand miles
the evil we carved
upon wounded hearts
in the solar flare of
our self-destruction
while the dust bunnies
of what was good
still multiplied in
the days gone by
and now we find
our long since
empty glass
is thirsting anew
for this cocktail
we’ve made up of
two parts forgiveness
and two parts
re-imagination
and a dash of
amnesia
no doubt about it
there’s no halos
to be found among
the budding green
and vibrant blooms
of this new spring
while clipping the rot
of the dead and gone
grinding up the bones
of what used to be
to feed this fertile soil
spraying and praying
to water this garden
between whose furrows
we will dance
throughout the
long summer nights
to the tunes
of our poetry written
under the moonlight
radiant and resplendent
in the delight
of what has always
been between us
that which…just is
