Shale stones
One upon another
Trees torn in half
A storm roll through here last night
Superior water rose
Spitting liquid fire
Earth moved
Spilling dirt and rock
On the bleached sands
The turbulence blues rocking fiercely
Rises up to meet the newly exposed bones
There is the sand earth and water speak
Natural tough
Water slides around rock
Rock shifts
A watery dance in sues
To a repeating cadence
Dipping and swaying
Twirling
Pulsating
Bobbing
They are breathless now
And before anyone notices
The water recedes
The rocks rest
All traces
In the sand washed away

out there it is dark and lonely
but I have been there before
Spent hours in darkness
Eyes shut tight
Mind holed and knotted
Arms tense
Toes curled
Heart
Heavy
Out there it is cold and hard
But I have been there before
Clasping hands
Rubbing them together
Creating warmth
Finding shelter
Lifting stones and boards
And Out there is the air
And life
I have inhaled it
tasted of earths brown skin
I have seen birth and death
It is yours and mine
Beyond the lash
Over hills
Through woods
A river bends
A small bird sits on a branch above looking down
At her reflection
Silently
What is it that she sees?
Rushing by
Her image distorting
She doesn’t recognize her face
Fractions of color split
As she flaps her wings
The clear water absorbing the moment as she disappears in to the endless
sky

I see so much more now
How you loved me and
Why
I feel something strange
I feel a small space
Growing between us
Did you forget?
Or just remember
That space feels good
Space is clear and
Open
there can be beautiful moments
When you look through the space and see things out there
Like a tree in the yard
You can see it only because there is distance between you an it
Space is good
You can move things around
You can move around
It an be a large space or small
Space can be in your mind
And not at all
Space
Space
Space
Space
Space
Space is……..
Space is……
Space is
Space