Anthem

Anthem

I rise

I don’t care what the digs are

I float up into the air

Dance with winds

and twist my wrists

As if never having a care

We are all the universe

and, open, to see our chance

We inhale the good

Exhale the dark

The best dance I lusted

after and never,

Forever, had

Imagining the arms waving

See the rainbow reflections in

lakes

You try to suck me up into the

tornado

A force of strength, set in concrete

flavour wrong

I try to integrate

I HAVE to love

and protect

my own peace

More rooted from numb leaving

Than you will ever know

The sad, leafy willow

Loves her beautiful drooping leaves

But, has no intention of living that way

The wind whistles through the branches

gently, safely

No one else needs to hear it

My private, power song

I am the air, sky and

leafy greens

I connect when I live, underneath

At the roots of something larger

The shadow, the playful daylight,

Warmth of the sun beating

and the floating winds, as

words release..

Image credits: Canva

centered, peace