LivingRainbow

LAMENT FOR THE ROLLER COASTER (written 2003ish) Roller coaster! Roller coaster! Speeding, climbing, falling, Rushing, twisting, winding, Jerking, twirling, looping. Roller coaster! Roller coaster! Never again may I fly on your track; Forced from desire, I can never go back. Roller coaster! Roller coaster! The day came so fast, That last ride, so far in the past. Roller coaster! Roller coaster! When will I remember the wind in my hair? When will I scream and lift hands in the air?

THE CHANGING TIDE (written 12+ years ago) ‘Round the edges of a desert island The ocean water ever pounds the sand. Forward and back, rush and gather, Wet tendrils reach in white-tipped lather. So steady and loyal, the waters that flow In stillness, and even when storm winds blow. Sometimes they pound harder, and sometimes faster, But always repeating; the breath of their master. But oh how the tide longs to break free, To rise up and bury the island in sea! To run its own course to the other side Of the island, to join with its neighboring tide. Yet the sea is afraid, it would need so much strength To gather a wave and le

BOUND BY FIRE (written 12ish years ago) Red as blood the circlet shines To calm the fire in triggered times Gleaming gems in single line Inlaid and backed in silver fine. Around the wrist a promise worn To keep healed wounds from being torn. And thus from beauty curse was born: Where circlet was, now chains adorn.