Respite

Driven by a zephyr wind blowing over my heart,

scents of evergreen remembered

lure me to the oasis fountain

between wisdom’s pines,

the scenic communion chapel

felt as cascading seconds in calm,

one subtle respite over my chaos

captured in a glimpse.

 

Nature draped as a stunning moment

of backpack encounter effulgence,

when the waters flowed through the soul

drown the darkness in their power to baptize,

utterly immersed in a oneness

between life and creation.

 

To reach the terrace within the mind

while my world creeps in stress bites,

conjured as flaming spiders

who crawl over the chest

 

Returned in an exhale to a vernal gypsy caress,

a palatial reservoir that teems

with paradisiacal  phantoms,

where I touch that mirror in my mind

and feel its shadow blow over me

through the vibrant aura of golden quintessence,

that feathered flight of realization’s quixotic dreams,

as the cherub twin of my life

stirs in the thickets,

seldom appearing

except for a frail realty I paint with wishes.