A thousand caresses
What is this spring
That plays hide and seek
Like dappled light
In a patch of sunshine
In the woods
To bloom with fragrance of love
Momentarily , then wither
In the shadows that always follow
To dance with a lightness of step
That fold in their rhythm ,footsteps
Of impending loss
To throw cares to the wind
Flirt joyously with freedom
Only to rake them ,cares, carefully
Gather them with the brokenness
Of too much fragility
To awaken to a dawn of possibility
Knowing all the while that
Endeavor of the burning day
May consign lost hope to the darkness
Of nights' despair
To let the caress of a moment
Awaken a hope of a forever
Still knowing that cuts follow caresses
And we live and die in life
In a thousand caresses and cuts
--shubha
P.S. In response to a prompt on an online group, wordsmiths with the following words , Wind, Fragrance ,Dawn ,Spring, Patch of sunshine ,Footsteps and Caress .
What is this spring
That plays hide and seek
Like dappled light
In a patch of sunshine
In the woods
To bloom with fragrance of love
Momentarily , then wither
In the shadows that always follow
To dance with a lightness of step
That fold in their rhythm ,footsteps
Of impending loss
To throw cares to the wind
Flirt joyously with freedom
Only to rake them ,cares, carefully
Gather them with the brokenness
Of too much fragility
To awaken to a dawn of possibility
Knowing all the while that
Endeavor of the burning day
May consign lost hope to the darkness
Of nights' despair
To let the caress of a moment
Awaken a hope of a forever
Still knowing that cuts follow caresses
And we live and die in life
In a thousand caresses and cuts
--shubha
P.S. In response to a prompt on an online group, wordsmiths with the following words , Wind, Fragrance ,Dawn ,Spring, Patch of sunshine ,Footsteps and Caress .
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