I hear you child – I hold your heart in mine
don’t curse the night – or you will forever ride the darkness
I am here – I am always here – look up – I am waiting
I am giving you time
permanence is illusion – all things shift and return to source
chaos is the foundation – live in the change and shape it
©clairegriffin2017
she is there, waiting, but she turns her face away
all this week, I hoped to glimpse your promised glory
before today, your face would have been welcomed
it was all romance and possibility
but she turns her face away
I see you, but I wanted so much more
you waited too long to show yourself
all week – going about your business undercover
a beautiful anarchist
you have betrayed us all
and now, she is blamed, the cause of devastation
©clairegriffin2017
I have been becalmed
the word-winds are blowing
across some other ocean
I’ve been circling slowly
in a sea of reminiscence
unable to move forward
my hands are still
my sails are empty
the sea is flat
the horizon slices through
my wide blue world
far below I sense
there is an immensity
a mass of constant movement
a creature of sickening proportions
sending its sightless arms toward the light
I recoil as it breaks the surface
and blindly reaches toward me
I slow my heart
and hold my breath
and wait
a day, a night
a day, another night
slowly it retreats
and the quiet waters close
over the abomination
intentions still unclear
a storm is forecast
the sky will darken
the clouds will hang low
dense and heavy with text
I will open my hands
squalls of rain will drive
ice-bound words into my skin
the wind will come
and my sails will swell
I will shield my eyes
and search the skies for seabirds
©clairegriffin2017
invisible necessity 