Peony Bright

 this photo was taken by Clyde Horn in Nancy's garden spring 2011

Come with me my cruel comrade,

Make not a single solitary sound.

Tread lightly, twixt the twisted tendrils

Of a frightening future.

You abhor relinquishing control to me.

You pull relentlessly against my lead

But my heart is stronger than yours.

Where you have anger, I have courage.

You have stubborn by the tail,

I am a flexible platinum coil. 

Unbelievable sunshine whispers 

A quiet tune 

In my ear when

You reach for me.

As the notes begin to form

they change into

the absolute

face of beauty

the bizarre beauty of 

unexpected bliss. 

Just believe.

Expect to see the exceptional.

Know something you find, 

Something you stumble over

Will be for good 

        or ill.

The only difference is in what

Remains in your memory 

       over time.

Tangled trees build the

Forest where I live.

When you join me there 

     we sit under

Lovely flowering 

Dark branches. 

We drink 

deep of the quiet calm.

But 

     Then the raven cracks

Our silence with

Promises broken

Promises that were not kept.

We will know then,

They were never

Really made.