To Swim

This contract? It ends

I don't wait for men

It's now, that was then

I woke up, I win

I've learned how to swim

Amen

Significant Other

God is my partner, so please understand -

I'll never be tethered to woman or man

I won't play a part and I don't meet demands

Unless they're my own and on ground that I stand

I keep neither cuffs nor a ring on my hand

I do all I want and whatever I can

Alone is illusion - I know who I am:

Supported and courted according to plan

Sediment

Like sediment sinks

Slow down and rethink

Don't settle, but sleep

Awaken in peace

A wind will upheave

Expand and release

As ripples, you reach

Wash, rinse, and repeat

Rebuild

Weather harsh, window sill

Ants are art - do not kill

Shopping cart, poison pill

Put it down, please be still

Fall apart, wait until...

Watch us start, see our skill

Follow heart, with free will -

We are smart - we rebuild

A Rose

Like the light comes through cracks

I'm a rose that grows back

In full bloom and intact

A high vibe and impact

In spite of and in fact

I'm on point and on track 

Free of fear, love from lack

I am better than that

At Play

These birds sound like scissors 

Wings clip cut away

Seams burst, sundress withers

It's dismal this day

My words blend with blizzards

Do dreams die or stay?

Deferred - dead like winter

But always at play