Sahara Dust Cloud

 a dark empty sun

like a talisman it hangs

sahara dust cloud

©Rose

The Spider and the Moon

Time and death

are shadows,

emotional threads,

of thought

darker, emptier

than the 

shadows

they throw

A silent venom

that spins 

a web

weaving dreams

from moonbeams

that vanish

like dew

in the dawn

©Rose

The Restless Wind

Tether my soul

to the restless wind

that heeds

no light

nor dark

that I may hark

the dawn of verse

as it's born

rippling through

the grass

that I may witness

the golden rays

of a sonnet

upon the wings

of a gull

and hear 

the breathless lull

of poetry

as the sun sets

on the sea

 ©Rose

No Longer Afraid

Your sighs tame the wind

weaving your whispers

through my hair

i am no longer afraid

to love

Your heartbeat measures

the silence of the night

i am no longer afraid

of the dark

Your embrace warms

the cold hours before dawn

i am no longer afraid

to dream

©Rose

After Forever