violet

turning toward the future
with uplifted face
like a violet
grateful for the sky.

~

RN

unearthed

i didn't need to be told
or discovered
to be written
in truth
i knew who i was
on the inside
and that was enough.

~

RN

/ cut /

i thought that you could
take these things away from me
the people i cared about
the moments captured
in photographs
and as i grieved
i realized
these people
are forever in my heart
and there,
you can never
reave.

~

RN

let it fall

to not chase
the next star
but let it fall
in your hands
by creating light 
in your fingers
interwoven
with hope.

~

RN

a place to sit

startled by the presence
the showing of care
the face of innocence
turned and offered
a palm and a place to sit
and a friendship
blossomed
beside me.

~

RN

dunes

tumbling down the sand dune
and the wind howls hot
against my limbs, scratched
by tiny particles, beige and brown
stacking into mountains
blown into nothingness.

~

RN