Hope
To feel so deeply
the soft falling of life
upon my heart ...
fleeting moments
stealing all my breath.
...but I go on
somehow surviving
despite the exquisite connection
with deep longings
without words to give 
definition -
and memories that exist
only in the imprint on my soul.
hushed, hushed ...
like the stillness of
falling snow.
Stillness that allows room 
for the purity of all that is.
Lost in beauty
that comes clothed
in pain ....
despair, which promises
light and redemption.
Hope creeps on
silent feet,
unheralded companion
without expectation or need.


Courage
i take one step at a time
for i do not know my destination
i cannot see the next turn in the road
and do not know whom to trust
you may walk with me a pace
but i will not look for you tomorrow
if i stumble, i will not reach for your hand
you shall be my companion
but not my stay or strength
 my strength creeps slowly behind
keeping to the shadows
i will not ask yet for her fellowship
i do not know her structure
her features
her attributes
she is a stranger to me
and i will not turn to see her there
yet.