The ancestral spirit of trust

born from the salt of the seas

resounds in drum beats

of natural savage beginning,

freeing my mind to dragon dust winds,

cage vanquished in invisible trust

of first ricochet of blameless caverns,

fleeting shadows cling, bruised

like unopened letters,

Interfaced with life force of trust,

spirit rebounds in open skies

quelling hazed darkness as

I embark in vessel of tomorrow

trusting that the sun will rise,

the dark red wine in my veins

surging forth to nurture and coax

new blossoms in still summer.

There's beauty

In the nightly glow

Of colored lights

That adorn

Bare branches

A special

Nocturnal magic

It's the sunlight

That gives away

The secret of all

The tangles

Multiple turns

And twists

Those lights

Must endure

To shine their colors

Throughout the night

Peek through the spaces in her ribcage

and you'll see her beating heart

You may look, but you can't touch,

a guarded piece of priceless art

Don't bother reaching fingers through

it will stay just out of reach

And in this state, it shall remain,

it's bony cage unbreached

Until one day, she finds her rhythm

and beats against her own cage

And frees her heart, all on her own

for only she's the one who can save

~For Ashley~