See me in heaven

When I’ve passed away

In the stars; in the moon

In the milky way

In the breaking of dawn

Coral sun slowly rising

A scattering of brilliance

’Cross all the horizon

In majestic bald eagles

Aloft in the air

In the billowy clouds

That drift here and there

In the mid-day sunshine

That kisses your cheeks

That pierces the windows

And warms with its heat

In sea salty waves

That lap on the shore

In perpetual motion

Their ebb and their flow

In blossoms and flowers

That flourish in spring

In the birds of the morning

That echo and sing

In the showers of rain

That cleanse all the earth

And wash it anew

Bringing joy and mirth

In fiery sunsets

Of deep orange and pink

As the cool, blue sky

Is brushed with eve’s ink

See me, I’m with you

Gaze with your eyes

My body gave way

So my spirit could fly

See me.

See me kindly if you can,

See me blindly without preconceptions of who I am.

See me naked without judgement's blanket covering what is there

Or the trappings of this world and what I wear

See me without comparision's glaring hate filled stare

Don't look for ways we differ, we all do--see instead the thread we weave and share

See me and paint me kindly if you will

With all the love inside you that is still

Inside yourself and maybe you will see

The beauty that is still inside of me.

See me through

the windowpane

my breath

fogs the glass

Watch my fingers

curl up and

watch me

breathe my last

Trapped behind

these wicked walls

with ivy

growing high

They smother and

they strangle and

they swallow up

my cries

I cannot see

you or

the world

beyond this place

But I can feel the

sunlight through

the darkness

on my face

see me

i’m breathing

spent years thinking outside of the box

forgeting to look for what’s already inside

farsight can blind you sometimes

when you never met prying eyes

it’s like looking past your own reflection when you look through the window

it’s faded

out of focus

but it’s there

staring right back at you

while you create wrinkles with your eyebrows

with some distant worries

not even noticing

you exist

See me

A ghost, a heathen, a shadow

Witness my fire, my earth

There is a spitting mountain in my belly

Hear me

Just a whisper, I am without thunder

Touch me

I will calm the hurricane for you

see me / seesaw

in the enclave

of the heart

right where

you are—

to the left

of every

thought

—our

ventricles

swell

and

ebb—

for the

love of

God—

balanced

percariously

like connected

bodies of

water

are

#SeeMe #Challenge

See me in your mind,

Feel me in your heart.

Close your eyes

And see me next to you

When we are so far apart.

See me not is to not see my love,

One that grows with unboundless energy

Each time my eyes are pulled into yours

And the pool of life we swim in,

Will let our emotions float freely.

See me as I see you,

Plain yet beautiful,

Quiet, yet passionate.

See this is what love is about.

See me.

See me?

On the sidelines of your life?

On the bench, alone?

I guess you don't.

I guess it is too little too late.

Don't you see me?

How hard I've tried?

I reach out, but touch wall.

I reach out, but hear nothing.

Have you been locked in a cage?

Pushed from another's life?

I don't think so.

I don't think you ever have.

Maybe if it had happened to you

You would see me

Screaming for the keys

And you'd open the door.

But you don't, do you?

See me?

Please.

See me

Why don't you

Steal

A second glance

I’ll be a different person

When given the chance

Would you stare at both images

until they blur into one?

Could you see them apart

And also at once?

My heart both hopes

that if you really saw me

you'd love me

and fears

that's why you don't