Child of God
young and pretty
old and careworn
both
she gave me perfume
(i can still smell it)
foreign and fragrant
tempting
a gift
(of sorts)
from
a traveler through
her used body
how did she end up here
(hotelier come escort)
no one told her
she would
never stop crying
for the babe
she had
no way for
so she told me
a stranger
Robins
Undaunted
Flocked
Fluffed
Fearless
Are here
My dear
Spring is on its way
For real
This time
For real
Snow
Silences
Stream
Song
Spring still
Springs
Hallelujah
new snow
blue snow
makes a puppy bounce
flounce
trounce
pounce
makes a puppy bounce
new snow
blue snow
makes a puppy bounce
Splinters
Splintered
Separate
Solitary
Single
Confined
Alone
Echo chambers
(of our own making)
Filled with splinters
(an algorithmic atrocity)
Toothpick and marshmallow statues to our stupidity
(gullibility)
Comfortingly childish but
Rickety
Spastic
(and uselessly sweet/indignant/righteous/mad)
The common glue
That once held
Has
All
Dried
Up
Your playlist is so
Different
(from mine)
Will we every sing
The same song
Again
Black
Rough
IronÂ
Heavy
the arrows
when they come
unwelcome
unexpected
I see your
blond blown out hair
everywhere
Is their dresser using the same color as you
the same product
the same brush
to tame the wildness
Would that it was on your head
Instead of theirs
and you would turn and
see me and laugh and say
Heeeeeyyyyyyy
Branches bare
Nestled 'neath
Pine still green
Sheltered there
Waiting
Resting
Hoping
Still
he
she
they
did
IT
shame game
blame game
we're very good at it
When you feel like
You
Are
Flying part/blown apart by (fill in the blank)
Ground yourself in the earth dear heart
Ground yourself in the earth
Lay upon our common rock
Gaze upon our common sky
Breathe in His life/breath
Deeply
Purely
Keenly
Let Him re-form you once again dear heart
Let Him re-form you once again
Feel His life restore/recreate you
Feel His power bare
His wild divine space/place of wonder
He can
He does
He will
Colleen R. Jantzen 