Lagniappe

What power makes a seedling burst

To escape darkness of its shell?

From what great muck is beauty born

To emerge radiant from Hell?


Please, judge not from mere appearance,

As there are great Mysteries here —

Beginning with the seed within,

A spark that cannot disappear!


Fear not the trials of Winter

On that road to self-becoming.

Prepare instead to boldly bloom,

As the Spring is always coming!


*This collection includes twelve poems.

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Sample: Hidden Flame


Friction, friction, breathing smoke

Within a world most dark!

Stoke the embers of the past

With lick of precious spark. 


Smolder, seethe discovery

In emptiness of night;

Ripple, burn, and manifest

Most vital fire bright!


Throb with urge for secret warmth,

Releasing bitters old;

Melt the rigid for the hard,

Illuminating bold!


Hear it whispered flame to flame

Through crackle, pop, and snap:

Soaring heat consumes all lost

As smoke reveals new map. 


Kiss me, Love, to glow anew,

Ignited by our gaze.

Let's dance within these vapors,

And feed this mighty blaze.