Crystal Dreams

A downy-soft lane of crystaline dreams

Stretching eternal, limbs of purity

Cavernous blanket o’er laneway subdued

A horsedrawn carriage with urgency passed

In boldest of silence save sparrow’s flight

Air cleansed by its falling ever gently

Virgin flakes layer upon frozen ground

Buried leaves leaven in earthen decay

Footprints lay nestled in a silent trail

Steps without purpose, aimless wanderings

At peace in the splendor of nature’s tale

Embracing crystal dreams, a rhapsody

Effusive outflow escapes without voice

A wordless rendition, faint whisperings

Echoing thoughts meander passively

Adrift as frost-bitten imaginings

Copyright 2008 Don MacIver

By Water’s Edge

Gentle the mid-day’s winds caress

Transparent massage upon face

Eyes cast outward, seas cascading

As upturned waves cresting white

Silence permeates endless thought

Ghostly heartbeat’s echo intense

Naked toes stroking weathered floors

Fingertips trace salt-laden sill

Searching for answers ever lost

Swept away, unforgiving tide

Staring long into darkened depths

Of an ocean despairingly

Wondering what will tomorrow

Bring forward from failed yesterdays

By water’s edge so long I wait…

Copyright 2008 Don MacIver