Here amongst the storm

Here amongst the storm you will find me

Head tilted back

Swallowing rain

Opening my chest

To the wild wind that blows

Like a tornado all around me

Here in an open field of mud

That the sun abandoned

Where it seems nothing could ever grow

I must remember that in time

This wild storm

Will nurture the new seeds

And who knows if all of these tears

Are not already

Performing their necessary

Alchemy

Of germination

And even though the skies are dark

And the light has gone

In my heart I will recall

How good it felt

To once sense the sun

Of unconditional love

Shining its radiance upon me

And so my darling

Even if I rage

Like a tortured beast

Too long ago

Grown soul weary

Of it’s confining cage

Please remember too

Amidst this storm

To call to mind that the very best in me

Will often be revealed

Through bearing with me

Until the storm blows through

And tender shoots begin to emerge

From irrigated fields of self

Made new