abloom

Image © 2016 Jennifer Wagner

flowers

are for falling

like i do

into you,

knee-deep and

head over—

for healing

winter’s ragged,

jagged bones

and just

to make you smile

© 2016 Jennifer Wagner

Staying Afloat

Words like whirligig,

puzzle,

firestorm,

words for the day,

sit on my couch

in cozy pajamas

sipping hot tea.

Bring pillows, they say,

and candles.

These lights hurt our eyes.

Noisy seabirds duck and dive

a cove somewhere outside.  Waves

crash the shore.

I listen hard for the music

of salt and driftwood—

for words like ebb,

buoyed,

float.

                                                    

“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you…” Psalm 55:22.

© 2016 Jennifer Wagner