Clearing

Just as the gray is stripped away A banana peel to a prettier sky So too, your grimace Turned softly to a grin Corners upturned Revealing the fleshy undertone Of forgiveness The humidity of harsh words Stifling As if choking on exhaust fumes Cleansed By the parting of heavy clouds Ready to empty their bucketed burden of rain Rinsing away last night's pain In the bursting buds of newly discovered Spring The soil offering a wetted oasis Drink up and flourish with gladness For I have been too long under ground And it is within reason to welcome a clearing Fold your umbrella walls Let the sunshine of my love (and my need to share it) Warm with fertility your field Stretch out on the green grass of my belief Close your eyes and breathe in the honeysuckle That swells in my heart There is a radiating glow, Earth, sea, sky (and ME) Why would you rather commit to stay in the cold I have kisses red, like azaleas I lend you long stemmed lazy afternoons Swinging in a hammock As time crawls slower than the ivy vines I will give you cherry blossom smiles And laughter, long as the moon rises Can you deny the streaming sunlight That plays upon my hair Are you there? In the clearing....