Dig in deep, carve the ribs out
Take a peek, inject the doubt
Tatter
	The forlorn strands
Shatter
	The cratered hands
Forget, that violent dread
Remember, what Sarah said

I watched the fireflies
Dance in the light of
  Their love

Heard hidden songbirds
Sing in the chorus of
  Tree boughs
  
Felt the wandering wind
Coursing in the space of
  Unbound thoughts

Sitting in remaining space
Wondering to myself what
Was the butcher's bounty
For this aged heart

Storm clouds clasping overhead
Signaling the new turn to
Slow breaths boiling into open air
Chattering bones longing for the
Stilled warmth of fallen giants

Finding refuge in
A seasoned hermitage
Learning to release
To the freezing winds
Ashes rendered from the
Ink of pages past

Shedding the shadows
Lifting the pen
In silent seclusion
A moment to pull
From future's fire
Bittersweet transformation
That needed the heavy
Air of reclusion