in the dark by Christy Crosson

night cloaked quiet

words going nowhere

pages filled

as you are

falling deeper

in the dark

once in time

there was lightning

now the storm

as you are

treading water

in the dark

light reopens

a bond renewed

time to heal

as you are

dancing away

in the dark

weeds underwater by Christy Crosson

Weeds underwater,

reeds in the flow.

Firmly anchored

in the mud.

Going nowhere, at the same time

swirling.

Around and around.

Holding ground.

The dance of lovers engulfed,

deeply intertwined.

We watch as if it wasn't.

We wish as if it were.

The current never stops pressing,

always flowing.

One way.

The edges begin to blur,

the blades dull.

One gives and they all go,

freed of the mud.

Swirling

past the shores of time.

Finally,

holding on to nothing at all.

hey diddle, diddle by Christy Crosson

Dawn waits for the moon to hush,

to tell her secrets.

Dawn watches the moon dance.

Hey diddle, diddle,

cat and the fiddle.

Dawn watches the dance die and

waits.

Her secrets are revealed.

Dawn waits for the sun

to tell her secrets.