Knot and Flame

Inktober 4 and 5

First

Apologies for missing yesterday’s prompt. Day 4 in 2021 was Knot and day 5 in 2022 was Flame. I feel they are fitting for how I am feeling, which is stuck but still trying to head in the right direction. Maybe the short term goal is sleep tonight, maybe drinking more water, or maybe its gathering the counsel in my brain and having a little rundown of we’re at on the treacherous sea of life. Maybe I need a gentle reminder that we are never perfect, but we always try.

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Knot

A collision between two shooting stars,
Arms wrapping tiredly around,
Crossing like fingers into the fold.
I love the way your eyes close,
Spinning in the sound of crunching clothes.
You trust me? Already?
After all this projected disgust,
The day never holding enough time for us?
You smile as if you had never been cold,
As my chest tightens, forming the knot.
My heart, fearing I'll forget, keeps a hold.
A tiny reminder of why we're here,
Shooting across the aimless boredom,
                                                           Stress stricken air,
                                                                               Chasing ghostly dreams.
This string pulled any tighter we'd lose sight,
And maybe we want that permanence.
My hugs feel like that, too.
Like trying for forever.

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Flame

Steady light in the dark hall,
Full of chaotic afterthoughts, nightmares.
When shone upon, of course there is beauty,
A substantial idea that lives in color. 

We need earth for our feet,
To stand in the darkness,
Before we can find our way.

We need air to breathe.
We live in ideas, 
The soul of endeavors.

We need water to flow,
When its always too easy,
To be stuck in a feeling.

And flame,
The light sparked in our winded lungs,
Burning through the crust of present stillness,
To light a way for flowing streams.