Your love is a flowing river…

Your love is a flowing river…

Your love is a flowing river leading me toward isolated caverns of tranquility,

Restful as the liquid colloquy curling round and round reflective stones sitting in a

     mountain brook

Nestled high along the hem of a darkening leather tundra.

Fold me into your heart like linen

In cabinets freshly perfumed with cotton,

Bind me fast to yourself as a sash in celebration,

Cradle me in your hand where I will dwell in the cup,

Unwinding knots at the end of a day burnished by fire.

Originally published in The Effects of Grace, Kindle ed., edited by Alice Saunders (Tampa, Florida: TL Publishing Group LLC, December 9, 2015), Kindle eBook, page 22

Mountain river flowing through conifer forest