Unfold

As the song rings out,
Her hair flows round,
This joy, this carelessness;

Feeling all of the worries fade,
And all of the cheerfulness in the world enter;
Her wishes may have not all come true,
And there may be problems in the world.

But her life is good,
The sun shines and the rain falls.
Moods change like the weather,
Seasons fade into each other
While life changes with time.
Still, the smile doesn’t fade.

Once she wondered if it was fake,
The show she put on was for the sake of others,
But here, in this day, this moment,
She knows that the bliss is within her
Radiating from a spirit that can’t be taken down

Her spirit is resilient:
Made of sunshine,
Dance moves,
Rain puddles,
And words to poems she has yet to write.

Birds fly,
As she watches their wings flap,
And wonders where their going;
She realizes she finally doesn’t need to know:
Where she’s going.

From her past,
And the present,
She knows that her life will turn out.
Everything has a happy ending.

When you’re not looking for anything,
It all comes to you.
So now she lives.
Actually let’s go.

Spreading her wings is a task.
They’ve been clipped for so long,
Not by anyone in particular,
Just by life
And life’s expectations.

So now she drops it all,
Into the pit of unneeded things,
Plop go the expectations;
Sploosh go the worries;
Swish goes the resistance.

Slowly her wings unfold,
Readying herself to be independent for the first time,
In a lifetime.
Because all she wants is to be happy like this,
For a lifetime.

Release

Steady heartbeat,
Even steps, beating the soft dirt;
Fight or flight.
Branches breaking,
Listening to the rush of the wild;
Thunder breaking the clouds.

Roots protruding from the ground,
Rocks break the skin of her bare feet,
Vulnerability.
Dew on the ground.
A spider web catches on her arm as she sprints through.
Rain pools in her foot prints.

A path ends.
Water rushes like she runs,
Toward the pool.

Water caresses her feet.
Watching the emotion rinse from her toes.
Her heart beats quickly.
All of the pent up energy;
Washing out of her into the pool of water.

Stress built up oozes from her;
Like the bleeding cuts on her feet.
Tension released,
Like an angry prisoner;
Into the free world.