Solace

Come here a while
And let the world grow silent
As you lower yourself to your knees
At my feet

Let my hands release the tension
Of the day and your thoughts
As your head finds my lap
And my hand strokes your hair

Take solace in this surrender
Let go of the protection of control
Wrap your arms around my legs
As your eyes close in the warmth of us

Here there is calm
A respite from your tasks and expectations
A landing place for us both
To regroup and re-Center

Seek shelter here
For I feel hollow without a occupant
Rest in my shadow
For without a body to soothe it is only darkness

This stillness moves us both
Invigorates and reanimates
So that my smile reaches my eyes
And they glow with pride when you meet them

And just as you came and I accepted
How you knelt and lowered your head
You accept my hand as I pull you to rise
Back to your feet from where we started

A dizzying loop of seek and surrender
My voice in your mind shaping your actions
The beauty of your consent
And the alchemy of what together we foster

Echos

They are carried on the breeze
Wafting through my mind
In and out of focus
Phantoms of what was

Do you see them?
Taunting in moments of softened defences
Shimmering remnants of moments past
Kneeling before me, your upturned face

Energy once ablaze dwindles to embers
A glow for what I hope to find
You provided the outline once
And left me with echos

How they taunt me
There is cruelty in these skeletons
Hollow space at my feet, in faith in submission, between their ribs
I can see right through all the cracks