by breathwords | Mar 6, 2021 | Bright Breaths
mountain streams feed into a hungry river where dusk paints its glow—kawakaari the surface splattered in amber and aquamarine cherry blossoms bloom in quiet rebellion whispering their confessions in falling pink petals swallowed by the current while flower gardens...
by breathwords | Nov 23, 2020 | Bright Breaths
you’ll find her in the treehouse made of ash and alder, an ancient soul locked inside a heart that beats through fear and strength do you not see the charm in her ruins? the petals that bloom from dropping limbs when the darkness rose, she flooded it with scattered...
by breathwords | Nov 20, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths
we tried in vain to find some comfort, a lesson in the language of the almost lover, olive branch extended through the cold dark night still, i hope you find the warmth i left behind, the embers that still smolder when the dawn begins to rise -ashley...
by breathwords | Jul 15, 2020 | Bright Breaths
bewildered and bewitched, we unravel the night, stitching it back together with threads of light from the wings of aphrodite as she rises, a shining beacon of beauty moving in the company of flowers, scarlet camellias and purple orchids and burgundy bougainvillea we...
by breathwords | Jul 5, 2020 | Extended Exhalations
our last days of winter were spent inhaling poetry, high on smoke and spice and a whole lot of s o u l, our lungs like hidden chambers filled with a breath of ashes, our hearts like hollow canyons filled with the echoes of prose we took a drag of every line and purged...
