for so little

The shadows were black as the night

Yet someone knew they were there

The fire was sharp slicing the silence

The boots on the ground ordered 

Special forces who may well have known

Their cover was blown albeit not the why

They lost that night 

One too many lives

Their hearts aching in grief

They alone will weep 

In loving memory 

Of a life 

gone 

why

for so little

so terribly much

lost

(in memory of Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator William Ryan Owens )

free

"Man wants to put everything in a cage ~ and he does not spare himself. "

 ~ KateyB

the illusions built over years

finally fell from the worn window frame

pane by pane they hit the ground

shattering into slivers, jagged sharps

the fragility of the core

dare not pick them up

to risk cutting and bleeding out

exposed to the wind and rain and sun

there became a strength

as wings began to unfold

first the moistness risked the filmy screen

see through as dried 

unpierceable by human scorn

lightness of the innocence brand new

with ancient eyes embedded

the silence became nothing to you 

yet she knew that she knew

and

she loved you no matter where you are

she loves you into the fullness of light

beyond the simple heat mirages 

she was, you must know,

she is, you must feel

free