You Jump, I Jump

I plunged into my salvation

ready for rebirth,

raptured by your potency

I found myself, unearthed. 

I welcomed the elation,

as if basking in a dream.

I fell head over heels, but

then, you pulled the string-

A sudden change in (e)motion;

my fascination lost its breadth,

You and me were done

before I caught my breath.

**linking up to OLN over at ~dVerse poet's pub :)  
**And yes, I really did jump out of a perfectly good airplane-actually the little plane was making me nervous and I was glad to get outta there ;).  It's probably been about 3 or 4 yrs since I did the skydive, but I would "jump" at the chance to do it again!

Dead Silence

                                    River, Marina Moevs, 2005

The destruction arrived mute.

Never heard it coming,

although the sharp bladed

prickling around my heart

may have been a clue,

a premonition,

call it intuition,

a reflection of what

was to be…

But I discounted it

and the voiceless bane

crept on in, turning

my thoughts insane.

And the silence, it

hangs like a nimbus gorged

on my unanswered questions.

My core uprooted,

I scatter speculation

like driftwood-combing the

reasons for your

absence, while you

silently cease to exist

in all but memory.

**posting to Magpie Tales and OLM at Real Toads

Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions-

how many made actually take?

Most of them need just a day,

an hour, to break.

Reflecting on this last year-

The choices made, those that

stemmed from hope, those that

stemmed from fear-

Will we use this, our past,

what's been learned,

to take chances at last

and to change how we

embrace each day

or in our stale safe place

will we stay?

**linking up to dVerse
**One of my resolutions is to take the time to sit down, write, and post more often.  I started a new job this week (will still be working with premature babies, just in a different hospital), and my new schedule should allow me to write a bit more regularly; now if only my brain and my "pen" will cooperate!  

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, may it be filled with happiness, laughter, fulfilled wishes, and success :)