Evening Shades

Life

The sapling begins
in the deep light of life
where the sun and breeze
tease the shadows.

The seedling is bound
by the dead debris of seasons
fragile, even to the speechless sky.

Confidently, it stretches
into the universe of colorful prayers
and burrows deep
into the darkness of faith.

A Life of Chances

A Life of Chances

A Silhouette of a sparrow, settles
in the center of a street light's gaze;
caught outside of day,
she waits
for the stars to leave.
What instinct betrayed her?
Leaving her stranded
on this pavement of chances.