Drenched
Droplets cling
to delicate petals
and trail along
strands of hair
to drip drip drip
onto skin
flushed warm
from exertion
as face turns up
to greet tray sky
and pray
for more
ever more
rain
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Gideon’s Challenge
The Connection
Dead leaves
and wet knees
muddy boots
and deep roots
here in the forest
it’s all connected
take off your shoes
toes bare
and unprotected
dig in deep
beneath the leaves
to find cool soil
and let senses ease
sip at the calm
the earth can give
and let stress trickle away
like water through a sieve
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Gideon’s Challenge
More and More
Billowing
they grow from
mountain’s peaks
to fill
empty space
with presence
so much larger
than the mountains
they seem
to be birthed from
and in this I see
how my love
grows and grows
for you
dwarfing all else
mountains included
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Gideon’s Challenge
The Seduction
I am drawn
again and again
to your sweet kiss
like moth to flame
or bee to nectar
and as
your lips
move on mine
and your intensity
rises higher
it is the butterflies
that come to visit
and dance
within my core.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Ravaged Soul
My soul
a deep ache
scorched raw
by your intensity
and now
vulnerable
and open
for all to see
and I wait
struggling
under summer sun
to find your shade
so you can
ease my burns
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Gideon’s Challenge
Sensory Overload
I wander among paths
of shadowed darkness
and take solace
in wet ground
squishing beneath
the soles of my boots
while the world
is filled with the dusk
of forest canopy
beneath overcast sky
and when sun breaks
I step free of the
forest’s embrace
and feel that the world
is too bright
Twisting the Leaf 