chimera

scabbard ready – sword loose
you enter
shoulders back and tight
hands tense
your face a forbidding stone parapet
vision aroused like a heat-seeking missile
nostrils flared for clues

stoic and brave you enter
ensorcelled by courage
all the air thrums with menace

gaining the entryway you look up
into the face of a friend

as you drown in light
the parapet evaporates
armor translates to silk
saturated by air that has become a conduit for joy your heart sings
your head clears and you wonder why you have fought for so long
and why you have had to work so hard to relinquish your weapons
in the weather of a new found friend

Current Fads
Listening. my iTunes playlists Singles: 1988-2006 and Sunday Morning; birds
Watching. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Activity. not writing a novel
Gadget. Palm Universal Wireless Keyboard
News Source. the news feeds in Safari
Reading. The Maiden's Tale - Margaret Frazer; Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns and Encountering Naked Reality - Pema Chodron; Fortune (I would be reading more but I'm not writing a novel right now.)