Red Leopard

If I could be famous
For just one day,
I’d write you a novel
Full of hope and love.
I’d keep you close to my heart
So you would be safe.

Bang the pipes
Loose of the crud and muck.

Rain floods my eyes.
Pain splinters my heart into dust.
The soft glow of the candle,
Illuminates my fear and self-doubt.
This is not working.
Throw it out!
Time to try something new.

Somehow, I fell
Off of the track.
I tried to walk
Down the middle
Of a precarious
Situation.

The flower that grows
In the terra cotta pot
By the garage door
Had the audacity
To bloom today.

The rock fountain
Outside my sliding
Glass bedroom door
Creates a sense of peace
And tranquillity
In my weary stress
Filled mind.