into the forest
into the heart
heart of darkness
heart where love sparks
sparks light passion
sparks grow fires
fires burn brightly
fires seek heights
heights of rare air
heights that can heal
heal all that’s shadow
heal all that’s cold
cold like love’s loss
cold like lost pasts
pasts of childhood passion
pasts of a young heart’s beat
beat stoked by friction
beat grown to flame
flame of random flight
flame flying right
right to sought warmth
right of smooth passage
passage through the forest entrance
passage to love’s dwelling place
place of tall trees
place of winding ways
ways that twine love
ways that twist life
life lived in mazes
life of strange turns
turns branching uphill
turns racing down
down to strange waters
down to rough rivers
rivers swift as time
rivers roaring white rapids
rapids amazing
rapids that run
run to harsh trouble
run to sea calm
calm of security
calm of soft dreams
dreams sifting memory
dreams that might last
last through long voyages
last through old age
age grows labyrinthine forests
age grows tangled hearts
hearts
forests
Lanning Lee 