Unlatching

cage

fluttering

freedom

wings

spread

you

soared

airborne

circling

you

returned

once

shooing

away

insisting

courage

forcing

liberty

bird

tears

then

flights

of

angelic

heaven

to

your

future

you

went

Serpentine

road

ahead

uncertainty

cautious

twilight

my future

lies

one step

ahead

traversing

craggy

paths

moving

tail

winds

holding

your

arm

we

go

My

eyes

leap

off

your

cheekbones

diving

into

deep

chocolate

morsel

ponds

where

I

swim

languidly

like a

teen-aged

boy

on

summer

vacation

Life

storms

raged

yesterday

tearful

downpours

lightening

strikes of

truth

gales of

honesty

tore roots

of lies

cyclone of

deceit

cleared

foundation

now

aftermath

born

rebuilding

upon

nothing but

clarity

and

truth

Ceaseless

words

epiphanies

translations

reflections

unyielding

compromise

self-doubt

confessions

where

does

one

turn

when

oneself

lacks

comfort