After The Rain

Love heals the most bitter wounds, with time.
After the rain, I walk alone, along soft footpaths
The sun warms my soul, healing the pain of life's bitter storms
Following the long winding road that leads to a new tomorrow.
Home beckons from round the next bend.
A sanctuary of grace and peace.
Dancing motes of sunlight reflect a joyous heart,
freed from bondage...
A soaring hawk, silently tracks my progress
A graceful symbol of freedom from the past
I have come through the other side of bitterness
into a place of loving peace.

The weathered gate offers a joyous welcome ..
For all who enter here.
Mullioned windows open wide
embracing the soft, feathery breeze
and healing light.
A place of love and laughter.
Earned through scouring years of pain

Treading softly on burnished oaken floors,
I find him waiting
Dozing by the fire, glasses slipped halfway down his beloved face
Softly I ease onto his lap, arms twined round his neck and whisper,...
Home now my beloved,
safe in your arms once again.
Our lined faces traced with life's fingerprints,
crease with joy,
His mouth closes on mine with sudden need.

On clean soft sheets..
he lies over me
Our hands twined,
eyes gazing into each other's souls,
he enters my liquid depths.. slowly, silently...
We lie motionless..,
joined in silent rapture
My body trembles, arches against him
As he pours his warmth into my pulsing body.
Our bodies sing in a crescendo of blinding, searing oneness.
Two souls, one heart
Home at last,
in the late afternoon's fading light.