falling {June 2007}

Originally uploaded by Ellanora Marie

falling


there is something about you
that draws me in
draws me in to you


it is no small thing
to love someone
to truly love another


the less i fight it,
the more i fall
the more i love you just the way you are
i have fallen for you


these words may seem small
but truly, they are as falling mountains
in my heart
falling mountains giving way to the sea


~ec


*This piece was inspired partly by the Sara Groves song 'Loving a Person', from the album Add to the Beauty (c) 2005 Sponge Records*

i am fragile {June 2007}

Originally uploaded by Ellanora Marie

i am fragile

shattered and torn

much like glass, or paper

i am fragile.

i turn away

shut the door

lock the windows

before anyone gets too close

close enough to see me

all of me

the me that i hide

please know this before

you speak:

i am fragile.

will i ever be lifted

and shifted?

triumphant over the pit,

the miry clay.

i

am

sinking

and

i am fragile.

yet i lie here in waiting

for the sunrise,

the dawn of mercy.

for beauty.

i wait

and i dance in this darkness

proclaiming,

i am fragile.

~ec

flight {June 2007}

Originally uploaded by Ellanora Marie



flight

these wings of mine are losing their feathers
they are plucked, pulled from the root
as I try to leave the nest
(and step off the edge of this humble-home)

my belly speaks to me
knotting, looping
over and over
over and over and over again

I look off and away, in hope

the hope that one day
(that once-upon-a-time day I’ve heard of)

I will be free

this quiet hope echoes in every song I sing

dreams of eagle wings permeate my thoughts as I sleep

bravery
(unattainable bravery)
awaits

flight over mountains and meadows,
streams and cities

this promise awaits as I drift away

I long for it, this bravery
the bravery of an eagle

I long to leave my fears behind
leave my fears in this nest
(this ghost-town nest made of hay)

as that bird-king would

but instead I am only a sparrow

~ec