Jupiter

JUPITER

Violent red and orange storms

Skies on fire

Endless winds.

Nightmare poison atmosphere

Surface void

Lifeless world.

Europa's heart beats frozen hard

Stone cold rock

Empty moon.

Violent storms.

Lifeless world.

Empty heart.

Jupiter.

Caren E. Salas

photo: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990718.html

Heavy

My body feels heavy like

The weight of the world's crushing

Down on my chest, like my eyes

Have to close and give in to

The sleep that wants to embrace

Me, and lead me to my dreams.

Caren E. Salas

Flying

Wind biting my face

Lion roaring in my ear
Heels locked, heart racing
Hanging on tight, butterflies
Fluttering in my stomach.

I have no choice but

To put all my trust in you,

To lean when you do

Close my eyes, and hold my breath

And believe that we're flying.

Caren E. Salas

(for Michael McCabe - Thanks for showing me I could still fly. I know you're really flying now. Heaven had no idea what they were in for...)

No Regrets (Day 30 - a "after leaving here" poem)

No Regrets

If I should ever have to go
Before I say good-bye
Please always know my love for you
Will truly never die.

Don't worry if the last thing said

Was harsh or insincere
Sometime the words you didn't say
Were those I chose to hear.

Don't think about the gifts forgotten
For various holidays
Your hugs and love and happiness
Were what mattered anyway.

Though I've no plan for leaving soon
When I do, have no regrets
That I love you and know you love me
Is what you must not forget.

Caren E. Salas


photo by William Salas