You opened your eyes, and opened my heart, your innocence peering up from my arms. Time stopped in my world, all done was all done, by this life I must keep from all harms.  A lazy blink, a bright eye, the faintest hint of a…

Cold rain on the window pane, wind rushing through the tree. Dark sky, boiling clouds, storms damp fingers caressing me. A Memory stirs, Africa's grass, a rushing curtain of rain. Smell the air, hot damp earth, storm's scent etched in my brain. Hear the rain…