Harmony

You bring rest to my shaking hands Replacing the churning in my stomach with gentle flutters Returning the smile I forgot truly existed Quelling the fires of heartbreak Just as I was accepting them. Somewhere a glacier sits strong, stubborn Yet it allows this gleaming, tranquil river to flow through Harmony among nature Love even in those that were believed inanimate. I fall, a leaf from a retiring maple The ground spinning ever closer Before I can reach my impending end The nurturing cardinal takes kind hold of me in all it's colors Lacing me through the walls of her nest Giving me purpose, now part of her home I am part of her life. Now those hands that used to shake have long been rested The beating wings of the monarch are all that makes wake in my gut now That once forgotten smile now adorns my face at a constant And those once blistering flames have thoroughly been quenched. Joy has been returned to my heart.