Birth Day

I was born in a rocky cavern
sprung up from the ground
a warm spring of water bubbling
up and up
in the darkness

the laughing ripple of
water
over smooth round stones
flowing out of the dark
and into the light

collecting the dark
and the light
carrying it outward
blending together
keeping the laughter

i am the offspring
of a casual affair
among the clouds
i emerged from the two
seeming to have substance
weight
but having none
so i am adaptable and
never the same twice

i am rooted in the earth
upright and
reaching toward heaven
arms above head
swaying with the wind

~Forgotten & Found

10/2009