Thoughts Fly

Some say I hide
behind words-

the amethyst wings
of fantasy fowl

the soft night
troposphere, filled
with winking eyes

but-
words are freedom

~C.E. Laine

I Closed My Eyes

I closed my eyes,
And in my mind I saw the sea.
I saw the sea, green and pale,
The moon shown on her
The wind blew my hair.
She was warm and welcoming
And deadly.