today my mind behaves like
slow moving molasses
a viscous sweet brown mass
spreading indistinctly
through my body
sticking like cookie dough
to my imagination
today my soul flutters
like a drunk butterfly
in desperate search of beauty
getting lost in the colors
of a teardrop rainbow
emerging powerfully pristine
in a brilliant burst of light
today I am carried
on silver bat’s wings
from dark arrant despair
to breathtaking heights
illuminating my heart
stunningly clear vistas
of the untrodden path ahead