Testify

Thunder rolling 

The clouds gather

Emerge from the ocean

To settle the score

You tried to 

Divide us and 

Steal our power

But that will happen

No more

Scream so much

That you can’t hear

It is time to testify

Fuel the rage

Behind your tears

It is time to testify

Exhausted from the fight

Still can’t sleep at night

Exhausted from the fight

But it’s time to make things right 

 

I’ve given so much but

I’m still gonna give you more

I’ll never tire because

I know what I’m fighting for.

💫Amber Comber 

Shades of Blue

Why do I wait for

Crumbs

When all I want to do is

Devour 

Why do I stay

Silent

Choking on words

I need to spit out 

Just wading in

The shallow end

Of my doubt

I’m ready to dive

Deeper

Than I ever have 

Before

I’ve given you the keys

Still 

You won’t unlock 

The door.

💫Amber Comber

Horizon

Change is happening 

Everywhere

You can feel it

In the air

The rising tide

The ebb and flow

Finding ways 

To let it go

Horizon meets

The bluest sky

The waves come crashing

Building/cresting

Carry me out to sea 

Time and space 

Have no relevance  

Your internal 

Compass

Cease to exist

The stars will guide

Your way back home

Trust the wind to

Carry you on

Cleanse my soul

With the salt air 

Until my heart

No longer cares

About all that 

Tethers me to land

Lost at sea

And whole again.

💫Amber Comber 

Cumulonimbus

 

The crepe myrtles 

Are heavy with rain

Crying 

Bright blossoms 

For me to walk upon

My hair still taste 

Of salt from the ocean

When just yesterday 

I felt at home and

Weightless 

In her arms

I wrap myself

In my dad’s old shirt

Wearing it like armour

Knowing that soon

I will be fighting

The heaviness 

That is lurking 

Just

Around 

The

Corner.

💫Amber Comber

Water and Sand

 Teach me

To savor each moment

And be able to let go

Lingering in the 

Beauty of the past

Is killing me slow 

I want to stand 

At each threshold

Eyes open wide

Present and alive 

Willing to risk it all

Not fearing the fall

Madly in love

With each 

Breath

Kiss

Scar

Tear

Touch

Word

Wound

Laugh

The future is

Water and sand

The more I try to 

Grasp it

The faster

It slips

Between my hands.

💫Amber Comber

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Moonbeams

The flower moon 

Found me, a wilted mess 

Wrung out and wrinkled 

Like my torn party dress 

Getting lost in 

Nostalgic corridors 

Clouding visions 

Of what I’m here for 

The suffering has 

Always come easy 

I’ve grown tired 

Of fighting joy 

I want to surrender 

Letting it 

Carry me 

Triumphantly 

Through the darkness 

That tries to envelop me 

I am ready to receive 

 My flowers now. 

💫Amber Comber

Wisteria

 Wrapped in wisteria

Wounded by dreams

There are so many

Moments that I wish 

Could be unseen

These spring

Fevered dreams

That keep me 

Awake at night and

Anxiety filled days

That constantly ask

Am I doing

This right?

When the voice

Of reason 

Left 

Long ago

And your 

Aching

For something 

But

What it is

You don’t know.

💫Amber Comber