you can wait so long that time begins

to stalk you like a shadow that slowly

envelopes and suffocates your being.

 
when it came, I felt the full force of

disconnection as a tightly clenched 

hand pulled me up roots and all.

detached and vulnerable to the elements

I wandered, walking the winds of change

until hope and expectancy breathed again. 

returned and embedded in life's earth, 

flourishing new shoots of spring 

emerged to lift up the lids of my eyes.