Elephant Footsteps

image courtesy of Magpie Tales 85

You padded in

and touched my heart as quietly 

as elephant footsteps

You brought the rain

and washed from me the

smoke and soot that had

choked and blinded

I climbed upon your back 

together we flew

with the clouds

 submitted for Magpie Tales, 85

and Gooseberry Garden: Poetry Picnic, Week 7, Love and Loss