Spring; 2016; 8.5″ x 11.5″; mixed media: ink, watercolor, acrylic.
Cruel winter winds
too fiercely blow.
They drive me deep
beyond where I can speak.
Everything silent
except a heart beat,
my own.
Waiting,
listening,
I survive.
Until the day
harsh winds
scamper away,
tails between legs,
ashamed,
chased away as
the liars they always were.
All that was frozen,
drop by drop,
slides into a mighty river.
Confused and dazed,
afraid to move,
afraid to believe.
Swept along,
irrevocably free.
Spring,
when I rise,
broken and powerful,
tongue loosed,
and it’s finally time.
It’s my very own song
I cannot help but sing
Spring,
when I rise up and say:
I am still here.
I am here.
Colleen Briggs Images & Writing 
I’m SO GLAD you’re still here!!! Does this mean that you’re coming out of a dark season? I know all too well what that’s like, and I’m so glad you’re emerging, FREE! Hugs to you, dear friend.
Thank you my friend! I think you know what the long, hard season has been. I wish I could share publicly more details of the amazing ways God has carried us, but feel I need to protect the privacy of the person with whom we’ve walked through it. But I will say, my testimony of God’s faithfulness is as powerful as the depth of anguish I’ve felt. Love to you!
This brings me to tears…absolutely beautiful.
I know you understand, my friend. I am thankful to know I never walk alone in this journey. Even though we’ve never met, I feel your constant encouragement.
And I feel yours as well. It is a blessing to know you through your art and written word.
Beautiful imagery and line work and the connecting words…
Thank you so much Cheryle! I am using a new tool that has revolutionized artwork for me! I’ve struggled to get the fine lines in my head out through acrylic. It’s called a “Fluid Writer Pen” and I can finally create fine, fluid lines! Old artwork pieces had better beware, they are subject to re-working at moment’s notice! This piece was actually an old one, now hidden beneath a re-work. Perhaps appropriate for the subject matter!
So glad you are exploring your process, it is somuch fun to play with possibilities ans all the ideas that are out there.
So exciting to explore new possibilities. So glad you liked this piece.
thanks Cheryle! your work constantly challenges me to think in terms of layers.
Love the flow in this piece and gorgeous colors