Night
What I saw when all was dark
Under the moonless stars,
Unfurled sails cross clear skies
And steeled my grounded heart.
I lost the moment when time shed
All its frog skin spots,
Returned its gaze back upon me
And shouted in the dark.
“I will not win this any way
I will not cross the fog”,
That creeps into this crystal night
A bandit with false rot.
And when the ship is set adrift
Above my small abode
I will not know the phrase to say
To reach the silver throne.
I will stumble in, dismayed and great
To test the edge of night
To join the silent revelry
Or face the call I might.
That echoes through me
Like a drum, set fire to my veins
“The time has come, the hour close,
Soon these nights will change”.
Surrounded
Travel between I’m told
Release yourself, be one
But what happens when all
At once
I am none,
I am floating in the river
Bobbing without direction in glass
Breaking my heart to listen
To hear
Too many cries echo beneath my feet
Too many universes have whispered
Too many minds have been broken by the wind
And mine is not strong, not fortified against the madness
That creeps from the glacier that’s fed with blood
To find me wrapped in shadows, alert as the river turns
Against my being, the rush,
Overcome by majesty and unfit to feel its pulse
What I was not born to know
I hunt for you.
In woods and opera houses,
Scouring farmers markets,
And baseball stadiums,
Straining my eyes
To take on the full moon
And on the other side of eternity
Rests the answer,
You. You cloaked in a mystery
Four winds bound to leather.
And me, me, I am
I am dragged across starlight
Splintered in slim darkness
I search,
I searched,
I searched to find.
And now that I stand before you
Wrapped in a clarity that confuses
Even myself
If you dare to show your face,
If you are more than reflections
If you have ears and eyes
If you can recognize the determination in mine
You know, as I do,
Bows and arrows can’t catch the wind
You cannot skin nor carve what might have been
My newest lament, veiled and waiting
Was wrestled into releasing
What I was not born to know
A familiar path
My little black dog stops
At the red rocks
The same as yesterday,
Yet born anew
In dappled sun she reads
Her daily canine news
Floating feet ahead
She leaves a mysterious code
For friends and foes
Entwined with a knowledge
I’ll never know,
At the base of an old oak tree
Strangers Sleep
Strangers sleep above me
To my left and right
Children giggle in delight
Day plans made before parking lots
Foot steps, firm, appear at 9 o’clock
Exploring the identical above
Little red inn,
Rust in the redwoods,
$150
Sequoia palace
Ancient Grove
Sentinels stand guard
Echoing the sun
Through threaded mana
Lending glory to tender morning
Woven roots reach through time
Surrounding the inner grove
Surging dappled golden trails
Answering the long known
Canopy
Under blooming wisteria
I wasted my time
Convinced I was honey
As salt fed my lies
Beneath blooming roses
I bided my time
Waiting for answers
Ignoring the divine
Under blooming honeysuckle
I breathed in the spring
Doubting my body
Not knowing my need
Beneath blooming bougainvillea
I heard a sharp crack
Of oaths broken, shattered,
Never to go back
Sunrise over the mountain
Though unaccustomed to morning light
Sunrays pierce my sleepless heart
Cascading golden across my face
Chasing away nightmare memories
Yet, seldom have I so felt this truth
Radiate into my bones with knowledge
Of the fading heartbeat beneath my feet
Bleeding sacred lifeforce upon wretched
Take care when waking the earth
If slumber stops, she rises, aglow
To find destruction among her veins
Indifferent chaus inhabits shaken hands
Perfection, protection, peace
Float further away up golden rays
That gently reach my face without
Knowing the hope they seize en route
Tonight
Tell me, tell me where you wander
Playing hide and seek with the water
Tell me, tell me if you found them
The lost, the broken, bye, and bye
Tell me, tell me why you stopped it
Willow fort calls out in the darkness
Tell me, tell me what you saw there
A thousand tiny suns dance within stars
Tell me, tell me how I’m to learn here
Precious, fearless, velvet night on earth
Streamlined To Do List
Get in touch
Breath in, out
Buzz buzz
Goes the mayfly
Know yourself
Enough alone
Buzz buzz
Goes the snail
Sit still, focus
Feel it out
Buzz buzz
Goes the steelhead
Expand, expand
Never contrasting
Buzz buzz
Goes the bullfrog
Move with grace
Dance in silence
Buzz buzz
Goes the water
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