All of the wonder

All of the wonder

This feeling of height

And grandeur of width

Go out like a light

All that I learn now

May not find morning

So gather today

What I am yearning

As the light comes to my eyes

As the light comes to my eyes

Through broken clouds, through autumn sky

I see the path through the woods

Beyond the river passing by

As I take my path that leads

Out of the woods, out of the trees

The light fallen in my eyes

The clouds have joined for winter skies

Thinking of the butterfly

Thinking of the butterfly

That no one ever sees

Alongside the equally

Anonymous of bees

Here is the Life their living

Although we cannot see

Only just to be yourself

None other than to be

I am thinking of you

I am thinking of you

But my fields are empty now

With winter all settled in

I have no need to plow

Though I’m dreaming of you

It’s not the planting season

I could be there for you now

But there is no reason

There is a magnolia

There is a magnolia

Just outside in view

Again, it is early

For the coming You

Two daffodils nod yes

It is truly You

They join in the error

Oh, how sad a view

My entrance is clear

My entrance is clear

Breaking the light

That’s catching the dust

Floating in flight

I fear far too much

On paths that don’t lead

Best to stay still

Not move, plant my seed

Grace was residing everywhere

Grace was residing everywhere
Making a home on each powdered limb
The frosted trees were etching lines
Like lace to break the blowing wind

And I intruded and slowly cut
A path between the trees that stood
They stared and eyed and coldly cried
Dropping snow from their creaking wood

We vanish like a season

We vanish like a season
Though strong, we cannot wait
Time erodes and erases
Everything it makes

Before we lose to time
Say what must be said
After this storm has ended
One of us might be dead

Maybe you'll come back

Maybe you'll come back
Now that I am near
Why is it you're gone
Now that I am here

Maybe you'll come back
No longer be astray
Why is it you're gone
Now that I have stayed

I turn around and walk

I turn around and walk
The sun against my back
I chase the shadow me
That dances dressed in black

A corner more then home
And to my quiet gate
And a slowly changing light
That moves in rooms 'til late

On a night filled with moon

On a night filled with moon

And clouds like glaciers glide

I rest my head upon a dream

That is wide as ocean wide

The dream is strong and young

And is new then new again

It ages and is born once more

Like crashed waves that still ascend

When will my anger unroll and shout

When will my anger unroll and shout

It lies like a pill bug inside of me

I touch it and it won’t come out

Tucking itself into a ball tightly

It waits for peace and then comes out

When all is quiet and I have no need

To shout and let my anger out

This pill bug anger inside of me

So here I am in Spring

So here I am in Spring
Again, a season old
I ask myself again
What I asked in Winter cold

My answer just the same
It has not changed at all
So am I growing still
On to Summer, next is Fall

Summer saw a moment

Summer saw a moment

That summer did not make

A universal moment

That made the summer break

Speckled with shattered light

The water tried to hold

All the shattered light

That was weighted down with gold

Even you dear Winter

Even you dear Winter
Cannot be that fierce
Spring is a feather
Through a diamond pierce

Only time will tell

Only time will tell
It may not erase
The breaks in our hearts
And what has taken place

Perhaps we can remove
The walls we built with hurt
And wipe each other's brow
With each other's shirt

Somewhere deep in time

Somewhere deep in time
Is a Sunday lullaby
An afternoon with moon
Transparent in the sky

I come to land and rest
In your arms I curl
My hand in your hand
In a shell a pearl

I demand You of you

I demand You of you
That is all I ask
Not such a hard thing
Or impossible a task

Isn't it so easy
To just let you be You
That is all I ask
And I will be I, too

We barely opened up the gate

We barely opened up the gate
To steal a peek or view
And found the forest set on fire
By the sparks of me and you

I will not write again too soon
And though we snuff it out
There is a spark which lights on you
And I'll carry it throughout

Nature wore its greenest gown

Nature wore its greenest gown
And the sky was gentle blue
The World seemed worlds away from us
Not in our colored view

I love you more than then
So much more I love today
Than all the blooms of roses
And the greens of summer days

I chase to catch my breath

I chase to catch my breath
Your world's so very grand
With oceanic depth
And waves breaking dams

On the verge of a tidal
Every space a storm
All of life is vital
Nothing is the norm

If there is a moonlight
Sonata me to you
Over the caps of white
That sink in an ocean blue

No one saw nor heard me

No one saw nor heard me
When I attempted it again
We all got up next morning
Not knowing of it then

I thought I'd be successful
I promised it would be
The last and final try
Of to be or not to be

But if I'm asked in time
Who was that who died
My answer would be all truth
A stranger, my reply

Do not judge my intellect

Do not judge my intellect
By all these words of sorrow
My heart is yesterday while
My mind is in tomorrow

My heart cries out the loudest
But my mind, it rarely speaks
Sorrow must release itself
But ideas are mine to keep

I entered the backdoor

I entered the backdoor
Of a dream that I was living
Sorry to see for real
All of its misgivings

I may have been more happy
If I had entered through the front
But false, it would have been
I'm glad I found the blunt

Eternity is far too long

Eternity is far too long

For me to wrestle with

I do not want forever

With remembrances unbliss

A bird may only lose

So many of its feather

Before it cannot fly

Regardless of good weather

The sky was always blue to you

The sky was always blue to you
And the waters always still
Didn't you see my boat out there
Its contents about to spill

The birds always sang to you
And trees in fullest bloom
Didn't you see my bough was breaking
Or hear my cradle boom

I’d go, yet it’s not cold

I’d go, yet it’s not cold

And the world is gently turning

As it has and as it will

Though my heart’s stopped yearning

At last there is no battle

It is over and begin

To accept the compromises
When one surrenders to win

We're kinder this way

We're kinder this way
A passing of page
That writes of the heart
And not of the days

Kisses meaningful
When months separate
The days of living
And mornings of wake

Our loves are binding
The stretch of our band
Not only shows strength
But length of our hand

On a ferry boat you took me

On a ferry boat you took me

On cursive waves we sailed

You showed me all the stars you knew

While the lights of Manhattan hailed

And the water fell on water

As the ferry boat churned away

Passing Lady Liberty

Who has not a word to say  

My dreams are like Manhattan lights

Folding on the water

There for just a moment, right there

In a moment, there no longer

The snow fell in June

The snow fell in June

The wind swept each flake

Into sheets for sleep

Snow angels to make

Summer day in sun

Break between two rains

Leaves were on the limb

Trees were in the lane

For years cottonwoods

Graced my shaky step

But sycamores here

Rise above my head

It’s snowing far away

Far from this my park

Dreaming of June snow

Amongst the shedding bark

Walking along the road was I

Walking along the road was I

Beneath a strong and sunny sky

I went to see if you were there

Stepping down your front house stair

But all was still and not a face

And I just seemed so out of place

I turned around and went straight back

Stepping on the sidewalk crack

And walking on the road was I

On shadow clouds from sun and sky

Still thinking how you might be there

Stepping down your front house stair

Where are the gardens

Where are the gardens
Where we used to play
Beneath the spreading shade trees
Along the endless way

And where are the wishes
We kissed and blew away
Beneath the dancing sparkle
Of a distant star array

All the noise has ceased

All the noise has ceased
You neither make nor hear
All the noise now peace
Against your useless ear

Conversations shared
Converse now with me
Once we were a pair
Now one of us is free

I like to think

I like to think
We would have been friends
When we were children
Maybe nine or ten

Trading our summer
Wishes and dreams
Making our fabric
And sewing the seams

This is a poem meant for you

This is a poem meant for you
Its words are gathered whole
It shouts from the heart
And then echoes in the soul

Out of the tomb

Out of the tomb
To find myself in breath
To look at me alive
And not endlessly in death

My soul is awake
Listen my heart beats
I'm out of the grey
Where black and white meets

Gone are clouds and storms

Gone are clouds and storms
We're staring out and wide
Our voices in the wind
As two souls just collide

Now this jewel is real
We show it to the sun
We combine our shadows
Annouce ourselves as one

There wasn't a day for This (illness diagnosed on Leap Year Day)

There wasn't a day for This
And so they added one
To deliver you this fatal kiss
And to balance out the sun

You gave me a map

You gave me a map
A globe laid out and flat
I view it left to right
Though it's up and over that

The World is large and round
We know that it's not flat
And our view from here
Is as different as this and that

I will outlive you

I will outlive you
What life can this be
Somewhere trapped in monotone
And monotony

No words can convey
What I need to say
Besides, whatever's said
Life is life and dead is dead

Yes, so this is it

Yes, so this is it
The outcome no surprise
Like Greek and Roman empires
Now ruins and demise

Look, not a cut
I'm without a scrape
For I sensed the outcome
And planned my escape

I am not a tree of heaven

I am not a tree of heaven
To spring from sidewalks cracks
To grow against brick walls
Or in soil which only lacks

As I stare at all the trees
I wonder which would be
The one that I would choose
If I could choose to be a tree

You said your words too quickly

You said your words too quickly
You did not speak in turn
I had no time to answer
And your question went unearned

Your pace is far too fast
I'm afraid you'll turn around
You'll surely see me failing
As you find your solid ground

The Earth quietly spins

The Earth quietly spins
In a dark, mysterious place
We call this home, sad to think
It's really outerspace

Lonely is the planet Earth
That spins on and moves ahead
Lonely there beside this hill
For those who love the dead

Unsure of when I started

Unsure of when I started
And now I'm towards the end
Solving a life mystery
That somewhere lies within

To have reached my conclusion
Blind as a stone and see
The answer without doubt
As true as Truth can be

I looked at the horizon

I looked at the horizon
Dividing here and there
I looked up at the sky
Earth and who knows where

I looked down at my feet
And slowly I can see
Northing really matters
Everything a small degree

I saw a dead man

I saw a dead man
Walking home today
He did not ask the time
Nor had a word to say

I turned many corners
He closely followed more
As if his home were mine
And his key would fit my door