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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Days die and disappear
Days die and disappear
Just like generations
So we’re in the moment
Having conversations
There is no end to far
Yet we’re so close we touch
Time moves on regardless
It’s both small and too much
Cornfields in a snowfall
Cornfields in a snowfall
White barns covered in snow
Brick homes standing alone
The sun is rising low
Where’s the comfort and joy
We meet to say goodbye
‘Tis the season again
Another year gone by
Thursday, December 20, 2012
In need of compassion
In need of compassion
Held here at this checkmate
Wanting to start over
But finding it's too late
At rest on an incline
How has this come to be
Not reaching zenith or
Succumbed to gravity
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Must I cross the ocean
Must I cross the ocean
To say I know the sea
Perhaps I must be stung
To understand the bee
In the briefest moment
I think I comprehend
What little do I know
Or answer in the end
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
So true an affection
So true an affection
That my eyes can’t conceal
My heart has been given
All shadows now are real
In the light from within
The privilege is all mine
In Life, my dance partner
Our fingers are entwined
There is no hidden world
There is no hidden world
Nothing outside this cage
No paradise, heaven
For all eternal age
Not made by a potter
We are not molded clay
No being gives us Life
And takes it all away
Monday, December 17, 2012
Again these images
Again these images
These relics from the past
How can I forget them
And the shadows they cast
Paintings that never blur
Third eye fixed in my mind
Like rocks in an hourglass
That cannot pass with time
Sunday, December 16, 2012
A complete one-eighty
A complete one-eighty
A clear new distinction
More about survival
Than my own extinction
To make this decision
To wrestle with my fate
It’s better to arrive
Who cares if I am late
Thursday, December 13, 2012
This morning nine airplanes
This morning nine airplanes
Criss-crossed a cloudless sky
As I walked a lonely path
Wishing that I could fly
And nine Canada geese
Formed a flying wishbone
Honking down on me as
I walked my path alone
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Swallowed up by silence
Swallowed up by silence
I’m engulfed in dead air
Winter is upon us
And there’s no one out there
In the coldness is peace
Stay inside where it’s warm
And rest until Springtime
Motivates you to swarm
Monday, December 10, 2012
Left with holding nothing
Left with holding nothing
Except the nighttime sky
The Big Dipper empty
Again the question why
Hope slips through my fingers
Dreams disappear and die
But as it gets darker
The stars intensify
Sunday, December 9, 2012
The metronome of Life
The metronome of Life
From falling out of bed
To climbing in to it
Again the sleepy head
From I can overcome
To I can’t keep going
I’ve pushed all I can push
And even tried towing
Where are the winter snows
Where are the winter snows
The blankets of pure white
The weather is too warm
The seas are gaining height
North Pole ice is shrinking
Hurricanes on the rise
The absence of winter
The hottest of Julys
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Between the two ashes
Between the two ashes
We find hope, love, and hurt
Collect memories that
Disappear in the dirt
Between the dust to dust
We wriggle and riddle
It begins and then ends
And Life is the middle
I'm not a follower
I’m not a follower
The road may as well be
Outerspace where the only
One astronaut is me
I’m not an inventor
Creating with purpose
Though I mass produce large
Quantities and surplus
To have traveled this far
To have traveled this far
To find the bridge is out
The only thing crossing is
My loud and lonely shout
Must find another way
Who could have predicted
This hurdle, this delay
This detour inflicted
In all this randomness
In all this randomness
A cornucopia
Of planets with no sign
Of a utopia
In this vast endless space
Mainly silence and peace
And the darkness and light
That never seems to cease
Writing takes a shepherd
Writing takes a shepherd
There are always lost sheep
Stranded on a hill where
The incline is too steep
On the way to the page
Words and thoughts go astray
Gone missing from the flock
Must guide them on their way
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I crown you with laurel
I crown you with laurel
I admire and adore
Your fight and conviction
Your want of something more
Forge ahead regardless
I bow to you on knee
I’m sending you all my
Positive energy
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Magnets both push and pull
Magnets both push and pull
Lost dreams to destiny
Songs of a broken heart
Without a melody
Fighting without armor
I think, but is it me
Looking for a new chord
Always sounding off key
Friday, November 23, 2012
Ohio farms in fog
Ohio farms in fog
All the corn rows are gone
The sun and hawks rising
A Thanksgiving Day dawn
A touch of New England
For some afternoon fun
Travel back home again
With a slow setting sun
Unable to begin
Unable to begin
Can't find a place to start
The stars are not aligned
No courage in the heart
Must keep moving forward
Or at least take a lap
Destination unknown
No direction, no map
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Leaves not in the current
Leaves not in the current
The autumn season done
Time to reflect upon
The battles lost or won
Or battles not chosen
Not enough time or might
There must be some solace
Can’t always stand and fight
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Where is the winter snow
Where is the winter snow
No snow clouds are forming
Another cloudless day
Another day warming
But winter has arrived
Birds are done migrating
But where's the winter snow
Naked trees are waiting
Saturday, November 17, 2012
In a hurry for home
In a hurry for home
While planes at twilight leave
Tears in a blue canvas
In time, they’ll come to weave
White clouds intersecting
South with east, north with west
But the sun is setting
I’m almost home to nest
I found a black feather
I found a black feather
That is a part of me
Lost in some search for an
Unknown and shiny key
Restless to find answers
Did I lose it in flight
Showing wear and tear from
This long unending fight
Friday, November 16, 2012
I may be whispering
I may be whispering
But my heart wants to shout
I just can't seem to let
All the emotions out
Words and letters jumble
Behind a mental dam
Clearly, there's more to say
And more to who I am
In a hurry, rushing
In a hurry, rushing
Trying to capture time
Incomplete sentences
With alternating rhyme
And soon my chance will pass
Can I finish it now
I only have two minutes
I'm done, now take a bow
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Looking past the future
Looking past the future
Will the fish ever bite
Nothing seems tangible
All shadows without light
Hinging dreams on vague hopes
These useless prayers falter
Answers and equations
Always must be altered
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The days spent without you
The days spent without you
Have no time or meaning
When are you coming home
All my thoughts are leaning
I hold my feelings in
Umbrella upside down
Staring at one shadow
All lonely on the ground
An inch becomes a mile
An inch becomes a mile
Rain makes rivers and seas
Minutes become full years
And stars form galaxies
Moments make a lifetime
Our lives, branches and trees
Age erases it all
As quickly as a sneeze
Lines about vague flowers
Lines about vague flowers
Can the reader sense them
Are they thinking roses
Full blooming on the stem
Or the gentle daisy,
Tulip or daffodil
When I fail to describe
The flowers on the hill
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
All the time not painting
All the time not painting
Yet the artist creates
All the sea is not waves
All the fence is not gates
Out of living, arrives
A true moment, a spark
A diamond from coal or
A bright flash in the dark
Saturday, November 10, 2012
A summer day in the
A summer day in the
Middle of November
But all the green is gone
A time to remember
A sun that circled high
Short shadows and long days
Cold is in the forecast
Good weather parting ways
I am wiser than you
I am wiser than you
Nothing to do with age
I choose to face the facts
True colors instead of beige
I was right, you were wrong
In our corners we stay
The silence between us
Is all we have to say
Grateful to be with you
Grateful to be with you
Imagine life alone
The solitary view
Each day a monotone
Arm and arm together
The journey up the hill
No matter the weather
Each day is more fulfilled
I've fought this war before
I’ve fought this war before
The battlegrounds are known
I can see the scars that
Cut closely to the bone
Too weary for battle
Will I rise to the stop
Can I even win here
Will this war ever stop
All of this self-judgment
All of this self-judgment
As I wait here and kneel
Sword rests on my shoulder
Do I grant my repeal
Laurel in lieu of thorns
The pressure and demand
To shake hands with myself
Be free and in command
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Life as a bonsai tree
Life as a bonsai tree
Growing old, never tall
Like a wild running horse
That never leaves the stall
Am I the container
That keeps my roots so small
Although I’m reaching out
I hit my own hard wall
I can't erase or hide
I can’t erase or hide
The damage of my youth
Once it is broken, there’s
No growing back a tooth
True resolve and distance
To myself I must give
And then there’s age and time
That gently rock the sieve
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Happy as a minnow
Happy as a minnow
In a slow moving stream
I’ve abandoned grandeur
For the simplest of dreams
The fabric is woven
And my thread is the hem
Never to have flowered
No fruit and just a stem
In the eye of a storm
In the eye of a storm
Finally a plateau
Someplace to catch my breath
To count fingers and toes
To assess the damage
Knowing there may be more
To find some new shelter
Now let the showers pour
Monday, November 5, 2012
Striving for potential
Striving for potential
Must find a bumper crop
Can’t stay at the bottom
Rise somewhere to the top
No rest in the valley
And always climb the hill
Living is a challenge
We’re here to test our will
No longer in motion
No longer in motion
At this moment, at rest
No problems, no worries
And no need to be best
The jumbles, the puzzles
The mysteries abound
Are coming together
Missing pieces are found
Not a cloud in the sky
Not a cloud in the sky
But a plane’s vapor trail
The two of us are free
Not hammering the nail
We were given a gift
A true crème de la crème
Like a shiny object
Or a jewel, a gem
I call out, call again
I call out, call again
No one answers, no friend
All I hear is the wind
I’m waiting so alone
Empty roads surround me
As far as I can see
Should I stay here or flee
The future is unknown
Baby blue autumn sky
Baby blue autumn sky
Early morning clouds that
Look like mountain ranges
But here the land is flat
The moon slowly setting
As the sun takes its place
And the storm has ended
While life resumes its pace
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The work life eludes me
The work life eludes me
How can the working bee
Just enjoy the flowers
And not the drudgery
How to find contentment
Is it by decision
Can I propagate it
Grow it with precision
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
I was wrong and I know
I was wrong and I know
Too late to change it so
My today does not flow
When will tomorrow come
Mistakes are often made
And given time will fade
The dulling of the blade
Mountains become a crumb
Not participating
Not participating
Merely on the side lines
All the same, a witness
To any kinds of crimes
Petty or malicious
Still painful evidence
Can hurt the innocent
And wound the audience
Accidental future
Accidental future
The surprises you hold
Unknown journeys ahead
As new stories unfold
I cannot plan for you
I can only react
And stand tall without fear
Not avoiding the fact
When I see the first star
When I see the first star
I think of wishes made
That are useless and spent
And in an instant fade
In a cold universe
That could not care less of
The want, the need, the hope
Of wishes cast above
All the leaves are gone now
All the leaves are gone now
And soon there will be snow
Autumn has settled in
While houses start to glow
And winds begin to howl
In the darkness, moonlight
And naked empty trees
Against a starlit night
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Again, I am solo
Again, I am solo
Time is all that exists
I wander all alone
As memories persist
When we were together
But now we are apart
I’m looking to cure the
Loneliness of my heart
Thursday, October 25, 2012
It was a Wolf Kahn day
It was a Wolf Kahn day
With yellow trees throughout
The leaves gently blowing
And falling all about
And the sun peeking through
As water caught the light
Disappearing until
Completely out of sight
Little echo of Spring
Little echo of Spring
The fall blooming crocus
Appears out of nowhere
Autumn hocus pocus
The asters in full bloom
The summer at a close
Though butterflies are gone
There’s still the hearty rose
Finally there is peace
Finally there is peace
In the darkness, quiet
And gone are the frantic
The wild and the riot
And twilight on tip toes
Slowly brings in the night
One by one hanging stars
In the palest moonlight
Not an epic journey
Not an epic journey
Just a difficult climb
A race with the mountain
And the passing of time
I’ve abandoned old dreams
Just to lighten the load
And yet I’m still dreaming
Past the bend in the road
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
I'm not one to conquer
I’m not one to conquer
To dictate or to rule
Not one to take over
To oversee, be cruel
Neither lead nor follow
I tend to walk, not run
Not seeking an award
I still feel like I’ve won
Not even a cold war
Not even a cold war
There are no emotions
We’re two mountain ranges
Two divided oceans
We’ve dropped our swords and shields
To look the other way
No feelings between us
With not a word to say
How short was long ago
How short was long ago
I was young yesterday
How soon rain turns to snow
Then tulips on their way
The sun setting early
We’re past the Equinox
In just a short time, we’ll
Be setting back the clocks
Friday, October 19, 2012
The flags are waving like
The flags are waving like
Candles that won’t blow out
And in the afternoon
The moon still hangs about
Near the edge of vastness
An emptiness, a blip
I’m poised for adventure
A free unguided ship
Thursday, October 18, 2012
One by one the leaves fall
One by one the leaves fall
The season at an end
With the light, not as bright
The road with one last bend
The story has been told
Another chapter gone
How soon the twilight and
The memories of dawn
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I'm not in the moment
I’m not in the moment
The sun is in my eyes
Yet I’m not seeing sun
The brightness or the rise
I’m staring out in space
Remembering ago
Thinking time has faded
A moment that I know
No painting yesterday
No painting yesterday
No company of words
A mass extinction like
Passenger pigeon birds
The colors of autumn
Just took my breath away
Unable to utter
Or find the words to say
Here at the beginning
Here at the beginning
Is the best place to start
Before the twist and turns
The journeys of the heart
Before the arrows fly
There’s no distance, no far
Where dreams are brand new like
A wish upon a star
I'm calling, calling out
I’m calling, calling out
And strangers turn around
That would not have looked if
I hadn’t made a sound
The silent written word
So often goes unread
A book never opened
An echo that is dead
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Two minus one is one
Two minus one is one
No one to hear my song
In your absence I ask
If I truly belong
Ribbons of black starlings
Crossing a morning sky
Yet I travel alone
Without you, asking why
I'm anxious to find peace
I'm anxious to find peace
Running hard to stand still
Broken wings on my feet
Falling rocks on the hill
Looking left, looking right
No chance to see ahead
They say it's the journey
It's the struggle instead
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Remember the blossoms
Remember the blossoms
As fruit drops from the tree
Remember the springtime
The fresh green of the leaves
The summer, the season
And the time that was spent
In sunshine and showers
Days that came and then went
What seems very simple
What seems very simple
Just becomes more complex
Omit passion in speech
And it’s still the same text
That climate change is real
We’re not moving ahead
Where’s the new Iowa
When Iowa is dead
Again the dark tunnel
Again the dark tunnel
There’s no way to escape
Fifty years and counting
Without ever a break
Perfection punishes
And blemishes the whole
All this time and pressure
And no diamonds, just coal
Saturday, October 6, 2012
The Arctic is melting
The Arctic is melting
It’s reflecting less light
The oceans are warmer
And increasing in height
Record breaking July
A few degrees higher
We changed the atmosphere
The World is on fire
Distance is vanishing
Distance is vanishing
Not much further to climb
So high and looking back
The clouds have clouded time
Thousands of days missing
All forgotten and lost
Spring, summer and fall gone
It’s beginning to frost
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Another day the same
Another day the same
Even the same weather
Black crows abandon fields
Migrating together
While here I am alone
As I travel through time
Caught in the same canon
With always the same rhyme
The river smooths the rocks
The river smooths the rocks
And time is said to heal
But I’m already bruised
With black marks on my peel
No way to reverse the
Damage already done
There’s nothing I can do
The rotting has begun
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I know my tomorrow
I know my tomorrow
And it should go as planned
Much like it did today
Another grain, a sand
If there’s no accidents
And surprises are few
I just have to show up
And tomorrow comes true
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Cloudy day, leaves turning
Cloudy day, leaves turning
To yellow, orange and red
Inside me, the crow sleeps
While the dove crowns my head
News no longer worthy
Forgotten yesterday
This day slowly ending
The twilight growing gray
I know the time will come
I know the time will come
It won’t be news firsthand
Maybe by telephone
I’ll come to understand
The how and why and such
The usual questions
Then the words of comfort
That everyone mentions
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Autumn reveals weak trees
Autumn reveals weak trees
Early, they surrender
While others are green at
The end of September
All their leaves are missing
They stand naked and tall
As if to raise warning
This may be the last fall
And nothing speaks to me
And nothing speaks to me
Not the weather, the sky
Or the white aster blooms
Or the pond going dry
Just monotone humming
The inspiration faint
I’m an empty canvas
Without the words, the paint
Searching for deeper blue
Searching for deeper blue
I found the love we shared
Lost in our years of youth
Our hearts together paired
With all the years passing
You never saw me old
Now that you’re not here, it’s
Our memories I hold
All this push comes to shove
All this push comes to shove
Two weather fronts thunder
Like plates in the Earth, one
Pushing up, one under
I’m fighting for my space
Cracked the shell wide open
I’ve uttered my first words
At last I have spoken
There's anger in the streets
There’s anger in the streets
We pour ourselves some tea
Populations starving
There’s nothing on TV
Religious killing mobs
We upgrade our iphone
Refugees seek borders
While we just sit at home
We are treading water
We are treading water
Thought we could go the length
Without assistance, now
Diminishing in strength
Too far out to swim back
With no sign of a boat
Without Life preservers
Must keep our heads afloat
Monday, September 24, 2012
Here we are, you and I
Here we are, you and I
This time spent together
Two grains of sand now pearls
Two birds of one feather
Traveling and hearing
The wind in our windows
Interpreting the World
With poetry and prose
Off center and spinning
Off center and spinning
My days begin to shout
Weather reports are wrong
On the inside and out
Simple becomes complex
Followed by disorder
Reduced to a pile of bricks
Without any mortar
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Yes, I found the answer
Yes, I found the answer
Inside an empty box
Now I can quit looking
Stop juggling heavy rocks
While we are together
Each out here on our vine
Time is all we have now
To become more entwined
And what a lovely day
And what a lovely day
Joyousness in flowers
No questions of Life or
Search for higher powers
Butterflies like candle
Flames, loose across the field
A day to watch the sun
That passing clouds reveal
Future generations,
Future generations,
I was here, now I’m not
Moments I collected
Are gone and long forgot
I concluded nothing
But one answer is clear
The tree lives on while leaves
Are lost from year to year
Life is between two voids
Life is between two voids
Not here and then nowhere
Books with unknown covers
No landings, just a stair
Each of us a season
Clouds form and dissipate
A dot in nothingness
A spot, a speck, a flake
The World should hope for
The World should hope for
Fewer imperfections
Just look at what we’ve done
Upon our reflections
Of wars and casualties
And nature’s destruction
It all makes me wonder
How we ever function
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Silence in the forest
Silence in the forest
As the soil turns to sand
Time no longer measured
By movements of a hand
Sleepy waves are breaking
The moon must be lazy
Good company is here
My cherished white daisy
I have never had faith
I have never had faith
Too much of life extinct
Creation and boredom
Somehow are not succinct
If this is all there is
Just think of all the waste
All alone spinning in
Vast emptiness and space
Insignificant me
Insignificant me
The sky is unknowing
I age to extinction
Yet we call it growing
I’m the smallest fraction
In the whole human race
That’s smaller than nature
And still smaller than space
All in a brand new day
All in a brand new day
We rush and chase the light
A quick unrehearsed dance
That takes us into night
Somewhere in the journey
“Nowhere” becomes “now here”
For a shining moment
Only to disappear
It's time for the asters
It’s time for the asters
Tulips are long ago
And soon the leaves will fall
Trees covered in light snow
I see the geese leaving
It’s time for them to go
Cardinals are staying
It’s as if they didn’t know
Right here, not far away
Right here, not far away
It’s clearly in your view
This moment in your life
Delivers something new
Today is yours only
For what is tomorrow
Hold onto this moment
That you only borrow
My weights are heavy but
My weights are heavy but
To you they must seem light
I work hard to move them
But yours takes all your might
Keeping my perspective
For this is not the worst
So much more can happen
And so much more can burst
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A blue Rothko painting
A blue Rothko painting
The longitude is long
Our shadows are wading
The morning sun is strong
Days like empty seashells
Waves caught in a refrain
Yet two pearls are forming
No longer just a grain
Monday, September 10, 2012
Gone to rest, the sun sets
Gone to rest, the sun sets
Yet the lake never sleeps
The waves break while we make
Deep gullies and sand heaps
With the moon, the waves soon
Come closer to the shore
Drift wood drifts, the sand shifts
And seagulls cry no more
An endless amount of sun
An endless amount of sun
On a road that ribbons
Across the curvature
The future is hidden
Past the silent forest
Tall grasses in blonde sand
Lead us to the water
And the end of dry land
Line stretching from south to north
Line stretching from south to north
Sails setting in the west
Blue sky meets blue water
With waves that trough and crest
And blue clouds tipped in white
Are still as tethered boats
On a calm sea of sky
And summer air they float
Saturday, September 1, 2012
All the things I have lost
All the things I have lost
Must be in the same place
Somewhere I haven’t looked
All gone without a trace
I know I can’t find them
Entire things and fragments
They’re not made of iron
And I’m not a magnet
Diagonal rain clouds
Diagonal rain clouds
Above the straight corn rows
One yellow butterfly
Amongst the big black crows
I’m in the here and now
But one day, I’ll think then
Of this moment in time
That happened way back when
The moon in the morning
The moon in the morning
Slowly sets in the West
Transparent in daylight
At last it comes to rest
And the stars are long gone
They’re hiding in the blue
The sun is coming up
All perfectly on cue
I turned a corner and
I turned a corner and
Found a new direction
I didn’t know it happened
There was no indication
Out of an accident
I have new ways to see
I look back and wonder
At how this came to be
I wish I had a flare
I wish I had a flare
Or my own flag to wave
To signal that I’m here
Requesting to be saved
I’m counting lonely days
How can my voice be heard
Where there’s no echo from
These silent written words
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The summer yawning at
The summer yawning at
The end of September
The sunlight slanted, soon
The leaves will surrender
The night joins us, how much
Earlier it arrives
Winter constellations
Now overseeing our lives
Monday, August 27, 2012
After the tsunami
After the tsunami
And its black waves of doom
Spring comes to the island
And the cherry tree blooms
So often we forget
Nature is a terror
Yet flower rafts of joy
Float away the error
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Poetic afternoon
Poetic afternoon
The sky is dome covered
The bees are wide awake
The hummingbird hovers
The Monarch and the hawk
In spiral ellipses
The moon slowly setting
As the sun eclipses
There comes a time for me
There comes a time for me
To climb down from that tree
Where “I” becomes a “we”
Arms outstretched and reaching
We achieve great success
With some style, with finesse
Move forward, not digress
To surpass our teachings
From beginning to end
From beginning to end
Life has too few answers
Void of an architect
No steps for its dancers
Less than picture perfect
I feel tested and tried
Wanting to get ahead
Just moving side to side
I retreat, while the sun
I retreat, while the sun
Exposes, but the shade
Covers me, I wonder
Why the years have to fade
Memories becoming
Gray, and time is aging
Me and loved ones, soon the
Story will stop paging
Saturday, August 18, 2012
At the end of the road
At the end of the road
How strange it is to stop
When I can see further
Across valleys and tops
Yet the road has ended
I stand here looking back
Asking how I got so
Far off the beaten track
Friday, August 17, 2012
No ribbon, no glory
No ribbon, no glory
Where are the outstretched arms
I've traveled the distance
Without sounding alarms
Here is my grand entrance
Only to discover
It's time to exit with
No time to recover
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Forty-eight syllables
Forty-eight syllables
Can I capture the World
Can I fit it inside
Like a nautilus curled
My rhythm and my style
There is no more, no less
Forty-eight syllables
Is all that I caress
One moment forgotten
One moment forgotten
Another moment here
The blurring, time passing
The future always near
My tomorrow calling
Today is unfinished
Sun directly above
Soon will be diminished
Beneath a cloudy sky
Beneath a cloudy sky
A long line of trees stand
With rolling tops written
With a strong cursive hand
As the land slopes upward
The birds are swooping down
Wild flowers are blooming
And dot the shady ground
Simple things seem complex
Simple things seem complex
A needle that won’t thread
Wanting but with warning
Anxiety with dread
So high, there is no air
Always under pressure
With no time for myself
To search for good measure
Continuous upstream
Continuous upstream
Sweating the resistance
Restless, unforgiving
Too great of a distance
The soil reappearing
As quickly as I dig
No escape or winning
The challenge way too big
My grain of sand won't pearl
My grain of sand won’t pearl
My tongueless bell won’t ring
Words can't express without
A voice to make them sing
The World keeps on changing
Yet lessons unabsorbed
The stars indifferent
The sun and moon just orbs
This is not how I feel
This is not how I feel
This is not what I think
I am not on the verge
I am not near the brink
I have perished the thought
This idea I won’t keep
When it’s not how I feel
And my mind, it won’t leap
Stars are never aligned
Stars are never aligned
They are indifferent
And dead in outerspace
They cannot make judgment
Useless with each passing
Of the lone moon and sun
Silent in our sorrow
Ignorant when we’ve won
Friday, August 10, 2012
So I had this moment
So I had this moment
Something reminiscent
Feelings of ago, no
Particular instance
Life accumulated
Like no time had gone by
Clouds ever changing, yet
The sky is still the sky
Thursday, August 9, 2012
How I want this for you
How I want this for you
I wish it were a gift
I could make or purchase
But it’s merely a wish
The pockets of the World
Are empty and plural
To me you’re a victor
I crown you with laurel
The sun setting early
The sun setting early
The days are not as long
Cicadas are singing
The last notes of their song
Soon the start of autumn
Colors in full glory
Summer’s chapter written
The end of its story
Why is there such violence
Why is there such violence
I’m staring into space
I wonder if I am
Part of the human race
The stars are far apart
Wars too close together
Somewhere there must be birds
Of a peaceful feather
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Somehow we will find time
Somehow we will find time
No longer in a crowd
A sunny day for two
No noise or din, no loud
No distance between us
As we sit side by side
In a vast open space
Where Earth is wide as wide
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Impressionistic day
Impressionistic day
The leaves painted with light
Beneath a serene sky
With cirrus clouds of white
Yet, it's modernistic
In colors of Van Gogh
With the wide open space
Of a peaceful Rothko
To stand in full color
To stand in full color
The light glowing within
The landscape, the white clouds
The very edges, the fringe
With joyousness, with pride
In peacefulness and grace
In the moment, basking
Just standing in one place
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Today is a sparrow
Today is a sparrow
A grain of sand, clover
Nothing unusual
No rainbow or over
Rock, not precious metal
A drop in the ocean
A small fraction, with no
Significant quotient
Coming to the surface
Coming to the surface
Youth is disappearing
Days without any change
Yet years keep appearing
We’re caught in a funnel
That leads us to a void
Spinning in a spiral
That no one can avoid
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Waiting for an answer
Waiting for an answer
Roads I could have chosen
Different avenues
Now lost in erosion
And here I am waiting
Watching the clouds invade
The sun that is fading
Another day is made
Here in the cloud shadows
Here in the cloud shadows
As we circle, we climb
We shout into the noise
Ev'ry echo, a rhyme
We forget and forge on
Revolutions are rare
Except for the turning
Of the Earth in nowhere
Thursday, July 26, 2012
It's here that I stand still
It’s here that I stand still
A promise that I will
Be waiting here until
Stars perfectly align
My heart belongs to you
And it never asks who
And when you’re out of view
You are still on my mind
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
I want to think beyond
I want to think beyond
Where there is no order
I want to transcend space
Birds are without border
I want to fly through clouds
On wings of creation
An original joy
Unique exultation
I dreamt we were floating
I dreamt we were floating
No shadows were falling
The light traveled through us
And time stood still stalling
Traveling together
We were our true essence
Floating in ecstasy
With those we love present
Something out of this World
Something out of this World
For a second, a kiss
In outerspace it gives
A reason to exist
And light loses light speed
And in the moment breaks
There’s no sound, a vacuum
Earth moves without a quake
Cold moon that doesn't care
Cold moon that doesn’t care
Distant stars only stare
Clouds slowly move up there
Today is nearly done
And the globe spins in space
Nothing can change its pace
If I stand in one place
Again there will be sun
I no longer star gaze
I no longer star gaze
Night skies out of fashion
I’m choosing so few words
To express this passion
I should be more daring
And create in a fury
But this night is cloudy
And the moon is blurry
Today I visited
Today I visited
The past but did not stay
I left the past early
Because of what you say
It is all I can take
Again, the words spoken
Always the same outcome
Relationships broken
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Reaching for an astute
Reaching for an astute
Answer, never before
Having this conclusion
Or flung open this door
It’s without boundaries
It’s an alpha acorn
Start of an era where
Enlightenment is born
On Sundays we visit
On Sundays we visit
The frogs and the turtles
Before we have to jump
Over next week's hurdles
In a vast open space
With busy dragonflies
Where
the great blue heron
On lanky legs presides
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Words in a muddy World
Words in a muddy World
Get lost like autumn leaves
Too many voices call
Out, too many hearts heave
Worn out shoes, pebbles find
Their way in as I climb
Searching for higher ground
Watchful of passing time
I must face my fears, must
I must face my fears, must
Face the facts that are known
I must become stronger
Let my true self be shown
That I can have success
And find a greater place
By conquering my fears
The fears that I must face
I pull the past up like
I pull the past up like
The covers on my bed
Just to stop the future
From entering my head
I wrap myself with thoughts
Yesterdays together
Because tomorrow brings
Lonely days to weather
I'm no longer shedding tears
I’m no longer shedding tears
I look Life in the eyes
Though my heart has not healed
In pieces, still, it lies
Though I no longer cry
No happiness has grown
And I’ve come to accept
You're gone and I'm alone
It means nothing at all
It means nothing at all
No writing on the wall
There’s no answer at all
Sunrise is filled with light
And truly we don’t know
And there‘s no face to show
There’s no divine glow
Sunset begins the night
Here is the particle
Here is the particle
That will create a spark
No spin, charge or color
Yet breaks and leaves a mark
Particles of pure space
A vast field of nothing
Like a thought or a dream
That turns into something
I do not knock on doors
I do not knock on doors
That never open wide
For me or anyone
To gladly step inside
These doors lead to nothing
They do not have a face
An empty absolute
For which I share no faith
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Painting over paintings
Painting over paintings
Each day the same landscape
The sun, the shade, the moon
So where is my escape
Always painting with the
Same brushstrokes and tempo
When my art fades there lies
The same pentimento
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The dance steps of robins
The dance steps of robins
In their red breasted coats
A whole note is held then
A run of sixteenth notes
With grass as the dance floor
The yard is their haunter
But sadly the worm is
Their reluctant partner
Monday, July 9, 2012
And it might as well be
And it might as well be
Tomorrow not today
I’m already braced for
The World that comes my way
Tomorrow should be here
Today lost its meaning
Lame hours divide us
From our morning greeting
And so time has joined us
And so time has joined us
We must take forward steps
The future is waiting
We can no longer rest
And age presses on us
Together we must forge
Here now is tomorrow
We must pick up the sword
Saturday, July 7, 2012
In me, I'm lost, just as
In me, I'm lost, just as
Lost as without a key
Or a map on a trip
That's void of destiny
In a fog all vague, with
No path or direction
Each step a sinking cloud
Time without selection
Dust already collects
Dust already collects
On this day that's spinning
Again the sun gives up
The moon now is winning
Paint a landscape sleeping
The stars deep in slumber
I'm here waiting for you
While I count their number
Truly no accident
Truly no accident
That I happened to read
The words you carved in time
Your words that I now breathe
And in my breath, they come
Alive, the soul of you
Your words become my words
Your emotions, my view
I'm at the mountain top
I’m at the mountain top
I breathe what little air
Live my Life at its peak
Not somewhere way down there
I’ve gained more stamina
I’ve grown a thick veneer
From my mountain top, I
Can see the World from here
Across the curvature
Across the curvature
There is more sky than land
After the storms have passed
The dead tree still stands
Live trees and green branches
Have fallen in their path
But one dead tree remains
Withstanding weather’s wrath
Kindness still surpasses
Kindness still surpasses
Intellect and never
Goes out of fashion or
Changes with the weather
Out of common Life, like
An afternoon shower
Come to my rescue, you’re
The stem to my flower
Here at the beginning
Here at the beginning
At the moment of start
An unreachable dream
That cannot fall apart
It’s a dream born on clouds
It never loses height
But will never come true
Always the purest white
Darkness still surrounds me
Darkness still surrounds me
Future hill lies ahead
Can’t recall the last time
Into light, I was led
Danger here, and still the
Answers, a tongueless bell
Turn around, it’s still the
Same direction to hell
I went searching for me
I went searching for me
No answers in the sky
I looked in the woods, but
There was no sign of I
Traveled the less traveled
And I sought company
When I looked no further
The search ended with me
Looking at outerspace
Looking at outerspace
The space between each star
How near they appear, but
Actually, it's far
The World all discovered
Yet questions are in hope
But there are no answers
And no one knows the ropes
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
I want to speak words that
I want to speak words that
Always will be spoken
And echo in the future
A chorus unbroken
A radio signal
That beams out in space
That doesn’t disappear
And leave without a trace
Thursday, June 21, 2012
In all this brevity
In all this brevity
There is a long, long sigh
In the shortness of breath
I long to exhale sky
Rich vocabulary
Replacing simple words
Be the owl or eagle
Not common sparrow birds
Seeking inspiration
Seeking inspiration
I’m staring out in space
I see the sunlight fading
Day leaves without a trace
The night inviting me
The moon wants to converse
But I can’t find the words
To inspire this new verse
Memorable moments
Memorable moments
Pass with joy and parade
I danced and amused but
Our time together fades
Vacant rooms once full, now
The sunlight is empty
All the noise has ceased and
Blank moments are plenty
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