To know I'm not upset

To know I'm not upset
My blood's been let and let
Although my mind is set
Emotions will follow

Tragedy without tears
The tumultuous years
Pulling wrenches from gears
Are hard pills to swallow

I am not the pin oak

I am not the pin oak
I have let my leaves go
In my winter thoughts I
Only want to see snow

Moving forward without
Memories of summer
Putting down the flute and
Marching to the drummer

The two of us in light

The two of us in light
We find ourselves often
Seeing a future with
All our flowers open

We know reality
Always looms its way in
Our lives are both destined
And designed from within

Two exhausted salmon

Two exhausted salmon
Choosing to stay downstream
Swimming against currents
Is no longer our dream

Jumping the waterfalls
Leaping dawn until dawn
Best to reprogram our
Coordinates of spawn

If I turned inside out

If I turned inside out
I know I'd look the same
Complete transparency
The hallmark of my name

Before you, crystal clear
Deeper than Lake Tahoe
This is how I feel and
You can see what I know

When there is no answer

When there is no answer
The unknown should be taught
The question mark is first
God is an afterthought

Is there a creator
Don't answer yes or no
Have hope, have doubts, don't care
But answer I don't know

What are we to do when

What are we to do when
The population errs
The masses mishandle
Pass judgments without cares

Is it a pendulum
It feels like a slingshot
Or a thumb in the eye
A widow maker's clot

Clouds are falling asleep

Clouds are falling asleep
The sun yawns before night
Pitches its black ten with
A lantern of moonlight

Celebrating the dust
Passing in a light shaft
Time erasing time and
All the moments we laughed

Remember black fireworks

Remember black fireworks
At Toledo's tower
Was I rescued for love
Or was it for power

Left questioning the past
And the space between stones
Now that the roof is gone
Damn, let there be poems

Everyone of my stones

Everyone of my stones
You used for your cement
Replacing your glass house
For a walled compartment

All no's to this and that
Like an eroding beach
People, places and things
Such as a summer peach

Complete admiration

Complete admiration
For those that I am not
The seamstress, the athlete
Farmer and astronaut

The mathematician
To people who can paint
Animals growing old
Without words of complaint

We must rid our gardens

We must rid our gardens
Of hate and bigotry
These invasive plants of
Harm and brutality

Celebrate our beauty
Come closer together
We can choke out these weeds
No matter the weather

Right at the end of a

Right at the end of a
Murder mystery tale
How could it have been them
The kindhearted and frail

How could we be so blind
We were right without weight
But we have tipped the scales
And charter our own fate

Can we live and forget

Can we live and forget
Shrug our shoulders and let
Time erase our regret
As we fill our blank days

At first an afternoon
Becoming moon to moon
The entire month of June
Until a clearing haze

When you no so much you

When you no so much you
Become a nobody
The fruits of Life pitted
The water source muddy

You said don't plant daisies
They're too brief of a show
We don't care what you think
That's a good thing to no