An evening together

An evening together

No searchlight can find us

In between folds of night

The day just behind us

In this moment we fit

Like walnuts in a shell

Us two slowly waltzing

On this coil self-propel

Adults throwing tantrums

Adults throwing tantrums 

Want surpassing judgment 

Too many cliff dwellers 

Waiting for some nudgment 

Any travel inward

Should lead you to a coast

And those only inward

And not outward are toast

No clouds just atmosphere

No clouds just atmosphere 

Church steeples breaking blue

Not a bird up above

Commuters honking through

In this break just breathing

For a minute or two

To marvel this moment

Before my work is due

Much of Life is silent

Much of Life is silent

Bulbs breaking through the ground

Wafting wishes, the clouds

Still fields, Earth spinning ‘round

To get more out of Life

Should I stop my shouting

Find solace in silence

And not din in doubting

Where are the beginnings

Where are the beginnings 

The sun is setting fast

Left tying up loose strings

In lieu of lines to cast

Fresh days are fermenting 

I’m craving building blocks 

There are wonders waiting 

I wrestle with the locks

Beyond indifference

Beyond indifference 

Like the thought had no birth

Or fell off the edge like

Some ship on a flat Earth

Not over my shoulder

Not in my veins to clot

What was I speaking of

I already forgot

No fireworks and no flares

No fireworks and no flares

Nothing above treetops

Foraging and combing 

On good days finding crops 

Masses and consensus

For zeniths, eagles high

But snails outgrowing shells

Overlooked or mere sigh

A romanticized eye

A romanticized eye

That never comes to blink

While beating the yolk the

Egg washed buildings in pink

Heaven at upper floors

The Earth, a busy street

This defines me with soles

Uneven on my feet

At base camp looking up

At base camp looking up

Remembering thin air

And my capacity

I’m here now and not there

The recoil of my spring

The release of my band

On a south facing slope

Determined to find and

Overwhelmed by others

Overwhelmed by others

My yellow bleeding blue

Walls and ceiling swelling

My windows share their view

Extracting from the green

Finding daisy center

Send signals to my roots

Until the next enter

Weather worn, whether torn

Weather worn, whether torn 

Silences leaves me with noise

Efforts to be better

A leaning tree with poise

Seeking new momentum 

New outward branch of growth

Inevitable change

Self-made promise and oath

Desire takes strange highways

Desire takes strange highways

Detours and one way streets

The peripheral lost

Perfection self competes

Hope takes a better road

More feasible of friends 

If patience is willing

Long stretches and dead ends

Too many fast growers

Too many fast growers

Too quick to have the all’s

In seeking flash fireworks

They miss the light that crawls

Thrilling rollercoasters

The palaces and throne

And not the wind and air

The things we cannot own

Ran once but now pull me

Ran once but now pull me

Spring demanding presence 

Renew do not expire

Exude effervescence 

Abandon hard old wood

And bathe in beginning 

Set reluctant feet down

On the Earth that’s spinning

Not in gradual space

Not in gradual space

Between depth and shallow

It’s lost crossing a line

Thinner than a shadow

Baggage of moments, our

Unforgettable time

The bombastic blooming

Casual to sublime