Wiser now warrior

Wiser now warrior
Learned, ready to battle
Fight for rights and conquer
Drop the baby rattle

These rampant opinions
Rooted in fear, disgust
When it affects them not
So declare war, a must

Woman in a head scarf

Woman in a head scarf
Driving close to the wheel
Too slow and too cautious
But think how she may feel

Strange land and strange highway
A first day on the job
We never know and can’t
Know the whole shish kebab

This water is truly

This water is truly
Deep and not full of mud
Its meaning, crystal clear
Lake Tahoe, void of crud

Not a sunflower shell
Hard to crack, little gain
It is an oasis
Across a bleak terrain

As we venture out on

As we venture out on
The seas of contentment
Selfish with our feelings
Expelling resentment

Not keeping safe harbor
For pirates of Being
Recognizing ourselves
And love what we’re seeing

In all the chaos we

In all the chaos we
On wild life lines connect
To have, to hold, to love
And to cherish, protect

No more permitting wind
Or our whims to decide
We shared in our course and
Lives after the collide

We are verbs, you and I

We are verbs, you and I
Fluid in the present
Both tide and waves, gentle
And crashing incessant

Crowning each other’s hearts
Uplifting the peasant
And finding common ground
Full moon or the crescent

The lit match has been spent

The lit match has been spent
Creating a new fire
Tossing the useless bent
Raising a taller spire

Finding a greater love
In self and in others
Open the heart wide to
Include without druthers