I was walking on the pathway by the highway near the ocean when I saw a tidy park-bench so I thought I’d take a break As I sat there on the park-bench near the ocean by the highway I saw the shaded profile of a woman closing in Her hair was flowing freely – over […]
Tag: life
Don’t tell
I have it mastered now I tell myself – and laugh a happy laugh but ne’er do tell – the secret’s safe with me I say – and yet – Don’t tell the bear or bees of what I’ve done – they love to talk Don’t tell the birds or the bards who ballads lead […]
The mood of letters
Up the stairs and through the door and tucked away under the drawer – the mood of letters spoke A revelation shared with them alone in older days (before home phones) – the mood of letters woke Over time the mood would change – pages yellow (rearranged) – but one thing stayed the same Years […]
Fly
To others there is sunshineto me all there is is but a cloudthey sense happiness and joy surrounds themyet all I sense is but a shroud I pull you in beside meyou move further still – you move awayyou tell me our moment will not comeothers declare their moment is today I may as well […]
Inside
He travelled far and near with herto ranges and the ‘hoodhe asked for simple things from lifeand special things he couldThey spoke of places they had beenand some they’d yet to straythey spoke of milk and honey – yes – they spoke of yesterdayTheir fingers clasped – their bodies touchedtheir eyes drew sweet surpriseas tender […]
The dirt beneath the sand
And when the sun stopped shining and the darkness bore a whole he wandered off – and when alone he’d ponder of the soul For without – would thought return or philosophy withdraw or walk the road less travelled on or fall beneath the floor The floor that opened when least expected and when least […]
Lucy’s star
It cannot be that I can see what others try to hide I will not let that I’ll upset until you lie beside For what is far and far beyond tomorrow claims to be Today I feign for what I aim is lucid in my dreams Gaze toward the far horizon – I hear the […]
Anew
As the new became a place of passion and desire – the feather on the finger tip – the embers of the fire The desert’s grass as lush and green as kikuyu in the summer as picturesque perfection grew – white lilies from the mire But ever and for always thus subsumed by new surrounds […]
If one can sense a time beyond
If one can sense a time (beyond) one soon will move toward if one can silence thoughts (held strong) one soon will journey forward If one can know when others fall and suppress intent to think and yet (in time) be clearer still and pen the page with ink The ink will tell how others […]
Love grown by design
It was where the several stayed the few – they strived to be like those stuck to the peaceful shore who much preferred the sea What part do we mere mortals play in where the others are – the choice is theirs – and theirs alone we see a different star Yet contradiction lives its […]
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