Category Love
None So Blind
Spinning stories so I may begin to understand Walking within a sheltered wood, artist’s view Pine needles slip beneath my steps and recall Soft, changing winds, tires on newly-fallen rain Ideas from distant time, till this one, right now Our own insights or through eyes, ears, hands As composers, artists, writers interpret our life They […]
Stepping Out
All the myriad steps we take in life Number into millions, I’ve no doubt No matter where we go, what we see Many never realize what life’s about
Matters Not
I conclude I lost my chance early Would only ever be offered once I’d not heard it explained clearly I refuse to claim the label dunce This does not better my situation Opportunity’s gone by the boards No point regret for my reputation Matters not what one has, hoards Only course now to let it […]
Heirs Apparent
All the things I might have done, or seen, or known All the beings I might have been, become While strolling along a quiet esplanade The mottled green sea sparkles blue, white A painter hoping to capture this moment Holds tightly against a suddenly boisterous wind Checking the time on an antique pocket watch His […]
Life and Time
Life is trying Trying To stretch me Stretch me thin Extenuated Tries Treasons Lies Reasons Death and life Sorrow Trouble Borrowed double Tears flow Falling Like rain Striking Splashing Battering Splattering Ripples spreading Intersecting No respite No recrimination Insinuation Sentiments shared True words Honestly spoken Beyond token Interim station Terminal destination Past time To […]
Until
I wander A house Known As if my own Wondering, pondering Past interactions Missed opportunities Arguments Confrontations Love Laughter Anger Sorrow Could have been Might have been Other than it was Other than A tragic dénouement A single Word Missed Cue Lost Feeling Reaction Action Blank look Angry glare Beady-eyed stare Chance mislaid Never noticed […]
Now
Words, for me, wind down My art draws me, to paint All my words, all the words Any language, form, intent Incomplete to curry change Still I grasp I’ll persist, scribbling Verses, essays, stories, more Offering vision, being, truth My truth, which the universe Fills or drains, ebbs or flows Seeking Creating courses high to […]
Where You Find It
Creative venues, I’ve sometimes said, inspire Me, to there create, ignite a spark of living fire Whether this expresses me as a saint or a liar From mud pies, imaginary games, till I expire Yet, mud pies return to earth and man to dust If drawn to a monk’s meditation or carnal lust
Anywhere and Everywhere
Could it be that I have found my perfect place? You could join me; it’s not a contest or a race. Because you all are ever, always welcome there. Plenty of good food, sweet water and clean air
It’s No Mystery
Why do we think we know what’s best for others When we do such a laughable job living ourselves Despite how we look, act, all are sisters, brothers Make as much sense as bookcases without shelves If all the hate were turned to love and down to up To balance all of the mistakes made […]
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