Category Love
At Our Peril
Whenever you hear a baby’s cry Do you imagine someone will die Not cause, effect, nor imperative Life’s answer to what death gives Pondering such questions, no fear But simply the fact that I am here Some do not question what, why Don’t they marvel at the night sky Are they then, creatures of the […]
All of Me
I swirled as a seed Caught within the flood Following the torrent Toward safety, doom Danced along a precipice Hidden by the storm Imagined I was apart Unconnected, unprotected Bashed, battered Buffeted by unseen force Believed I wouldn’t, Couldn’t have mattered Wandering along Washed up upon An unknown shore I lay silently Quiescent, unknown Parched, […]
A Better View
I often wonder, how did we get into this mess I mean, we did not choose to grow our brain Who decides to confront predators, such stress Sharp fang and claw, able to cause acute pain Where else in the universe, would you suppose Evolution played this little joke, what survived Not really a joke […]
Dive Into the Sky
Do you buy self-help books by ones, twos Or do you buy them by the bloody dozens Stop halfway through, dejected, confused Yet sing their praises, to friends or cousins Do you read the advice, but don’t follow it And then you wonder why it doesn’t work You sought tools to scramble from your pit […]
Full Circle or Geriatric Lament
When wee small and wheeled about This was the only way I could get out Now I’m past four score years and ten And it’s the only way I can get out again
Outside Straight
Who named our potentates in charge to date There’ll be others, after we fill our final crate Will it ever matter who we put atop that slate Held to the grindstone their egos won’t ablate We allow them to keep us in a confused state Rush here, there, back again, as if we are late […]
My Friend
Begin at the beginning or just before Do you have any idea where that might be? Bring light into all the dark places Will you open your heart to light the world? Moonlight and starlight are the same Will you breathe deeply, without restraint? The beginning of all, everything starts at the end Will you […]
Large and Small
Whenever I’m in the massive complex city I always feel like I’m only itty bitty Yet, when into the vast countryside I charge My lungs expand and I feel large
Sight From Sound
A piercing flute; yellow bird darts above the falls Falling water, low notes drop, drip, splash, plop Cool blue pool reflects a cloudless sky, empties Flute glissandos dance along piano-chord rocks Faster now, volume, power grow as birds chirp As this river of music blusters, pushes, cascades Slides into green darkness of overhanging trees Into […]
