Farm your fears into the ground Seeds of sorrow …weedsPack the earth and nurture them Dig the dirt that bleeds Your happiness awayLeaving tears of time Let the winter freeze down hardSeal the past … forget. Crystallized are broken dreams Let the moon monthsSilence screams andNullify regret. In the Spring emerging …Transferred from your angerSprouts […]
Therein lies bewilderment forThose who chooseThat never seeThat patterns are a signature ofAn author writing destiny.
The flower faded endlesslypetals flee onany angry breeze away from what was then and now the silence bleeds. Stop that tear before the trailing southward flight leaves behind another darker sleepless night that you cannot forget. Draw upon another source that teaches time and candles highlight naked truthwritten on a parchment. Take a higher road
There was dazzle all around Reflecting sparks of brillianceBouncing through the shadows Hidden under every sassyTime she leaned intoThe pause that trapped my mind. In a kitchen full of promises Made for blending spices Often mixed and stirred By glancing back and smiling Without filtering the sugar From the dance steps. Set the temperature and
What’s on our plate today?Where are we going? Are we going to singWill we dance unknowing? Child just go and find your place Reach for every star.Live today as if you know Find the horizon …It’s not that far.
Not long ago my life would change The other kids were ridingBikes with wheels and chainsWhile I was left behind afraid That I Might fall or fail The right of passage Looming. And then one day myCourage came to rescue me From being left without the Freedom to express my Joy discovering that I could
Cattails line the other banks So takes were made Along the flanks of water cress Where I finessed A cricket twitching Just beside a sunken tree My sister claimed Had stole her jig The special one I tied myself A stuffed giraffe Whose tail was tan The way I like a jig to be. Then
What is summer in your world?Sandy beaches? Flags unfurled?Mine was evenings cast in dustSounds of combines … grainy rust.Sweat bees… grease zerks… burlap jugsHoppers… and potato bugs.Sunken toes in piles of wheatAuger spouts and dirty heat.Early morning lots to doWaiting for the drying cueTake a sample get it testedTarp the truck bed never rested.Once the
There are those who ruminateOn matters worthy of debateBack and forth we hear the chatterSolutions? They don’t seem to matter. We are We…. we sing our songAnd if you don’t… then you are wrong.What we know? Our noble creed?Curries more than what we need. We beat the drum to set the paceWe shout out loud
It’s never just the words,But also what you’re doingLittle things and kindly tasksSimple caring is all you ask. For a minute, since we first metYears have past I won’t regretEven one short instanceWhen there was ireYour actions quenchedMy angry fire. I read each message long or shortAnd linger there within the portOf happiness that calms
