Red Sunrise

Fiery sunrise
Red light floods the sky
A bird is chirping urgently
from a branch
on the tree outside my window
What now
What does she know

This life
forever
expanding
and
contracting
as our days
diminish
and we
seek out
the un-
definable

Over and Over

I woke up with a song in my heart
and your image in my eyes
Falling over and over
in love with you
Over and over
and I would
not want it
any other
way

On Death

Sinking
DR OWN ing
to our deaths
or is it
to life everlasting
New life
in new forms

Will I wither
and crumble into dust
Yes
but not today

Eternal Life

Crossing between states
Memories formed and forgotten
Existence reduce to essential matter
You, I, We, Us,
sailing down the stream
that feeds the endless ocean
Plunging in
Resurfacing
Over and over
Eternal life

To Do

Learn through mistakes
Some larger than others
If there is time to correct
the path then take it
Right what can still be
righted and change
Do not take this lesson
and merely say it
Take it and do it
That is what must be done

There You Go

Late summer southern sun
beaming down on Sunday afternoon
Far from the place you call home
you are comforting those you love
And I love you
I long for you
Your absence is necessary
Your kind face
Your laugh
I miss
Your kiss
Your embrace
Your love
As you would say
"There you go"

A Gathering Storm

Gentle current on a clear day
Gray gathers at the outer edges of perception
A shift begins

Drops of water
turn into a torrent
 Lightning streaks the sky
Thunder cracks

Get through
Survive

Amputation

Through skin and muscle
Finally
sawing through
and breaking bone
Painful separation
A life saved

Drown

The only way to save myself
is to drown
so I drown every day
every night
waiting for salvation
waiting for the light

The Days and Nights

In the days and nights
of my dying
as candle light flickers
what was always destined
will emerge
Will it be
during Spring showers
or in Summer's warmth
Perhaps the falling leaves
of Autumn will greet me
or the final frost of Winter
Will I gaze out a window
and sigh as the sun
breaks through the clouds
and tells me
everything I need to know

When a grain of sand 
is moved
has the whole
beach changed?

5 a.m.

Warm and dreaming
next to each other
Bodies move and
tangle before dawn
Easing into sleep
once more
Landscapes real
and imagined

Rebirth

Every morning
Reborn into life
A simple and
overlooked gift

Without you
life is diminished
With you
life is improved

Words are artless
compared to you

To think of you
is to long for you

To know you
is to desire you

To have you
is to have all

Love

It really is
as simple as you think
if the timing is right

Don't stress
Don't worry
Don't over think

It is just that simple

To Be

I'll be a shaman for you

I'll be a healer for you

I'll be a woman for you

I'll be a doctor for you

I'll be your lover

I'll be your nothing

I'll be your everything

I'll be here and now

I'll be present

I'll be eternal

I'll be dead if you want me to

I'll be your anything

Open Honesty

/tear open your chest

show me

what makes you breath

"        "         "     beat

Don't give me wind

"        "       "   words

Give me something more

More substance

More immortality

More permanence

in this t e m p o  r  e  a  l  i t y 

Other Travels

It didn't hurt at all
I felt peace and relief as the separation
of body and essence occurred

There was light but no tunnel

Only light
Embracing
Enfolding
Reforging
me into
what I
had once
been

I travel freely through the known
and unknown spheres of what has
yet to be revealed to you

Give it time
This change will come
Do not hurry it

You will find each other
at the right time of revelation

Cat Circus at the Governors Mansion

Your laugh comes easily
and quickly
I start laughing

Seven cats
running around
sleeping
and being
as cats should

It's so ridiculous
you say
You don't even
like cats

We both laugh
and hear the sound
of a cat jumping
off the dining room
table and scampering
across the wooden floor

Tired and restless
Warm summer night
left me tossing in bed
Thoughts turned to you
Finally some peace
Finally something good

Where Days Begin

Does the day begin
merely with the sunrise?
Does the day begin
when our eyes flutter
back into consciousness?
Does the day begin
when I kiss you?

Our days are always
beginning
Our days are always
ending
Our days are always
holding hands
unable to let go
of one another

This life
These days
Moving through them
Moving through us as well