Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Through Everything

You are still here
Through everything
How strong you are
How loved you are
Why do you forget 
such simple things?
Don't let worry 
carry away the future
You are creating it now
You are still here
Through everything 

Monday, October 14, 2024

Dark Spaces

Dark spaces linger in memory

You sat up after being pleased

I laid back for you

We closed our eyes

as the light was swallowed

in the dark

Who were we then

What did they need

What was never enough


Friday, October 11, 2024

falling

brown yellow orange

falling 

            falling

softly

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Willing

I see faces

I hear their words

I remember what I've forgot

Other lives

Other days

Still here

Still alive

Still willing

Thursday, September 12, 2024

How do you measure distance?
By feet, kilometers, or miles?
Or do years make more sense
to see the passing moments again?

Saturday, September 7, 2024

What is today
Today is now
Does it need
to be anything
but itself?

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Lifelong

This ongoing habit
has never let go

So many
mornings

afternoons

nights

So many
moments of 

peace

worry

darkness

and light

It takes my hand

Guides it


Sunday, August 4, 2024

Sieve

Don't begin with artifice

Tell me something real

The pain in your wrist

Your belly full of tea

The empty cup

The silence of the room

Thoughts that do not come

Your mind a sieve

until a pebble 

comes to rest

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Summer Rain

Rain falling in darkness


A flash through the trees


A distant rumbling


Trembling

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Transmission

All these words

merely drops

of thought

from one life

to another,

in another time,

in another place,

in another world.

Consumption

I must hold a small space 
for myself
if I am to see you 
past tomorrow

Does water dream
when it has frozen?

What must it be like
to change form
endlessly 
through countless
eons of existence

I close my eyes in bed
and wait for night
to consume wholly
once more

Small Reminders

I give myself small reminders

to unclench my jaw

to stretch my fingers

move my legs

listen closely

look for small details

hold her hand

kiss her while she sleeps

tell everyone

I love them

These days

are only now

and that's 

all life will ever be

Hooves

You marvel 
at something 
as mundane
as time

Listening
to the rain
to the wind
to the leaves

Have you 
ever heard
the sound
of a deer
stepping
through
forest?

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Feeder

Sit and wait for your guests 

They flutter in on wings
of different shades

They twitter about 
and leave when
they've had their fill

If only all guests 
were so well behaved
Why do you
wait and wait
to do that
which is 
your salvation?

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Antonyms for Salvation

Ocean waves inhaling
exhaling 
                a field of roiling darkness
Sitting in warmth of our company
Relief and joy
Mutual salvation
Taste of flowers 
on our tongues
In the mirrors
lights approach
and halt

Clarification

The page is laughing and so am I
Raise a glass and give a toast
Are we not amused
Are we not paying attention
Open your words
Says your lips
Utter utterance
Leave no doubt

Rivers

You can't go back
It isn't the same
The river changed
The waters are new
Moment to moment
are you not the water

Meaning?
What's the point 
of the question?
There's no answer
Make up and decide
what makes sense 

* Beep *

No one is watching 
No one is home
Please leave a message
at the tone

Molting

This is fine
This is normal
This is how everyone feels
How long can this go on
Has it always been so
Are we such anxious creatures
    we can't handle the world remade
        in our own image
Now you sit in the screen glow
as I do
            unsure of anything
sure that everything
is aching and growing
into something
                         we cannot
yet define

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Acts of Translation

I am listening for the ghosts.
Their sighs fill the spaces 
of the moments of our lives.
Listen in order to hear.
What does your heart say?
What is the meaning 
taken from this interpretation?
Does translation only 
approximate the meaning?

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Oh

Yes
it has always been
Yes 
know you know
what you always
felt

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Ashen World

From a distance it nears

Falling in silence 

Quiet breath overpowers

Snow at this time of year

I touch the softness

resting upon the ground

It does not melt

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Mixed Messages

What is it?

Are you waiting 
to read the tea leaves?

Can you not read 
the lines in your palms?

What are the trees telling you 
in the movements
of their bare branches?

This is the sign.

The Gods favor you.

You know what the ancients said 
about those the Gods favored.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

We mourn our youth unknowingly.

over the hills
fire or dawn
growing close

Monday, October 23, 2023

Who Will Take me Home

If I can still myself
will I find the peace
that's eluded me

Can I sleep and
wake up rested 
without a worry

This gift given without 
desire is the only one
that matters to me

I close my fists
and grasp the water
to come up empty again

Are these words enough
It shouldn't matter 
if it's all I have

Will the wind carry you
or will time take you home

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Where and When

Open the door and look inside.

Are they still sleeping?

Are you still dreaming?

Where have I seen this before?

Thursday, September 7, 2023

I do not recognize the call
coming through the trees
Who are they looking for
Will they hear this

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

ears perk at
the sound of 
a breaking twig
danger
or nothing

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Bright light breaking through the curtains
Such good fortune to be here once more
We will try again 
That much I know to be true

Sunday, August 27, 2023

The Search

You who were lost
is seeking

Searching the nights
and days

for the wordless form
within

Friday, June 16, 2023

Lost and Found

what is this memory
breaching the surface
of the present 

a face 
an evening
a place

two people lost
desperately
trying to be found

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Summer is here
in all but name.
Warmth behind
the curtain.
Sunlight
upon the house.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Beyond Time

Dreams passed down across generations
persisting beyond a mere lifetime

Gazing to the skies
Such unoriginal creatures

Dreaming of a world beyond heaven

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Waves of green rustling
in the May morning.

Where is the robin going?

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The Now

First
there was the word
Then
there was the action
Finally 
there was now

Monday, April 3, 2023

Creation

How lonely
were the gods
that the needed
to create us?

This Life

The minutes
The hours
The days
The nights
The weeks
The months
The seasons
The years
Be patient
Be impatient
Know when
to be one
or the other

Monday, March 27, 2023

Lingering cold breath
Your waiting is not in vain 
Buds will be in bloom 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Wake

What happened
What broke
between then and now

How does a heart break
How does a soul mend
How far is a mind stretched

It's been a long time
since he broke your heart
since he broke your life

since everything broke
since almost everyone left

We are self-centered creatures
getting on with our days-

lives and memories
lost in our wake

Monday, March 20, 2023

Spring

Just before dawn
I heard their voices
singing before fluttering
away to other branches

Beaming sun
streaming through 
my window

Green buds
readying
for life

Saturday, March 18, 2023

First Thought

Dreams have departed
at dawn's light

First thought-

is this it?

or is it this?

No, it must
be this.

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

White Ocean

A white ocean
spreading silently 
over the forest

Hoof prints reveal 
The unseen 

visible 

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Every Step

every step moves me forward
to a non-existent destination

move move move
I keep moving

until at last
I stop

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

by the minute

Traveling 
by the minute
into the future

This moment
becomes ash
carried by wind

Friday, January 20, 2023

 With you I have the world. 

 Transition from reality.

Thursday, January 19, 2023

The Rhythm

We move together through the days and nights
reaching the realm of sleep to renew ourselves

Morning comes again and we begin anew the 
routine of our daily lives to make ends meet

Finding meaning can be a struggle for many
We find it and change our minds and find it 

There is truth in the rhythm of the seasons
There is truth in the days and the nights

There is truth in the routine of our days

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Wisdom and Courtesy

 We are all sitting around at the end of the day,

Or the start of morning, getting older, hopefully wiser,

And musing upon days past and those to come. 

 

Sunrise reveals all hidden by the night.

Light can only fall upon the soul that allows it.

I have pried myself upon on the altar of my mistakes.

 

My youth was too ignorant and prideful.

Even now, I wonder if I have truly learned anything.

I hold on to what I must and discard the rest.

 

I don’t blame you for letting me go.

Please allow me the same courtesy.