End of February

between morning
and moonrises
we breathe
live and dream
i hear your
breathing

we're all doing our best
to hold on
to these days
to our memories
to our fleeting youth
to this life
moving faster
and faster
with each
passing moment

Winter Sleep

Don't forget to
turn on the space heater
it gets cold these nights
Close the door
to keep the heat in
Get in bed
and snuggle up
beneathe the covers
Nuzzle my chest
Fall asleep

winter morning touching my skin
the warm spot in the bed where you were
feet shuffling in the house
you are not far

Could we be
the messiahs we need
in our lives
Could this be
the love
we've been missing?

Journal Entry

I went to bed and slept well.
I slept longer than I normally would
but in the end I wound up well rested.
I woke up thinking about her
because of the distance
between us on her trip.
I remain on this coast
while she is on the other
visiting family.
I have reached a point
where the real work I must do
needs to occur. It is not enough
to think it, to talk of it, it is time
to be measured and deliberate.
It is the eve of a major holiday.
The sun shines through cloudy
grey skies but there is a strange
hope in me that this year
is turning towards a better one.

The Builders

Pieces of ourselves
given
          and received
Precious
parts exchanged

Building
Creating
some thing new
to gether

Living within
one another

Yes
This is it
This is how
it is
supposed
to be

It Is What It Is

Call me home
to where I've been
Call me home
to where I'm missed
Wandering in this lifetime
Seeking understanding
I have found a home in you
Open the door
I will come through
This is where I belong
With you here and now

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

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

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"

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

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

Absent

Absent of you from bed
You do not stray far from my thoughts
I wake and call
Your voice is there
Missing you
Being together
Missing you
Together again
Soon

Prophet

Go beyond the dream
Return to reality
Have I become a prophet
for what I have seen
I have felt too much
I have done too much
to turn away from this
The path reveals itself
further and further
with each passing hour
Behind closed eyes
the form appears
the vision takes life

whole

Pie ces of our selves

            we find
            in others

to gether WE

become
whole

before the dawn

Your touch
your kiss
your caress

-nothing else
exists

here before
dawn

skin on
skin

heaven
incarnate

skin on skin
your heartbeat
lulls me to sleep
again