Category Archives: Poetry

Gentleness

Each night when you fall asleep
My arms are wrapped around you
You are safe
 
I kiss you on your forehead
Everything will be OK
I am here
 
Still there is a hole in your heart, a void
I cannot fill
You will

Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?
Of the father asked the son
On the journey to the one
Where the road is blocked for none
 
Are we there yet?
To the father said the mother
On the journey from the other
Toward true love for one another
 
Are we there yet?
Said the father to the one
Who has blessed him with a son
But the journey, it seems, has only just begun

Haiku for world travelers

I reach out to you
Seeking more than you can give
And find a mirror
 
 
Searching for ourselves
We peer through the looking glass
And find each other
 
 
Hand in hand in hand
Let’s walk this beautiful earth
Loving fearlessly
 

What about you

What about you
makes me want
to be enough
for you
to make you happy
to satisfy
you
your desire
your need
to be free
safe
with me
a child
perfect
Is it real?
 
What about you
drives you
to get up
each day
happy
to be alive
searching
for what?
Beauty
Adventure
A place
to fit in
It is real
Is it free?
 
What about you
makes you tick
drives me wild
not yet –
not me
you
Smart
Beautiful
Interesting
I see it
always
kindness
It is free
Is it love?
 
What about you
climbs
to where
you become
who you want
to be
reaches
for more
moves
forward
your life
means something
leaves a mark
makes you proud
happy
simple
It is love
Is it you?

Paradise

Are we still in Eden?
I see trees
apples
and a snake
But something is different
I feel
banished
so much pain
This can’t be paradise
 
Yet I feel
grass
between my toes
aware
The Great What Is
still is
The sun
keeps coming
up each day
warm
on my face
I am awake
innocent
again
but not
naive
 
Eve …
why?
You need not
answer
to me
I now see
you
an apple
a snake
a bite
Sweet?
Bitter?
No
can’t go back
 
I see you
now
for what
you are
you
here
with me
Are you happy?
Can you be?
Can I help?
I don’t know
anymore
but I see
you
there
alone
(not quite)
and I want …
 
This moment
and this
and this …
You are
a garden
lush
wild
beautiful
Let go
now
What is
is
so …
be
 

Breathe

Whew!
BREATHE
In …
… Out
 
Sun rising
Grassy toes
Hearts beating
Son sleeping
 
BREATHE
Whew!
In …
… Out
 
Pain passes
Hurt lasts
Bills come
Debts rise
 
In …
… Out
BREATHE
Whew!
 
Patience lacking
Virtue mocking
Sex given
Lies forgiven
 
… Out
In …
Whew!
BREATHE
 
Friends neglected
Marriage shaky
Family fakey
Love strong
 
… Out
In …
BREATHE
Whew!
 
Time eternal
Spirit moving
God unspoken
Peaceful sleep

False apothecary

Thirst for greatness, I avail
Embattled inner worlds await
Toiling troubled on the rail
Of stumbling puddles, forthright gait
 
Nonsense verbage, ornery stew
Words upon the haughty page
Apothec’ry’s fallacious brew
No foundation, pauper’s wage
 
Dealt a plate of shit to eat
Foolishly, I asked for more
My hero’s world devouring sweet
She lapped the shit up off the floor