The clouds were soft today A gift, to gentle sun’s blinding rays Take the spotlight off reality Loved ones soon moving far away Excitement and despair Waves lapping and cresting Leak tears held at bay Lest emotion bring a drowning flood The clouds know this gathering weight Wisps turned cottony then pregnant with rain NotContinue reading “Softly Changing Clouds”
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Adrift in the Sea — “It’s OK”
What’s this lonely languishing As I drift on endless waves No port in sight No winging birds Just endless endless sea Beneath me churns those hidden things What might come to snatch me whole While sun beats hot And thunder booms And lightning strikes repeatedly Missing those who’ve turned away Rejecting still my poured outContinue reading “Adrift in the Sea — “It’s OK””
Snow Fences
Undulating with the land Lining roads like concert chairsOr spiked hair on shaven heads Stalwartly just standing there Oft’ a perch for falcon’s rest Summer frame for winding vine Holding firm they pass the testBraving weather of all kinds Catching troves of tumbling weeds Flat toothpicks knit in stout rows Cannot bind the blowing windContinue reading “Snow Fences”
Seat Belt Gymnastics
A love hate relationship has developed toward a certain two inch black belt, no matter its promises to increase my safety when I am buckled in. During our cruise along Interstate 80 I have begun a crash course of in-car gymnastics…or is it wrestling?…with a seat belt that is bent on ratcheting my neck intoContinue reading “Seat Belt Gymnastics”
Dew Upon The Arbor 