Thursday, November 07, 2013
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
October sky
this is not a summer love
but a different passion
the quietness of flight
geese uniting in the sky
at sunset
thrust of a new purpose
the crystal sound
of leaves letting go
but a different passion
the quietness of flight
geese uniting in the sky
at sunset
thrust of a new purpose
the crystal sound
of leaves letting go
Sunday, June 09, 2013
love poem in haiku form
stars ripe in the sky
fall to your hand, when you reach
to pluck them for me
fall to your hand, when you reach
to pluck them for me
Thursday, May 16, 2013
prescription for love
first,
start
with a clean heart
harvest the moon
from the sky
for silence
this orb, and that one
well, they are sisters
and whisper together
and if anyone asks you
why there is light
in your heartbeat
it was simply that night
when the moon got lost
and found
a resting place
start
with a clean heart
harvest the moon
from the sky
for silence
this orb, and that one
well, they are sisters
and whisper together
and if anyone asks you
why there is light
in your heartbeat
it was simply that night
when the moon got lost
and found
a resting place
Monday, December 24, 2012
sunset (letter to the sun)
you were treacherous, bright one
when you went down
unflinching
letting the earth,
that cold black ball
of rock
slide over your face
leaving me here
to milk heat
from the stars
in shadow, not yet a creature
of the dark
huddled down with the damp grass
holding the dew hostage
until dawn
I tell you, I will not embrace the night
while something inside me
still burns
a spark from your body of fire
that whispers
“not yet, not yet”
and a flame
that murmurs
“I have not forgotten”
when you went down
unflinching
letting the earth,
that cold black ball
of rock
slide over your face
leaving me here
to milk heat
from the stars
in shadow, not yet a creature
of the dark
huddled down with the damp grass
holding the dew hostage
until dawn
I tell you, I will not embrace the night
while something inside me
still burns
a spark from your body of fire
that whispers
“not yet, not yet”
and a flame
that murmurs
“I have not forgotten”
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Chord Change
something must break, and soon
I sense it in your hands
I feel you, as if I were
your last guitar
and you have one instant only
to stretch your fingers, crazily
for a new chord
throwing the old aside
it is this
moment of destruction
that I live for
the mad thin scream of the strings
as your fingertips slide
holding on, cracking the whip
to shatter their world
as always, the sound
of something thrown down, with all your soul
and something found
atop the waterfall, the wild new flow
no-one could have predicted
and yet we reached for it
I sense it in your hands
I feel you, as if I were
your last guitar
and you have one instant only
to stretch your fingers, crazily
for a new chord
throwing the old aside
it is this
moment of destruction
that I live for
the mad thin scream of the strings
as your fingertips slide
holding on, cracking the whip
to shatter their world
as always, the sound
of something thrown down, with all your soul
and something found
atop the waterfall, the wild new flow
no-one could have predicted
and yet we reached for it
Monday, December 03, 2012
to the garden
way back when I was
only your child
weary of oranges
and love
someone spoke of
a secret space inside me
unopened
and showed me how to step
out of your arms
my love, I traded you
for this soft pull on my entrails
day and night, this longing
and all that came with it
the majesty of memory,
the will to build
and the power to grow
tall enough
to be your mirror
I, your child
the one you reach to now
with your shimmering
snake-like hands
tempting me
back to the garden
only your child
weary of oranges
and love
someone spoke of
a secret space inside me
unopened
and showed me how to step
out of your arms
my love, I traded you
for this soft pull on my entrails
day and night, this longing
and all that came with it
the majesty of memory,
the will to build
and the power to grow
tall enough
to be your mirror
I, your child
the one you reach to now
with your shimmering
snake-like hands
tempting me
back to the garden