Signs

frost lays on the land
a thin veil of ice
slippery nonetheless
for flat feet and all;
the while veil covers
mother's earth
here and there, but
never her spirit;
the womb of our mother
lays cold and barren,
we hesitate not to
protect her destiny;
father and mother
gloriously unite,
welcoming in the
reign of our winter.

21Dec16

Curtain Calls

black then purple
dark blue then blue
light blue then gray
and no sun today;
morning awareness creeps
in slowly as if awakening
from the slumber of a
deep sleep imposed
on us for centuries now;
the poet awaits then stumbles
onto the scene like drunk
actors entering the stage
for their weekday matinees;
character flaws abound
on center stage while the
audience applauds for an encore
and we pull the curtains closed
because it is time to go home.

14Dec16

Snowman

the snowman on the hard-
wood floor watches me
write my words but offers
me not one iota of help;
its face sneers at what I
have written in the hopes
that I might throw it away;
seasonal tunes are as silent
as thee snowman's comments
but as I continue writing,
I hope that it will talk to me.

14Dec16

Brain Dumps

our quest for knowledge
overwhelms us at times
when specifics make
known what we see not
and facts hit sideways
our face of curiosities,
but still we infuse it all
inside our mental cases
until the weight exceeds
the airlines allowable,
at which time we drop
knowledge like gasoline
as if preparing to crash.

14Dec16

Sky Approach

characters in the sky
dance freely
as if known to all
but we see not clearly at all
too far past our noses
unless we are to tip over
and while some
view this as being self-centered
others see it as
our sky getting ready to rain.

14Sept16

Life's Death

our journeys wander through
days, weeks, month, years, and decades
from which grace allows survival
and we acknowledge not as
we are an enlightened few who
have been given insights into all there is
but as riders into the horizon of the
sun knowing there will be no return.

14Sept16

Colors Bright

black colors evil

while colors good

purple colors royalty

red colors lust

brown colors earth

green colors envy

our world is rainbow

with colors all around

left and right

up and down

in and out

we see them all

and notice none

until told to...

then depth and 

clarity of

misunderstanding

envelops us all.

14Dec16

Residents

we feel no remorse over the election,
no guilt for any crime of prime time,
we hope not for pleasant government,
nor do we wish for an end to violence;
we see no reason to betray our friends or
make any efforts to keep enemies close,
life is not impossible nor is it easy and
is just what it is and not much more;
with the process of death, a loss of feelings
and with the process of life, abundance,
truth has nothing to do with these results
nor with the residents in the White House.

12Dec16

Year New

a not so bitter cold

but cold nonetheless
sweeps through our
valley, beloved by some,
but not so much by others;
we tremble at the thought
lost heat for a while,
vowing to stay inside,
venturing out as necessary;
galloping emotions of
claustrophobic anxieties
for us to prematurely
conclude that winters are,
regardless of the holiday,
no longer the best part of
each new and cold year.

10Dec16

Rolling

rolling out the joy

is like rolling out thunder

at Southern speedways.

11Dec16

Unique

blue skies and rain live inside
my life most of the time while
experiences are manufactured
daily to substitute for the ones
that someone already gave me;
brothers and sisters alike know
not what is endured by me nor
the accompanying fears that
underscore the loss of my
happiness simply because I
needed to be rather unique.

8Dec16

Better Life

birth starts the process of death and
while some live long, others do not
and no one really knows how many
years one has been given or what
the final outcomes will be, so why
would anyone want ti be born at all
if it were not for the promise that
some give their children of having
a better life than they had been given.

8Dec16

Self Aware

lofty liars lift

up their own perceptions when

coveting others.

11Dec16

Just Two

lost moments flee
into a past of forgiveness
not remembered  and...



morning jolts in
still darkness and
lifeless outside...


12Feb17

Another Valentines For Her Who Has My Love

With each new year, our love changes and evolves

into that which cannot be described with words of

a common kind like most commercial cards, but

with words of a unique kind that hold their own

meanings year after year after year in the same way

our feelings have held their significance for each

other in the way they are expressed and experienced;

With each new year, new feelings and sensations

emerge in the way that we experience, accept, and

internalize the developed closeness in that is is more

significant than the year before as we are more

inside the minds of each other than the year before,

and more aware of that which makes us whole and

of that which can draw us apart or separates us;

With each new year, our lives become more intertwined

inside a love and bonding that is as old as the hills but

for us is as newly fresh as blooming spring flowers,

and placed into mental vases that more than the year,

helping us to understand the codes of silence or short

remarks that seem to penetrate our flesh but that serve

only to remind us of just how much in love we are daily.

12Feb17

Appearances

it is clear or should be
that how we are seen by
others is more important
than how we perceive
ourselves, yet...

some do not believe
the premise and set about
living their lives as they
believe it should be lived,
including body dressing;
odd, that is should come
to this since it does not
and will always be once
we perceive others are in
possession of our truths.

11Dec16

Depends Upon It

my thoughts are non existent this morning
my creativity has disappeared
my mind is blank and barren
my words have simply vanished;

who lives inside my hear,
who determines my peace-of-mind,
who sees inside it all?

shepherds tend others flocks
as fences no longer protect,
winds of change bring rains,
flooding out planted fields;

we are determined...
we are disciplined...
we are mindful...

life intertwines these thoughts
and actions into experiences
we are told as if we need the ride
and we will always remount as
though our lives depended upon it.

8Dec16

First of Many

snowmen on the mantle
elves on the floor
a frosted tree in the corner
with mini Santa's hanging down;
holiday spirit is in the air
joyous feelings all around,
the smells of baking from the ovens
filters throughout our home;
this is the first Christmas
without both parents as our
mother just passed away and
while she left us with good fortunes,
she has been missed everyday.

6Dec16

Habits

purple is the color of royalty

velvet is the fabric,

raw wool is what I wear when

attending a county fair;

glasses worn is intellect bred

or so I once heard them say,

but my wits are never there

unless it is for peanuts;

dreaded are the days of old

but feared are the new ones,

countless times I hid in closets

when the taxman was around.

6Dec17

Upon Us Now

gray skies dawn,
a morning mist
lays on the ground
waiting for the wind
for a little warmth;
darkening clouds reflect
what faint light there is
as we view it all
from inside our homes,
wishing it were not so
and was summer again.

6Dec16

Soon To Be

we are given what we are given

and stand where we should stand,

living the way we should live and

thinking thoughts we should think

and few escapes these assignments;

but, when they do, it is remarkable

in the way they shine like stars in

the vast universe of possibilities,

taking on responsibilities and

thinking whatever they want to;

we all aspire to be those stars

but few ever reach so high and

when they do the rest of us just

sorta dies inside as we know

that we were never meant to be;

and, in that knowledge there is

despair and discrepancies in what

we each had been given when in

theory we all have equality but 

reality proves that not to be true.

4Dec16

Time To Go

wind and cold blow
into the valley and
soon there is rain but
not the freezing kind,
so we are good to go
at least until tomorrow
when a little warmth
is predicted to appear;


and, it is the warmth
that reaches out to us
when in despair and
have no place to go,
except upstairs which
is not yet finished and
there appears to be
no carpenters around;
so, another year is spent
in this valley where evil
lurks and grows and I
wonder if the young
ones will know what
to do when the upstairs
is finished and it is
about time for me to go.

4Dec16

Complications

up and down our mental hallways,
the machine moves steadily,
cleaning up all debris in its path,
leaving us vacant and barren
of all life sustaining thoughts;
we cry out for mercy but
nothing arrives in the mail
and we pray for forgiveness but
no phones ring in our homes
and we wonder why this is;
up and down our mental hallways,
a new power enlists our souls to action
and we rally around the idea of it
because we can and receive
the wrath of good news and cheer;
our salvation arrives and we are
away from it all when we see both
machines collaborating and wonder
why our lives are so complicated.

4Dec16

Routine Comfort

each day lives in us as

we live in each day but

when the day is done,

we are not and set

about preparing for the

next one to arrive;

and, when it does,

we are observed in

the same manner as

we were the day before

and the day before that;

routine lives manifest, we

change not the outcome

or its pretense of

similarities as this is

what we are all about

and it is oh so comforting.

4Dec16

Early Memories

on the surface, our journey
begins when we want it to
begin, but in reality it has

a tendency to begin earlier;
even before conception,
when we are only a tiny
reminder of a promise yet
to be fulfilled as it was
planned out long before;
it is in a time of ageless
motion and movement when
the winds and currents of
chance blow about the
universe and only one
thought prevailed that was
sustaining all life in its path
and we came to be as we
are now and will forever be
in life's very early memories.

4Dec16

The Gift

rainy morning encourage depression
or so the theory goes, still,
there are some of us who have
been depressed all our lives
regardless of the weather; and,
for us there are no theories just a
biological positioning that something
is not right inside our given minds
as they have never really been ours
at all but a gift given to us on the
exact day of our birth to be used
"as is" for our entire lives for as
long or as short as that may be.

4Dec16

Our Promised Lands

our world is one of doubt
that molests the unfortunate
and the weak because it can
while the rest of us drink cheer
in the comforts of our homes
and pay the tax man for the
privilege of thinking freely;
our souls have died a thousand
years before when the council
of councils gave us our beliefs,
creating a path on which we
could have never walked
before and it brought us all
here to all this promised land.

3Dec16

Damaged Goods

winter is here, so
no climate change
is upon us now
or they would say
and we should
believe them as
we have done so
often before, but
believing leaders
is no longer healthy
for those who have
become damaged
goods in the process
of surrender and
belief in the game of
follow the followers.

3Dec16