Untitled III

I see you in the distance

as

I stare at something beautiful

playing

in nature's backyard.

Untitled Thoughts

Words,

written on ancient parchment;

lay frozen

in my inner thoughts.

I let your letter

float

among the icebergs

in a water

wasteland.

Every word you say today

becomes

an echo of tomorrow.

7/23/72

Retro

Can you hear my

delicate thoughts

swirling like a hurricane of high school

feelings – butterflies everywhere.

Each day I don’t talk to you

seems like eternal emptiness.

Emotions stretched like a rubber band;

my heart fluttering as fast

as hummingbird wings,

but as fragile as crystal.

My life is caught in a jet stream of emotions

yet it is good to share.

You have taken over my heart

and

my gift from each day is knowing you are there.

I cried in my pillow to bury my feelings

because you have captivated every part of

me.

Vignettes,

staged on a whisper and choreographed

over time that

progressed to the grand stage.

Orchestral visions.

As you danced across the brightest of full-moons

I’ve tried to concentrate

but

only could smell your faint perfume.

I tried to concentrate

but

only could feel your soft skin

close to mine.

How long have you hidden your love?

And how long have you deprived your

life of passion.

Whatever life span we have

I want to share my love with you and do not want it to slip away.

Child’s Thought

Thunder,

lightning bolts from Thor,

blinding, scorching power.

Calm,

little feet and welled up eyes,

a mixed and broken sentence;

touching power.

Serenity,

a light rain shower.

laughing rainbows,

budding flowers.

Thunder,

sunshine, a sideways sneaker,

a powerful call....

Daddy, I love you.

Emote'

Yelling into a valley,

no echo.

Droplets into a clear blue pool,

rippleless.

Caught on film,

no image.

Late night thoughts –

what do you really feel?

Tell me.

silent.

written sometime in 2005 

Shadow of You

I saw your ghostly image pass in the night.

What you are today is a real fright.

In your nighttime hours think hard about life

but don’t pass by me with your blight.

You were so strong and handsome to see

now you are just a shadow of what

you could be.

Remember that love gives strength,

that’s from us to you.

Never give up hope

because you will

always be a Shadow of you

drifting in the night.

2.20.2013

After Ride

Confident castaway,

where have you sailed.

From island to island,

from reef and sandy trail.

Sun shining brightly before you on your rickety

ship.

Waves, rogue and small

slow your chartered confident trip.

Sundown, peaceful, bright orange,

clouds, horizons vast, daylight doused.

Sleep oh mariner, tomorrow brings

doubts;

Dreams, roll on every wave

at anchor,  at sail

you see fishermen graves.

Morning mist haunts your heavy lidded

eyes.

Confident castaway

looks hastily into the heavenly blue sky.

Your sail cuts swiftly though the steady

breeze.

Castaway, confident castaway,

your safe harbor looms closer

to timid tender trees.

11.21.01