Coat Rack

Within the walls
        surrounding my heart
    there's a coat rack in the corner...
            to make myself at home.

3/01/05

Ladybugs and Butterflies

Ladybugs and butterflies
        as shooting stars --
    go shooting by.

4/01/05

Mysterri

Recently, she realized she is pretty.
And I have known all along, she is beautiful.
Living between the lines of her poetry,
in the shadows of the words she has written --
she has kissed me with her mystery.

4/20/05

In Remembering

There are many things I forgot to remember --
        and in remembering...
    forgot the same.
Yet in forgetting I found much joy --
        and in remembering --
    I found my shame!

4/22/05

The Leaf and I

The leaf and I 
        are much the same
    yet earth's the tree
            to which I cling...
And when it's time 
        for me to die --
    I will be for leaving.

4/22/05

Ruckus of the Crows

I smile 
        to hear the ruckus
    of the crows...

7/16/05

Though at Noon...

Though at noon...
        should the day
    come to a close --
Could I be less content --
        if my life
    would end so soon?

8/25/05

Staring out the Window

 The staring out the window
        and the longing of that scene...
    of the seen placed there before you --
        how it differs from the dream.

Conducive to reality
        the picture painted there...
    so much left of the unforeseen --
        the scene at which you stare!

9/05/05

As Joy Slept

 In the midnight hour
        as joy slept --
    sorrow was awakened.
Silently she lay with me --
        making love
    to my thoughts.

9/07/05

The Casting off of Cares

The casting off of cares
     (or so I've heard it said)
the dispelling of that feared...
     (much the same as in the first)
their fetters lie within --
rather than without
resting in the self imposed
     (if rest is what you call it)
rather than --
in force

In Silence and Alone

I had found her to be walking my path
     who would walk a path of her own;
leaving me to walk my path
     in silence and alone.

And in those whispering footsteps
     that led her to my heart,
I walk the path we walked together --
     wistfully and alone.

9/10/05

Could You Spare Some Change?

A bum at the amusement park
approached me and asked
if I could spare some change...
shortly after I had watched another
dig his lunch from the trash.

Looking upon him 
with such compassion,
I went above and beyond
his request --
and handed him a dollar.

9/17/05

Desire for the Bluest of Skies

I have witnessed such beauty
     in your pain...
and in the longing of your eyes
     I have seen --
          the desire for the bluest of skies --
     bathed in a shower of tears...

9/24/05

Dancing Shadows

The shadows dancing on the wall
        reflect the shadows of my heart --
     dancing in their revelry!

9/16/05

Flowing to the Sea

Life is but a river
        flowing to the sea of death --
     which welcomes us home.

9/24/05

Law Maker

Is it not I 
     who have written the laws
  by which I am governed?...
The same who delights
     in breaking them?

9/25/05

The Firefly

The firefly has flown
     with the stars...
  is he any less magnificent?

9/25/05

In Speaking

In many words
     I have remained silent!
Yet in speaking...
          have revealed 
     my unrest.

9/27/05

Echoing

I have chosen my loneliness
      while charting my course...
   enjoying the company I've kept.
And in my silence
      there came the shout --
   echoing across the page!

9/27/05

Darkness has Fallen

Darkness has fallen
      upon my mind --
   awaiting a new sunrise.

10/07/05

At the Door

 I stand at the door
      of my desire --
   and knock...
Yet, timid am I 
      to enter.

10/07/05