From a past near forgotten
You transcend time and space
Reacquainted in passing
Your beauty awaits
What once was pure myst’ry
Might now be revealed
As we hear the soft knowing
And feel what we feel
Come into my garden
And smell the black rose
Dive into the passion
And find your repose
A crowded subway station
Trains arrive from every direction
Non-stops, locals, orange line, blue
Bombarded, overrun is the station
The nightly news
Three people shot
A new strain of a new virus
Contention, disarray, discomfort
A world overrun with thoughts
Begging to be heard
A lifetime of sensations
Images, memories, scents, judgments
Write with squeaky chalk on the blackboard
Speak out of turn and in
All these voices clamor
Join on the crowded platform
The trains arrive, depart, arrive
But behind the veil of chaos’s call
Whispers the quiet child of the heart
The truest truth, the real and flowing beauty
Words of peace, and love
Here’s what I ought do:
Respond to my emails
Rewrite my latest novel
Enter my expenses into QuickBooks
Wash my car
Go to the gym
Write some custom code
Make a few dollars
But, since we talked,
Here’s what I want to do:
Dance in the sunshine
As the clouds part, make way
Write you a fresh poem
Today and every day
Imagine two cups of coffee
Separating us
In a Starbucks in the northwest
While learning
Each color of your eyes
Traveling to the old country
Rome, Paris, Sicily
Tipping the gondolier
As we disembark
Holding hands
In Venice
My mind wanders
My heart flutters
And all that seemed to matter yesterday
Matters not today
Your brave finesse
Your perfect beauty
Your kind heart
Has changed me
Has moved me
To a new understanding
To a new path
Your eyes
the vibrancy of the leaves
in late spring.
Your presence
the flight
of the newly risen butterfly,
first sight,
first flight.
Your beauty
the glory of Nature
flowing
forever shown
true.
Your fingers
touch my heart,
my soul,
my essence…
Your love heals me.
Your love makes me smile.
Inside…
and out.
The sunrise is paled in your light
Oh sweet present lover of mine
Such a wonderful glorious sight
Oh lover, complete and divine
The moments when you touch my heart
Awakening thoughts from of old
Before time began we were one
Merged in the infinite folds
The moments when you touch my hand
Inside me, I feel all the world
The beauty of your perfect eyes
All at once is the universe unfurled
The moments when you touch my soul
Merging thoughts two hearts now we stand
This man is forever made whole
When you reach out and touch now my hand
