Poetry

Embrace it all. 
Embrace the unexpected. 
Embrace the big and the small. 
Embrace every vicissitude. 
Embrace the villains and the heroes. 
Embrace the unknown,  ...

Brown eyes, warm;
Red heart, beating;
Hands, moving;
Strength, emanating.
My love,
My life, ...

I went for a walk
On the trail, behind my home,
On the other side of the pond,
Through the new woods,
And heard a song,
Played through my phone. ...

a voice from the bright
speaking to me in my secret language
filling my emptied heart with something like golden hope
i need you
so much
this lost child ...

In the wretched prehistory
Before memories took form
There was the stark terror
Of utter abandonment
In time, to make sense of it
He chose to believe ...

I am a man who cries.
If you think that makes me weak,
You’re wrong.
If you want to judge me as
Somehow less than I ought be,
Well, go right ahead, ...

i have known
from my most virginal thoughts
of my unworthiness
but for a time
i forgot
for a time ...

He writhes in his wilted sadness
Sullen in rotting thoughts
A relapse of vision
Where hope turns brown
Falls from the ancient giants
And all that remains ...

Ups,
Downs,
Ins,
Outs;
The grey sneaks under the door,
Slides across the bare wood floor, ...

Some months are grey
Some days last for years
Some souls shine
And others go out
And it feels at times like nothing will ever return
To peace ...

We’ve become a town of whiners—
Therapists, dog walkers, horny priests,
Encouraging healing; insisting on making
Peace
With a forever fallen past.
We look with sullen gratitude, ...

A dripping new reality.
Lust, love—
Exploded,
Poured out on the
Polished hardwood floor—
Oozing, ...

You.
You are.
You are the key.
You are the key to the lock.
You are the key to the lock which opens every mystery.
You. ...

Lingering.
This feeling that drips from my emptying soul.
This scream on the tip of my resonating heart.
This base longing from the deepest primitive corner of my wounded soul.
Your presence lingers.
Never to be satiated. ...

He found the fount and sipped from its cool waters and
A majesty woke deep inside an expanding chest and
Life woke to the wakening within and
God smiled.

I feel unresolved. And I seek resolution.
I feel unfinished. And I seek a smooth finish.
I feel unloved. And I seek love.
I feel unworthy. And I seek the peace of wholeness.
I feel imperfect. And I seek the glory of divinity.
I am. ...

My heart skips a beat
When she enters the crowded ballroom
She is the center of not only my attention
But of the attention of fully half the room
As many turn their heads unapologetically
As some sneak wary glances ...

I weep for you, my precious child,
To see you in such pain;
My angels play their songs for you,
To heal in sweet refrain.
With every newfound sorrow,
You pluck up from the way, ...

Silver-grey strands
Silky heavens woven through
A vixen in lambs’ wool
Happy to be lost
In the glassy reflections
Of your bright new eyes ...

A toe in the raging waters
Feeling the sucking chill
Icy cold awakenings
Dive into the thrill
Frenetic waters rage
Pulled toward the valley dim ...

And in every single shining moment
The love flows through your eyes
Open, aware, searching, finding
And the light flows through your every majesty
Where glory seeks to ever play
And in each brand new moment ...

No further seething ire
An end of every blight
Stoke the burning fire
As all is set aright
Abiding with it All
A choice in every way ...

Under the shattered glass,
Shimmering in the midnight moon—
Under the last vestige,
Of holy sanity—
A new truth slowly pulsates,
And all is brought to kaleidoscopic grandeur, ...

I wish…
For you to know your value, your worth, the
Depths and heights
Of love there is flowing
Through you, focused on you, waiting
For you. ...

There’s a stillness
Frogs possess, and practice, as
They sit in perfect silence, motionless—
Waiting, waiting, waiting,
Perhaps willing, luring
Telepathically, the next meal: ...

The winter is cold.
A statement so obvious, it seems foolish
to state it.
But, it’s true. The winter
is cold.
This winter, has been cold. ...

And in a strange moment of strange choice
The world was set aright, back on her axis
And they, the newly rejoined two
Danced into the dawning glory
Of each new setting moment

Herding the ants
Wrangling the angst
Whilst moments tick away
And years are forgotten
Deep below the shallow
The clock ticks, slows, speeds ...

The slick drip
ran down the inside
of her left thigh.
I tasted, found the gateway,
the passage afire
in the smooth writhing ...

The subtle pepper, dark and verboten,
With the slight hint of sweet ripe fruit,
Rips from me
My remaining sanity
As you scream my name
In happy and taboo ecstasy

’Twas only two quick shots
He’d later be heard to say
That swept him through the fiery night
And left the brave of day
One double shot of tequila
And senseless waves drove by ...

White noise, black noise, scores of shades of
grey noise. There’s an abusive quality to the
noise. There’s a stinking and noisome infilling
of tremulous trauma and dirty drama in every
slammed cabinet door, every fork or spoon
not washed well and placed back in the drawer. ...

Shocked, but pleasantly
Watching you walk
In those tight black yoga pants
Watching you shimmy
With grace and elegance
Feeling your moods, your truth, the ...

Of all places, they’d met at a truck stop,
Both heading west through central Missouri
On a bare stretch of Interstate 44
Two small hours shy of midnight
Gassing up, she, her Lexus, he, his
aging (but still reliable) Hyundai, Hank ...

It seemed an honest question, sincere
if a little naive, but in her warm coffee eyes
I sensed genuine questioning, not the typical disparagement
from the typical wounded walker, asleep.
She had asked, simply, “Why love?”
I pondered the answer as the waves before us arrived, ...

There may be sorrows, but there is also rain
There may be joys, but also pain
You may be sad, afraid, alone, angered, filled with dreadful fear
But in the quiet moments, you too have ears to hear
Cover not your light
But shine it on the world ...

A day commenced and drew the light
Where dimness was the early plight
Such horror in the tarried night
Still harrowed by the gruesome sight
A rose of black with teeth and eyes
A smell of death then did arise ...

Whisper your assent
Accompany me
As we ascend
To and through the blue-black heavens
As daylight slumbers
And dawn overtakes ...

Over my head, out of my league, in the stratosphere
You, a burning comet, trailing through the dark spaces
Falling into my atmosphere
Earthbound
I welcome your pulsating fire
Praise your irreverent heat ...

And their eyes met
And their souls soared
And the fires kindled
The bread, kneaded
The oven, ready
They baked, broiled, ...

Two minds one
Fluids mixing
Hearts rendered
speechless
In the screaming glory
A pinnacle of pleasure ...

Oh glorious goddess
Your flaming hair is an ancient testament
Times past, but unforgotten
Invited, but unbidden
The question I dare not ask
(key to our new forever) ...

for many of us, consciousness is expanding
and merging
and it's hard
painful
as the old trees are hit by lightning
and felled in the firestorm ...

As winter drew to its close, so too did my comfort
Numb in the sorrows and distinctive hardships
Obsessed by the need to prove my insubstantialness
The lightness of being was too heavy a burden
More, I demanded, carried; growing weary, growing weak
Until the proverbial final straw tested my limits ...

The plague of unholy thoughts runs through his head
Skittering critters cover the far wall
As sleep falls stubbornly into the crevices
And a smaller sun rises over a broader horizon
Yesterday is blur, and yesterday’s yesterday, more so
Walking the line separating mundane from mystical ...

He checked his pocket for cash
Drove the posted speed
Followed all the rules and laws
Constrained by mores, beliefs, a body of limits
He listened to a radio preacher
Heard he would only find peace if he served ...

She shone with the light of all the ages
Focused to a single brilliant point
Setting fire to my very soul
A purple and chartreuse dress
Dipping low, cut short
She danced on the empty dirt road ...

Prophetic exploration
Through the tender veil of time’s essence
Diving into her folds
Moistening the moment
Drenched in amazement
As our ecstasy unfurls

One love;
One moment;
One fragment, dangling, alive
in the sweet glowing sorrows, taken
in the precipice of your flagrant imperfection, taken
just ...

the dark mystic glow of you
captivates, willingly
imprisons me, as you dig your
blue and scarlet fingernails
into the small of my back. Your
evil knowing smirk betrays little ...

I am caught in your web
Oh spinner of night
Changing forever
Dismissing all blight
A glance and a glimmer
Exploded in light ...

I found a new way
prayed every day
every hour
meditated
modified beliefs, habits, behaviors
mediated betwixt two competing halves ...

I’m your bedtime story with morning coffee;
a sweet song flowing with flames of thrusting,
infernal, forbidden, bursting,
writhing,
forever. As fingers trace rolling crescendos of
your every vibration, lying in the preordained moments— ...

I regret that I will continue on this
path I have blazed. I regret that I won’t,
can’t, change course. I regret that I
have chosen to believe that change
is impossible. Or imprudent.
I regret the lessons of momentum, that ...

Lyrics without a destination
A meeting left largely to chance
Arriving in forgotten solace
Seeing her as a stranger, as a confidant, as
Potential.
Inexhaustible nervousness ...

And the siren sang
And the day began
And the willows bent
And all hope fell
The driving rain fulfilled the forecast
Forty days of flood predicted ...

So many distractions
A world awry in a busy mind
A life of demands, expectations, unmet
Progressing ever slowly
Solemnity unsettled
Peace, elusive ...

Underneath it all, the source of
light shines, not curtailed by
the lack of translucence,
the minimalism
of humanistic praises
leading only ...

I seen’t Granny a walkin’ down the holler
She done waved at me and I waved back
I remember how the look in her eye
Come back in the dark that night
And woke me plumb from sleep
I heard tell next day ...

I stood in solemn contemplation
Glanced at the meaning of life
Where black meets white
Blending to quiet browns, royal violets, flowing reds
And decided in that instant
That I’d contemplated for quite long enough ...

There's magic in a blank page
Clean, white, pristine
Where hope can find her way home
And the muse is ever welcome
There's wonder in a fresh day
Inviting weather's inevitability ...

What am I without you?
Six months ago, one was enough. I was comfortable in my solitude. But life is changed now. I am changed. I am changed in the possibility and the reality of you.
What am I without you?
I am the moon without the pull of earth, careening recklessly through empty, dark space. I am the silent morning songbird. I am the blues guitar, tuned, ready, but unplayed. I am complete, but empty, filled in winsome void. I am a rowboat, adrift on an endless sea.
For what is love without love's lover? The flower, gone to seed.
Time ticks mercilessly on. The train's hypnotizing drone on uneven tracks. Entering the dark tunnel. Light fades. Blackness overtakes. ...

Trust in the confusion, and
Let life come and go
Hold the chill no longer
Enjoy the falling snow
She walked in windblown silence
Through days that ambled fierce ...

Trust the confusion
Trust the fear
Stand bright in the dark
And pull love near
Still the voices
And silence the din ...

My world tilted
In that first smile from you
Sweet, brave, manifest altruism
I felt the waves of bliss and enticement
Melding, harmonizing, vibrating
In an instant of audacious...  ...

Thankful... 
For two legs that walk in the direction my heart leads
For a heart that hears God's whispers
For a place to write my words
For ten fingers to write my words
For a heart that moves my fingers ...

To what value is faith when it avails so little? Show me the hidden secrets that keep me from my path. I know your face; your face is kind and good. Your face is beneficence. And yet with all the kindness I see clearly in your eyes, you speak not. You taunt me; you haunt me; you leave me imperiled and alone. Close, yet impossibly far from the wisdom of but a word.
A solitary word and I would be healed;
But I am met only with your silent hand.
You are the force of correction, of wisdom,
But utter lovelessness.
Why do you force me to choose between dim and bright? ...

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 ...

From under the faded black door
Springs a faint light, a twinkling
Hope, I dare wonder
Could it be?
Purified in gross inequities
Dancing a slow dance with terrors ...

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 ...

What was it about her eyes? They were dim of color but of neither character nor light. Her grey eyes were the color of sadness abandoned. In her eyes he found hope. This, he realized, was to be his lasting love.

I wonder sometimes if poetry is dead. Replaced by texts and tweets and our proclivity for retreat. We want to be close, but wander instead.
The autumn leaves still change
And breezes still blow
As tuned into the vast blue portals
Short echoes are all we know
Instants of grandeur ...

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 ...

Embers dwindled as the night grew old 
Matt added one more log, then another
She slept peacefully in the down-filled bag three feet away
Connie, Constance Marie, his angel
His one true love
Sleep evaded his harried soul ...

Reflections of the seasons 
The rising of the winds
Lifted on the sweetness
Of melodies within
Reflections of the reasons
The flowing of our lives ...

A stark glance at starbirth
The haunting now replaced
In explosions of her music
Through the once forgotten place
The vivid red velvet
Of a redawning star ...

Occasionally
A phrase holds on
It rises and rides through the seasons
Filed away, it fills, instills, chills, simmers
Echoes of a slight suggestion
Build in the background of a quiet mind ...

Choose a timid smile
Releasing hidden hopes
Sharing a heart's slim beat
Grasp at love's retreat
Dive into an instant
Where free-falling sorrows mete ...

I set aside my passions
Waiting for your hand
Dancing in the silence
A lost and broken man
I gladly fell asleep
Denied the rising tide ...

I surrender.
Where do I turn but to you?
Only you can fill this empty space that is all I now know.
Madness is on my only seen horizon.
Take me to that place I have forgotten.
Take me to the only place that heals. ...

A time of renewal
A chance to find hope
The dawn of awareness
The spawning of grace
Dark days of sadness
Of sorrows and pain ...

Thrilled by the sight
Of your captivating dance
Moved by the feel
Of your soft surrender
Awakened in the call
Of your beating heart ...

Air and water
Heaven and hell
Sweet Reggae beats
Calming the swell
Stripping the bottles
To the essence of truth ...

Across the crowded room
I shot you a glance
You shot back
I allowed a grin
For just an instant
I could feel you ...

Slow-moving streams
Light's fulfilling thought
Nothing's as it seems
In chocolate-flowing dreams
Rich, vibrant, savory
Dark, warm, alive ...

decades of fury
tamed through calm winds
flowing through
polished brass
polished jazz
color, exploding ...

it's a nicer street
than the one
where my home is.
most of the houses
have not only alarm systems,
but also video surveillance. ...

do not mistake
my kindness
for weakness
for infortiftude
for a lack of fire, verve, strength
i am beauty ...

The sweetness of your strength
Entices my imaginings
Your icy chilled gaze
Stills my need
Yet fuels my desire
You -- feminine, perfection -- tower ...

The muse is quiet
The winds move the leaves
A world set aright
In the haunting, black relief
Friends, cohorts, countrymen
A fiendish lot of fools  ...

Green eyes gaze back
Through mirrors of reflected time
Walking once sacred mysteries
On brown grass, turning away
From winter's chilled prison
Frozen thoughts, cold memories ...

On first contact
Your gaze
Stilled me
My once clear mind
Journeyed
Into the flames ...

Wretched indecision
Dawning indiscretions
Wanting imprecisions
Lusting for the truth
Moments' lost enchantments
Reaching for the knife ...

Travails fuel the fire
Passions cool the soul
Sensations fill the moment
Humanity's flowing role
To live in the puzzles of time
Pieces scattered on a hardwood floor ...

Pain is lasting
Memories unforgotten, relived, cherished, held
Visions of yesterday, last Tuesday, the brawl in the schoolyard
Forty years ago
Pain is forever
Thoughts cling to sensations, sensations to thoughts ...

 
How do we heal the heart of a friend?
How do we steal the smile of Zen?
The frogs in the starlit night hold the clue,
As they jump for joy and laugh, seeing you.
Can our mortal minds hold the key to the trance? ...

a journey of darkness
summoning the din
clinging to memories
bubbling within
the secrets of light
set down in the dream ...

You left, yet I remain
Dazzling white lights hinting at beyond
Dark shadows of eternal longing
A teaspoon of everything, of nil
Soul wracking collisions of karma and chi
Waves still crash on wearing rocks ...

Memories fallen
From the void where they lived
Colors of starshine
The great wide dark sieve
Ideas from the vortex
Rock me to sleep ...

Stillness invaded his presence
Colors from the abyss flowed forth, mixing, twisting, glowing
A time of renewal was upon him
Wonder invaded his thoughts
Seeds of imagination planted in fertile soil, watered, tended
A time of growth was upon him ...

A past of insecurities, fear, begrudgements
Seems to him so far away
As he looks at the hues of the sunrise
Apprised of a happier place
The time for joy arising
As he finds the deep smile within ...

Shocking revelations
Queries forever unspoken
Wonders unaddressed
In the redress of yesterday's today
 
Unforsaken platitudes ...

To know you have wronged me
To understand I have been hurt
There is found the clarity
That leads to the opportunity
To forgive
Embracing all that was ...

where my dreams meet yours
is the truth of our reconciliation
one grand plurality
spectacles showing our vastness
our majestic awareness
melding ...

Surrender to the place
Where only love is found
There you'll hear the angels
Singing a heavenly sound
Accept the life that's yours
And share it with the world ...

Constant shallow ripples
Lap gently at my soul
Where meanderings gather
In the depths of love's river
In times of calm relfection
Viewing a thousand waves ...

I woke this morning
And felt a gentle breeze
I woke this morning
And heard a bird’s song
You woke this morning
I breathed you a breeze ...

I woke this morning
And felt a gentle breeze
I woke this morning
And heard a bird's song
You woke this morning
I breathed you a breeze ...

Paint your dreams
Dive right in
Express your true heart
Grab the brush
Dip it in the colors
Life is your canvas ...

Sweet surrendering moments
Filled in our hearts' golden song
Tempting fresh aura
    of your waiting presence
      of butterscotch sensations
Smoldering ancient visions ...

Mindlessly, I'm trapped
By the slim curve
Of your legs
Fantasies rise
From deep within
A desirous warmth, a haunting home ...

Bountiful sensations
Flowing through the strains of time
God's touch surrounds
Immersed in the wonders, divine
Waking from the ancient sleep
Eyes see with clearing sight ...

i knew not that i was missing a thing
until i looked into your open eyes, your bright soul
and i saw the perfection of us
overwhelmed in the great joy
tears flow as the river
leading to your love ...

He walked for countless days
Eyes closed, heart guarded, hidden from light
Seeking happiness, seeking fulfillment, pleasure
In the fruits of a strangled orchard
The trees were bare
He wandered on ...

She flows as the wind
Gently caressing
My skin, my heart, my essence
Enlivened
In unspeakable passion
I am incinerated ...

Your eyes
the vibrancy of the leaves
in late spring.
Your presence
the flight
of the newly risen butterfly, ...

From the depths of our longing souls
We cling to the sometimes dim hope
Of the gift of the Love
That heals
Peace for all the world
Beginning with a giving heart ...

Diving into
The sweetest essence
That is the nature
Of you
All time stops
In the old existence ...

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 ...

Expanding resplendent bliss
In the moments before we wake
Awaiting the perfect kiss
With eyes, agree to partake
Heightened sensations we share
As feelings grow and expand ...

Your depth, your eyes, your moment and flame
A look in your soul and nothing's the same
Emptiness, fullness, my one and my all
Into perfection, I willingly fall

from deep within the fiery waves
she met him in a destined gaze
dropped her sorrows to the floor
along with all the clothes she wore
he beckoned her to take his hand
touched her moistened fertile land ...

Growling in each dawning thought
Perfect passion, heavenly wrought
You fill me to the brink in you
Paint the trees in colors new
Fire, fire, fire, flame!
Lost in sorrow's unfound blame ...

Magic is freely flowing
From the hands we wash in peace
Separation's memories
Gone with a choice of release
Joining hands in love
With courage, strength, and trust ...

You restore my knowing soul
In the overwhelming magic of love
With your sillyfresh smile
And your real and true faith
Drifting off to dreamsville
I look up for an instant ...

Filled in your warm rising river
The power of love sustains
Through winds of the eye
And torrential flooding rains
Surrendering to the wonders
Of a juicy taste of you ...

What if I fall
Just a little deeper
In love
With you?
What if the world
Stops spinning ...

Lovely new vision
My eyes open wide
As I look to your gaze
And see deep inside
Blooming of love
Flowing now free ...

Into the presence of love
Diving into your bright eyes
Love dawns with the sun
Sets with the waning moon
Nothing can come between
The love that is real and true ...

From forever until now
This love, so fresh and new
A path of our great fate
Showing us the way
To learn to love a world
Suffering and lost ...

In the Perfect Mind of God
All thoughts are love and peace
So why is there this chaos?
Where is my chosen release?
My mind is One in God
Where only truth is known ...

From unseen, unshakable, unknown places
Impulses ride on the tendrils of mindfulness
But the truest intents want to break free
Seek the Light of the newfound Knowing
As the Source of Creation is One
With each witnessing and witnessed thought ...

from the depths of one true heart
she walked
into my life
unexpected
unimagined
beyond the dream ...

Attached to old thoughts
All the world filled in strife
Surrendering all
To find a new life
Deciding to change
The chaos rearranged ...

Winter winds down
But not without a final blow
Snow falling freely
On the quiet streets below
As they wake from the long sleep
The townspeople find release ...

Walking seven miles
Sweet angel in disguise
Sparkle in her footstep
Sparkle in her eyes
She bathes the world in gladnness
With lollipops and joy ...

He walked in awareness for a time
Abounding in the newfound bliss
Time of sorrow left behind
True Love was finally his
She entered a place of dancing
On the drying of her last fateful tear ...

i am my mirror
i am the twin flame i seek
deep within
i see the universe
and the universe is me
and him ...

i see little
and yet i see all
i see in fragrances
not in images
i see in heartbeats
but not so much in visual colors ...

he never quite realized
how dim his world had been
how devoid
of tenderness
until she was thrust
upon his life ...

I feel, profoundly, the last vestiges
Of sanity
Slipping
And I welcome
The arrival
Of love

your eyes are amazing
sparkly and bright
flooding my heart
with wondrous light
...
oh glorious lover ...

End of old divisions
walkers, beautiful, One
Energy streaming from each mind
Merged, expanding, divine
Launchpad to new flight
A place WE now call home ...

gentle path through dim woods
led her to this oasis
a small clearing
bench on a hollow log
sturdy and quiet
a view of gentle ripples ...

The sounds, familiar
Rides, games, popcorn popping
She opened her eyes and was here
Standing behind the girl with curls
Eight or nine years old
The girl's cotton candy is blue ...

Sitting on the shore
The bank of the stream of life
A leaf floated by
And another
And yet another
The colors of the trees ...

Her view out the window
was obscured by raindrops
Unaided by the sunlight
hidden by gray clouds
At once both centered and not
she wondered ...

Changing constants
A world renewed with each blink
Fading of insanities
As dusk settles on old truth
Join the newly Conscious
Dive into Nirvana's crux ...

poetry is the nectar of the gods, the cup of creation, the depth of awareness, the speed of timeless nothingness...
for many of us, consciousness is expanding
and merging
and it's hard
painful
as the old trees are hit by lightning ...

Far off in the unseen distance
Saxophone plays its lonesome song
Listeners in the darkness
Huddled masses lost for a time
Dreamer weaves a midnight dream
All the threads connected ...

As winter rises into the brisk chill
A wind slices to the core
Where life meets with the void
And the voice of forever sings her song
And her song is true
And her song is now ...

he roams the vast plain
seeking his holy quarry
devouring all in his path
until
far off in the distance
the colors soften ...

Dancing in the twilight moments
Declining lights of Wilson's Trap
A wonder for the offered gift
Of once forsaken fallen dreams
The sacred dancers weave and bump
As darkness floods the mountaintop ...

The seeds are planted
The ground is moist
The sun is shining
In gracious choice
You sowed the hope
Of a deepening soul ...

Oh Fires of the Ancient Dance
Tempt me with your passion
Drive me to unknown wonders
In the ecstasy of your heat
Awakening slowly from sleep
The drifter wanders to the edge ...

it was a cold january night
slight breeze from the west
but it was pleasant
chill cut by the surrounding giants
ancient redwoods
strong beyond individual strength ...

sisters' bright new song
the smile of lasting truth
elemental innocence
colors of their youth
hues of lasting glory
memories brave and true ...

He took her down hard
On the carpeted floor
Vague thoughts of rugburn
Drifted away
Replaced by carnal sensations
He was inside her ...

i am the poet
the mystic
the sage
the lover
the loved
the rage

i am moved by the sunset
and the sunrise
and the circling hawk
i am moved by the ocean
and the mountain
and the rocky path ...

captivate me
let me take you in the dance
ignite my sacred longing
as we share a sacred trance
enthrall me
as we join in perfect bliss ...

do you welcome my touch?
are you open to the immersion?
the waves
the sparks
the fire
will you dive into my eternity? ...

Perched on the breaking limb, eying the open skies, the prey scuttering in the undergrowth, the next moment's choices, the red-tailed hawk chooses an instant of free fall, then takes to the infinite blue wonders of new horizons. Off in the distance is a new peak. Off in the distance he sets his gaze. Off to the distance he soars.

The sweet petals of your opening blossom beckon me. I am enamored, entranced, moved, in the beauty of your essence. You wake in me a wondrous place of sacrosanct peace, of molten passion, of flowing desire. You pull from me the words of my forever rising song.

seed me
feed me
fill me
inspire me
touch me with the depth of your heart
fan the flames of my emerging desire ...

An invitation sent
Received
Accepted
Cherished
Moments became hours
Hours, new life ...

Year of steady progress
Drawing to its close
Baby steps and lessons
Slow and steady path
Like-minded souls
In a virtual coffee shop ...

 
Exculpatory madness
Raining from a starlit sky
Darkness of the ages burn
Ancient redwoods towering high
Wandering, they wonder why ...

colors not quite distinguished
green or brown
but the depth is inseparable
in the instant recognition
of the profane beauty
in your profane and towering gaze ...

and in your holy presence
synergistic bodies collide
crimson skies upon us
reflecting the burning eyes
his presence leaves the marks
but the wounds no longer bleed ...

Adrift in a sea of unseen waters
Storm approaches north of east
Indwelling wonders of beauty quelled
In the burning away of peace
Fallen from a broken dream
Angel of bright purple skies ...

Her sound sleep broken
By a hint of light
Below conscious thought
Beneath the deepest dream
Eased
From the dark colors of night ...

Peruvian dove owns the midnight sky
Black as the black of empty space
Singing the song that can't be heard
Taking the sorrows never displaced
Increasing resignation expands
Purples and greens paint the feral hare ...

Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Lena Horne
I watched these gorgeous women sing
There was a light
Emanating
From each of them
Stars ...

cosmic riddler's relentless disciples
sucking his short shriveled member
they seek a chance at unveiling
the mysteries of the ages
as white ooze
trickles down their chins ...

It started with a jello mold
At a cookout in summer
For a few not-so-close friends
Then I wrote her a poem
One I could never reveal
Not an uplifting poem ...

i began to write a poem
about neverending sadness
pouring down
from the dark skies of impeditive dreams
composed in the instants
of the raining hearts of shameful loss ...

There once was a man from Gibraltar
He traveled broad lands and blue seas
And his steps, they never did falter
But he walked with the greatest of ease
Till he met a fair woman named Jane
And in love they both fell right away ...

subtle whispers in the quiet night
tickle the mind
as he sleeps
the touch
she has longed for
since her time began ...

And then one day he opened his eyes
And saw creation arrayed before him
Stripped again bare
He stood and faced the world
With neither pretense nor avarice
With neither shame nor want ...

Divinely connected
One in His love
His hand is my hand
His heart is my heart
Manifest Son
Most perfectly made ...

A harsh and rainy night
Foretelling winds of dreams
Tearing at our heartstrings
Tearing at the seams
From the corners of surrender
Blue skies turning black ...

Smitten...
Your blue eyes
Imprisoned
My willing heart
Never have I felt
The fires of the deepest red desires ...

Found in the connected joy of love
Dancing in a moment of bliss
Perfection of purity flows free again
Precious knowledge released
Set adrift on the departing waves
Cleansing a mind, filled with pain ...

A life, filled with fallen dreams
As so many stars in a winter sky
Falling dark midnight of a darker mind
A star descends with each thought
Diving into the abysmal morass
Of humble creation ...

Old is new
And new is old
Where time is timeless
And truth unfolds
Sacred moments
Are always near ...

He who walks in silence
From the hollows of one heart
Awakened to the solace
That flows in life's true art
He who walks in goodness
In the dawning of an age ...

I once met a friend
Whose wishes
Always came true
She taught me the secrets
Of faith and truth
Of manifest perfection ...

trivial moments
walking the trail
a cloudy bright sky
no joy, nor travail
trivial moments
boredom flows free ...

in the depths of our souls
from the opening eyes
come the manifest beauty
of our wildest imaginings
in the wonders of magic
and the heartbeats, divine ...

He arrived from a distant land
Where homes were made of snow
Seeking a breadth of experience
In the valley far below
Trudging down the slope
For all of three long weeks ...

Step after step after step
On a road of endless light
Reaching toward a destiny
Where all that is, is right
Seeking in every moment
The soul, the beat, the flow ...

From the wonders of darkness
Where blood flows forever in freedom
There is the dim of turpitude
That leads to the holy beating hearts
From the standards of judgment
Where wonders meet the ancient murderer ...

help me to know
your deepest desires
i want you to see
the dim light of me
each perfect inch
divine feminine form ...

A fresh start
A clean page
Newfound beginnings
Escape from the cage
Constrained by the thoughts
That once held him back ...

silence is golden
or so it is said
needing expression
restraining instead
but things left untold
leave worry and doubt ...

staring out a picture window
painted gaze of a colorful soul
shining through the dreamer's eyes
a world just beyond love's grasp
staring out a painted window
eyes scan the stained glass landscape ...

She slept on the beach again
Curled up nice and cozy
In a thick woolish blanket
Under the watching stars
She told me once
She was entranced ...

Her name was Wallina
She was a very special hedgehog
Living in a city
Large, expansive, loud, bright
And she was
(As far as she knew) ...

a little town in Idaho
its population
less than 300 souls
a new home, chosen by fate or chance...
it was late when they left
a cold rain fell ...

A deep pleasing breath
Tasting the island rhythms
Flowing in the majesties
Of God’s pervasive presence
Hypnotic soulful trombone
Serenade of the tropics ...

Memories
Of a past left behind
No longer chained
The thoughts no longer bind
Welcoming
Minutes, hours, lifetimes ...

Glancing again at the notes
Scrawled hurriedly on a little sheet
From a notepad on my desk
Directions to your house
I wondered
As I'd been wondering ...

The pleasures of the erotic fires
Lying naked on the floor
Waiting for her master
Trembling in the waiting
Excited in the anticipating
Taken fully in his wanting gaze ...

The infamy of a gift
Contrite walker in awareness
Streaming in the rivers
Of enlightenment's glowing flame
Candle of true love
Burns forever in the thoughts ...

from the quiet home of the ageless quest
the prize of the ages comes now to rest
ready yourselves for the longstanding test
and leap to a life filled with glory and zest

if i wrote you now a poem,
of love, adoration, and bliss -
if i told you my desires,
what will be from what now is -
if i moved beyond the moment,
and touched your very heart - ...

it's weird
i'm sitting here in this body
that i know is mine
but it doesn't feel like it quite, uhm
fits
i've forgotten how to do my job ...

So, I got the answer
To the question I've been asking
Inside my head
For eighteen months or so
Since I got this apartment
With lots of sunlight ...

Precious and wondrous sparrow
Delivered on the breezes of God
The time has come for comfort
Come lay your worries on me
Allow me the great privilege
To provide you a place to stay ...

he wandered the halls of mediocrity
stopping to dance with the lost souls
hoped to fill the subtle void
left in the echoes of her voice
the very first time he had tasted
thrill of interacting with excellence ...

I try and distract myself
Over and over
With an early morning bird's song
With a strong cup of coffee
With plans for a too busy day
I try and distract myself ...

Soft and gentle swaying
Dance of life slowing
But love still apparent
Tender and growing
A life in the Light
Touching our hearts ...

recurring thoughts of yesterday
occurring in tomorrow's forgotten dreams
wondering if the wonders
of the wonderful strains of possibility
wondering if they already have
come true ...

I am lifted in new hope
By the glory of your face
Time could not diminish
What love would not erase
Your beauty fills my heart
A warm and fluttering soul ...

The greatest beauty
This man has forever seen
Holy countenance
 

The holy peace
Oneness in Christ
Awakens my soul
to life
All that I am
Longs for the place ...

These damned addictive habits
I pick up the phone
Check for text messages
I just checked two minutes ago
I want to check again
Nothing matters more ...

dim rains sop
life loses all meaning
or so it is told
by the dark voices deep within
nagging and beckoning
the holy walker of love ...

today is a day to fly
to sing to the soaring hawks
to rise above the winds
to the place where the air is thin
today is the day to dance
to feel the rhythms within ...

i spent a little time
walking in the darkness
over the past few days
i don't know why
it's so much harder
than it's ever been ...

So there was this guy I knew
Tom
Tom was a pretty good guy
At least to me
But to the ladies
He was a real fucker ...

Rich earthy depth
Softness shining true
Comfort in a gaze
A moment share in you
Delighted in a smile
Enlivened in your grace ...

She averts her eyes
hangs her head
the hawk was flying
not far from me
in an expansive
blue sky ...

Take all that I am
Obliterate my soul
Remove all desires
My need to be whole
Destroy my dawning wisdom
Make all my thoughts small ...

Closing: two versions...
Closing an ending chapter
The next starts to write
Freed of the burdens
The bird takes new flight
Writing the next chapter ...

we'll dance a new poem
i'll sweep you away
a magic carpet ride
on a bright summer day
and after our dance
you'll tell me your name ...

lead me to the edge
and beckon me to dive
be the lines of my poem
be my hunger's satisfaction
be alive in this moment
taste me as i taste you ...

the starkness of a white lie
standing naked before me
it cannot erase
the vision now exposed
random thoughts colliding
in a mind that seeks it all ...

she had planned
for his incursion
for some time now
planted the seeds
for his arrival
he followed the breadcrumbs ...

I'm sitting here
On the beach
Smiling
And laughing
Alone
I drove around ...

I stood
Screaming
Standing amongst a crowd
Of strangers
Just a few minutes ago
Though the memory ...

I am love
As you are love
It is all we know
These words
Simple, yet profound
Have become ...

Voice of God is heard
In the silence of my heart
He calls out our Name
based on ACIM lesson 184
 

the colors of your eyes
sometimes bright and vibrant
other times more subtle
and warm
the colors of your eyes
remind me ...

green twisted tendrils
rusty iron teeth
obscured by your suits
smooth, green, and pleasant
we are no longer fucking persuaded
by your promises, your mysteries, your smoothness ...

subtle questions
exploding with the hidden thoughts
of a woman of understanding
of a woman of great passion
of a woman searching
for the ecstacy ...

we've both heard the reasons
why we can't be together
'if loving you is wrong...'
well... you know the rest
but you're all i ever think of
your warmth, your scent ...

Attractiveness of never
   spilled from the dark sky
     pale blue walls
        of a hallway that never ends...
Lost in the silence
    the soundless wails of death ...

the last time i climbed a tree
(outside of my poetic imaginings)
was perhaps four years ago
or five
i was trying to keep up
with my daughters ...

sharing the moments
joined in emotive oneness
creating in love

faith surely allows
the persistence of peace
regardless of happenstance
irrespective of loss
no matter the state
in the instant of grace ...

on the other side
of the hidden secret door
the light is pleasant

He climbed the tall tree
It was quite an accomplishment
Had been some time
Since he'd attempted
Such a feat
The exertion served him well ...

divinity streams from his fingers
magic is at his command
walking the path of forgiveness
on the rock and the shifting white sand
the angels bow down before him
chosen to teach and to lead ...

Miracle’s healing
Curing my soul
Divinity’s love
Making me whole
Magnificence flows
In wondrous light ...

Her shoulders fell
When she heard the news
The slight spring breeze
Released the blossoms
From the pear tree
Glorious and hopeful ...

Focused on the way -
Walk in harmony with all -
Persistent journey.

This blank page
Was destined to be filled
With words from the heart
Of a contrite soul
This blank page
Devoid of meaning ...

Gritty and earthy taste
Mixed with fragrant sweetness
Hot or cold
Life insists on being consumed
He who does not partake
In the meat of life’s trials ...

Walk in the shadows
Of the soaring wings above
The hawk flies for you

The beauty of life
Changing, ebbing, flowing
Can never be
Fully understood
The usefulness of life
Found ...

Midday
The warmth of your love
Touches my deep essence
Where you are
I do not know
But I know ...

touching my deepest heart
blood flows through my veins
forever gentle breezes
forever quenching rains
today's longing reason
the essence of my desire ...

You passionately dance
To the song of your heart
Gloriously free
In beauty, you flow
Magnificent daughter
Of magnificent God ...

The Light of Christ's Face
Changes we who are ready
Love's holy instant

burned in the fire...
all the darkness fell away...
only light remained

methodical martyrdom
he planned his every move
wandering son of darkness
pursuing his next quarry
nexus of deceit
web that captures hopes ...

it wasn't exactly
that kind of love
from chick flicks
from romance novels
or from that ideal fantasy
that they seemed to share ...

it is time
i choose, today, to surrender
in you, oh God, there is peace
and i long for the peace in our perfect joining
the words of my heart
the words in my heart ...

flowing
bold
rippling
present
time moves
now and forever ...

to dream
to live
to die
the small dreaths
restful
kind ...

how stunningly beautiful
this song of great change
what forever was constant
is now rearranged
the world is alive
we live in its flow ...

i thirst for the quiet
i long for the peace
i beg for the light i once knew
i need you
God, i need you
of myself, i am nothing ...

How to escape from the steep walls of hell
How also to run from the horrible plight
Jump from the fear of unfair and unwise
Open your eyes and turn on the light
How to regard a lifetime of death
A moment of wonder and life and regret ...

i can't remember
if it rained that day
but i do know
that it
felt
like rain ...

Holy Fires
Burn me to the core
Stream of Love
Take the final thoughts
In Oneness and grace
Melted in the flames ...

She came by unexpectedly
Made some banana crème pie
I watched as she worked
Performing the tasks with grace
We shared the pie
Shared an afternoon ...

soft and gentle kisses
breezes from a quiet place
two hearts beating
gentle mist, quiet embrace
passion builds, winds change
pressure's rising presence ...

Caterpillar released from form
Imprisoned in doom’s instant
Waited
And flew
Seed of mustard
Dropped on fertile ground ...

Before time began
God’s ruminations
Manifested all
Wandering souls
Children of creation
Sought harmony ...

the BLACK blackness pulls
gravitational forces
beyond thought or reason
draw me forever to you
just to the left
of the path lying ahead ...

I stopped writing poems
When you asked me to leave
There was nothing more to say
The world grew instantly dim
I told you my heart would heal
It did continue to beat ...

In the glory of love
Light is ever found
Let us sing to the heavens
Let our bright song resound
Alive in the wonder
Of wonderful grace ...

I begged to see Jesus
A plea for His Form
To sit down beside me
And refill my faith
I needed His comfort
To heal my lost soul ...

Breathing in the rays
Of a strong and warming sun
Surrendered to the waves
Serenity of one
A moment of perfection
In beauty, present and true ...

Waves of Forever
Touching unacquainted friends
Edge of the water
 
I sat on the beach
Possibilities bursting ...

the word, the verse, the poem
is your holy calling
the poem is your matron
and you are hers
the craft, the art, the telling
is your newfound way ...

awakened to truth:
kismet kisses karma's lips -
renewal of love.

silent in the dark
grounded
for a time
as his wings
heal
angels surround ...

climbing the steep path:
seeking the peace of real truth...
precursor of Growth.

He told me what he knew about destiny…
We are all disciples of fate. We attempt to alter its course by our groans, by our wishes, by our wants, but all those attempts are in vain. Fate is a wonderful and caring mother, but only when embraced. Those who attempt to live as children of self, as followers of their flawed perceptions, are inevitably rewarded with heartache and pain.
Respect your father and mother, for in so doing, you will gain their respect. Likewise, if you respect and accept mother destiny and father time, you shall live in harmony in the house that is this existence, this awareness you and I and all others have chosen to share.
You may not realize it yet, but you chose this path you are on before you were born. The lessons you are to learn were selected by you, told to a loving mother, and set in to the ribbons of the universal energy before you were even a thought in this world. Stepping off the path is surely allowed - it’s your dream - but the rules of existence, the perils of living outside fate’s holy blessings are always returned.
To know peace, accept your place in existence; to dwell in contentment, live by the tenets of fate. Be you a disciple of fate.
I smiled as I opened my eyes, took a deep breath.

The air was tired,
stilled,
vacant -
devoid of nourishment -
missing life’s (tempting) fragrance -
not quite ...

Dazzling glorious song
Angel of the morning
Shimmering light of life
Touch my utter soul
In the crucible of life
Boiled, cooked, and stewed ...

moments in eternity
perfect in perfected light
flying above the eagles
in an instant of wondrous fury
he reached into the dark
breathed in the ethers of life ...

please
just fucking
kill me
all that i ever was
is forever lost
in the layers of slate ...

wicked aftershocks
befall the quiet visitor
alive in the tempting
engrossed in the fire
celestial
virtuous ...

floating gently
down the river of their dreams
in a boat, a row boat
the oars are in
the stream is slow and gentle
and the boat seems to find the center ...

The dark is blacker than black;
Eternity's lonesome waves -
Weep for your surrender - they
Beckon, plead, tempt, deceive;
Utterly devoid of love - my lover -
My lover has left - my lover - ...

delirious in the ecstasy
flowing in the beauty of
an everchanging song - of
an everchanging landscape.
she is alive in each
flowing and present ...

Time has slowed this week
Since that night
Just a few nights ago
When we exchanged glances
And exchanged words
There is something quite special ...

this low grade fever
seems to be my new companion
i am out of sorts
in this new frequency
shared with you
these tears ...

open your legs
invite me
let me touch the
sacred places
reserved for your
saints ...

Down the dark alley
A brown and black dog
Scrounges for his dinner
I watch, I listen, I remember
Up on the stoop
The man with the red hair ...

There are too many thoughts
The disquiet is disconcerting
Imprisoned by the tenacity
Of the fatal habits of pride
There are too many feelings
As I scream and fall to the floor ...

you
have invaded my thoughts
flood my mind's eye
touch my soul with your electric song
there is a fire burning deep within
unquenchable ...

fiery ribbons
fall from the sky
attracted by
the miniscule cracks
fire, light, glass
passion, knowing, grace ...

Somewhere far away
I hear the soulful sounds
Brass
Raindrops
So far away
Growing closer ...

He dove into the pool of bliss
Encouraged by the voice of his angel
A night of new wonders
Great mysteries of love revealed
He dove into the ocean of change
Swam through unmeasured time ...

Barely perceptible
Are the miniscule changes
In the flow of air
Beneath my wings
Vibrations
I learn to distinguish ...

Something inside me went grey
Another part of me clinged desperately
To the loving peace that has been
My constant friend
Reminding myself
To breathe in the moment ...

In just an instant
All that we thought we knew
Changed
With a single heartbeat
Shared in that instant
Following a gaze ...

If I were to close my eyes
If I were to breathe in the timeless essence
If I were to take a moment to touch you
As no one has ever touched you
Since before time began
If I were to close my eyes ...

Where love is alive
It will always persevere
God will show the way

Humble me, oh Lord
On bent knees I beseech you
Guide me in your way

He always wondered
From whence the quest, the need, the constant longing
The want of MORE
Derived
Even as a child
More fun, more sweets, more attention ...

Surveying
A landscape that stretches
Past forever
Into eternity
He soars
Just beneath the cumulous clouds ...

None can ever steal
The joy in my soul
Knowing your goodness
Your grace makes me whole
Lift me, sweet Jesus
Let your breath be my flight ...

Your holy presence
Fills this temple in true love
Flowing majesty

That moment of joy
I saw on your face
Filled me with hope
That love could restore
Two hearts that were bruised
Would beat strong again ...

Guide me to the hidden path
Sacred home of peace
Show me your true blessings
From doubt, grant me release
Guide me to the place
Where light removes the dark ...

Teach me to forgive
Let me lay down all I am
Heal me in your love

Abundant possibilities
Flow from the warmest hearts
Fire of the ancients
Fuels the blazing desires
Innocent intents
Demanding the greatest gifts ...

My need increases
In my surrender to you
Let both grow in love

Cloudburst from the sky
Let the rains flood over me
Love’s living water

I’ll chase you in the morning
Pursue you every day
My love grows stronger with each word
In all I hear you say
The arrows of my love
Are flaming in desire ...

Creation’s great hand
Holding us in peace
Majestic beauty dawning
His glory will never cease
Alive in salvation’s grace
In the temple of one heart ...

You came from your golden throne
To spend some time with me
Bathed in your great love
Tasting divinity
Jesus, my best friend
Brother and teacher of love ...

The colors saturated
All the horizon
My entire view
Of a world
Alive with intent
Teeming with wonders ...

If only things would stay simple
If only things didn’t have to change
My way is sabotage, my lover is grief
The sadness deep inside is a river from a past
Never released, never freed
My friend is sabotage, my companion, grief ...

In this pleasing moment
All peace pervades
With each inward breath
With each smile witnessed
I watch over each soul
Hold every heart in my hands ...

I find an empty bench
A precious commodity
Facing the promenade
Of beautiful passersby
The gulls call out
Their shadows sometimes pass ...

Frozen in winter
We shared our last kiss goodbye
Spring broke the sadness

Just a short glance
And I am enthralled
In your bright beauty
In your shining innocence
You are the perfection
The feminine creation ...

Unmistakable
Is the utter strength
Of your depth
Is the vast glory
Of your beauty
Is the undeniable pull ...

In the miracle of forgiveness
The whole world is seen in peace
In the perfection of love
Granted the grace of release
In the wonder of true hope
We walk as children of light ...

Come, sweet lover, fill my heart with you
Come, bright light, flood my soul with more
Come, holy essence, merge with me tonight
Come to me, oh lover, touch my very core

Where dreams are given form
From the birthplace of emotions
The soul is fed
In the wonders of experience
The true and final moments
Rise on the quantum waves ...

This veneer of happy bliss
Is about to dissolve
Leaving the real and true me
Screaming for escape
Screaming for death
I have been awakened ...

Creator, Power, Strength, Father
Giver, Lover, Peace, Mother
Savior, Teacher, Compassion, Son
Explorer, innocence, awe, child
God of all creation
God of flowing love ...

God’s holy words
Flow from his hands
Instrument of love
Touching the lands
God’s holy calling
Fills him with light ...

Oh great risen Lord
We sing and rejoice
Filled in your majesty
Salvation’s bold choice
Alive in your love
At home in your grace ...

The angel came and sat next to me
on the swiveling desk chair in my
office. We sat in silence for a few
moments, watching the leaves, the
young light green spring leaves,
blowing in a spring breeze. I felt ...

a tentative glance
into the bright midday sun
smiling in darkness

In an instant
This very instant
They both knew
Colliding thoughts
Losing control
In an instant ...

In the end, it doesn’t really matter. What was
the reason for the split? Who was really
at fault? In the end, all that matters is all
that’s left. And all that’s left, in reality,
in truth, are the memories… The memories
and the echoes of emotions – all the ...

Abounding moments of joy
In the giggle of the children
Living in the memories of each of us
Residing in the place of forever light
Unending feelings of peace
In the knowledge of the perfection ...

creation's colors
glorious show in the sky
the canvas of god

Touched by your grace
Alive in your peace
In your pure love
We’re granted release
Darkness has left
Replaced by the light ...

Driving into the resort
Memories flooded back
One summer day
It still kept him warm
It ended with a feast
They ate and ate ...

An end to winter
With the first hints of spring’s warmth
New hopes on the way

miraculous beginnings
life begins again
renewal of our love
in God’s most splendid grace
a blossoming of passions
exploding in spring’s glories ...

I asked the llama what I thought was a simple question.
What is love?
You see, I thought that llamas were wise and well traveled folk.
I believed they had tasted enough of the world’s grasses
From both the lowlands and the highlands
In both the warm and cooler seasons. ...

He knew the tastes
Of chocolate and cherries
Of divinity and fate
Of yesterday and today
He knew the uniqueness
Of majestic sunsets ...

In every trivial moment
There is untold majesty
Just beneath the heartbeat
Of your love
In every dried teardrop
There is utter healing ...

As I sit in the place on the couch
where you last sat when you lived here,
I call to mind, a flood of memories
of moments with you. There is a place
in my heart, where you will surely
always live. Your beauty, your touch, ...

Gazing at the full-length mirror
She admired her beauty
Though advanced in years
She was still strikingly adorned
She lived in the perfection of now
Whilst embracing her ocean of memories ...

Six short months as lovers
So crazy-in-love, both were
Living on all the edges
A choice, as one, concurred
The last place on their earth
Was the lonely town of bliss ...

moments of true grace
flow from the wellspring of God
miracles of love

Floating through the soundless vacuum
Of the blackest blackness of space
Twinkling hope fades
Replaced by the loss of all
He once walked in majesty
Alive in the hope of tomorrow ...

There was a time
Not so very long ago
When he was happy
And life was kind
There was a time
When love was new ...

Beyond all horizons
Above the last star
Beyond conscious thought
So close, yet, so far
Beyond all conceptions
That cross us with Him ...

Just beyond the furthest reaches
Of my limited understandings
There is the silent song
Of the wounded rabbit
Just beyond the sunlight
That streams forever true ...

Where are the happy ones?
Why have they gone?
Where are the flowers...
Seeking the sun?
Is life in the middle...
The place we should be? ...

Life’s great renewals
The seasons of change
Arising each moment
Wonderful and strange
Your power is enough
To carry us through ...

Back on the shelf
A chapter complete
Time to start over
Time to retreat
Back in the saddle
The horse shakes his tail ...

Inner ear
Vaulting fear
Drawing near
Drying tear

Drama, chaos, exaggeration
The stories that allow
The tellers of those stories
To not see the real life
Arising around them
At all cost ...

Take me to the secret place
Where you and I are close
Fill me with a sense of peace
My thoughts and fears, release
In your secret closet
I hunger for your love ...

For the first time in her life,
she stood unsure
of what tomorrow would bring.
She finally chose
the noble path of surrender,
dove into the abyss, ...

Not nearly enough peace
In this world of terror and strife
Not nearly enough air
To sustain this smoke-filled life
Not nearly enough wonder
To lift the young ones’ hearts ...

Perfected in the grace
His love touches my soul
Heavenly face
His mercy makes me whole
Alive in today
The miracle of now ...

Most poems tell of ideals
Of hopes, of dreams, of love
This poem will stray
Just a bit
Blood dripping
Onto the congealing ooze ...

The glory of this moment
Fills my soul with glee
To know that you are here
Watching over me
The sacred place of light
Between your heart and mine ...

Deep within my core
The fires burn for you
Your vision sets ablaze
All passions within
Deep within my heart
I feel great love for you ...

What is the nature of thought?
Where do thoughts connect?
From where do thoughts originate?
Where do thoughts intersect with emotions?
What is the meaning of self-awareness?
Are enlightened beings the only ones who are self-aware? ...

Daughter of God
Surrender in grace
Let the tears run
Down your beautiful face
Daughter of grace
Lover of all ...

Touching another
God’s gift of intimacy
Two hearts finding one

Love exploding
From mind and soul
Your blazing heart
Fills me whole
Love ever flowing
In the miracle of now ...

And the Lord spoke...
Be in constant faith
Persevere in your trials
And I will give you
A great inheritance
Be in peaceful joy ...

The fibers connected
Their still beating hearts
Surrounded by visions
Tearing them apart
Colors of glory
Flowing and pure ...

my love for you, dear
shows in my bright smile
each day, it expands
even across many miles
my love for you, dear
fills my heart with peace ...

Into the mirror
My eyes see your eyes
Together for all time
Reflections, divine
I am the forever flame
To your forever wanting wick ...

She's driving the train of contentment
Choosing the straight tracks and curves
Breathing in the air of life
As it rushes on to meet her destined trek
Queen of the unending rails
Watchful for perils ahead ...

Endless days of joy and bliss
Delivered on Glory's wings
Breezes of loveliness whisper our names
Sealed with a holy kiss
Love that lasts for time and time
Fire and water and rain ...

Pregnant with expectation,
The lovers have only the slightest glimmer
At the greatness
Of the sacred joining that is to come.
God himself has blessed them,
And their dawning union – ...

Momentary glances
At too many faces
Regretting lost chances
Drinking coffee alone
Imaginary dances
Love yet replaces ...

your soft gentle words
heal this man's soul
touched in your love
kind, warm, and whole
beauty untold
and a deep knowing smile ...

Look in your hands
To find what to do
Offer in gladness
That which you hold
Open your heart
To find your true dreams ...

In the awkward moments
Of the silence following each conflict
The battlers’ cry
Is lifted
In the pleasing moments
Of the recognition of the depths of another ...

At the crux of the decision
They choose to live as one
Dancing in the glory
Of the bright and rising sun
At the moment of a glance
Into warm inviting eyes ...

She wanted to believe
That everybody lied
She was still a prisoner
To so many old beliefs
Crafted from years of survival
She knew not the way out ...

Back in the woods
‘Bout a mile from the road
Quite a piece from the city
And even the closest town
A small sign was painted
With three simple words ...

She had come back changed
There was something about her eyes
The green in them was glowing
Beyond any green most had seen
A bit like two emeralds, large, hard
It felt like her eyes were heavy ...

I dismiss the passing thought
That I would rather have left a day earlier
It’s wonderful driving with you
Over the majestic mountains
Occasional patches of snow in the distance
At the higher elevations ...

Everywhere I look
I see the beauty of your love
Yet, again and again, you flee from it
And from me
A grown man should not be made to weep
But for your love ...

An empty canvas
This white and blank sheet of paper calls to me
Its force is irresistible
The paper is Jupiter, I am but a moon
And all that really matters
Is the orbit of my life ...

She sleeps soundly most nights
Has learned to tune out the darkness
Detaches from the horror
That visits in the night
She dreams of honey and flowers
Dances the dance of the faeries ...

Sing praises to the King
Creator of all that is
Heaven sings along
Joins us in our bliss
Rejoice in God’s great love
It flows from every pore ...

Deeper in love
Each day, I, with you
Sacred attraction
Each morning, anew
Walking together
Each day of our lives ...

A great gift of God
The grace to believe
In things beyond seeing
Though none can conceive
The rising of faith
Through glory and hope ...

Destinies dawning
Sharing body, soul, and mind
We are forever

The message of love
Salvation in Christ
Humbly following
God became man
Sweet precious Jesus
God is with us ...

In one corner of our kitchen,
In our small but ample home,
The decorations and such are
Just right. There is a sculpture;
My daughter made it in art class,
When she was still in high school. ...

Love unspeakable
Flows from your touch
Love unstoppable
Great River of life
Sacred and true
Amazing and free ...

Breezes of light caress your cheek
You, the one who stands
Alive and in great glory
In the streaming sun of a new day
Gazing at the sky with closed eyes
Imaginings of wondrous calm stillness ...

The beauty of your wondrous love
Fills my impetuous heart with peace
You are the glory of feminine perfection
The man in me loves the woman in you
I am made whole in the divine joining
In the peace of true perfection ...

Desire
Moving me
Toward your fragrance
Captivated in this moment
I must have your surrender
Your eyes tell me your answer ...

the glory of true melding
good with bad
happy with sad
mother with dad
my soul's mate
the glory of truth ...

Take me, my Lord
Devour my every thought
Immerse me in your power
Relieve me of my will
My will is perfect
Only when my will is your will ...

Rich, hot, and strong
A gulp flows down my throat
The aftertaste
Lingers for a time
Gulping at life
And this strong black coffee ...

Breath of new life
Touch my very soul
Lover of all
Make this child whole
Fire of salvation
Burn my selfish will ...

My secret lover
Come to me now
Your heart is my potion
Your love feeds my soul
Warm and sweet place
Shared in the dark ...

Sweet giver of life
Alive in our faith
Great Living Water
Satisfies all
Salvation is here
Come now and feast ...

She enters the crowded room
And the whole mood changes
It’s the color of her light
That colors the world she’s in
She flashes a bright smile
And he knows he is special ...

Before there were stars twinkling
And before the sky was their home
Before the creation of all the heavens
There was you
You are timeless and forever
Created before time’s first dawn ...

solid wooden door
painted over scores of times
gives charm to this home

The rain had begun
Our hearts then stood still
Gazing with hope
At this tree covered hill
Not far behind us
The chaser still chased ...

Moments of wonder
Flow from your love
Touch me so deeply
I’m warmed to the core
Each precious moment
I think of your face ...

The thick fog rises
From the warm waters of the bay
As the cold air moves in
And overtakes the night
Dark, cold, thick, empty
Pushing at the walls ...

My hands rest on the canvas of my dreams. I am the composer and the artist and the symphony and the painting. Moving deftly, slowly, clumsily, recklessly, thoughtfully – moving, moving, moving. My hands were made to write the songs of my heart, my heart was made to sing the songs of the universe. The universe was made to dance the dance of life with me.
My hands rest on the crux of realization, connecting heart, soul, mind, atom, galaxy, thought, and word. Let the dreams forever flow, freely and powerfully; let the majesty of life move my mind to write.

My sadness persists
With the absence of you
Lost in this misery
Vast darkness of blue
We swam in the sea
Of love that we share ...

Today.
Today is.
Today is alive.
Today is alive in the light.
Today is alive in the light of oneness.
Today is alive in the light of the oneness of truth. ...

Into the building
We climbed each dark stair
Releasing the sadness
The misery and despair
Far from the light
That shone through the door ...

Expectancies dwell
In the minds of the masses
Manners, mores, beliefs, wonderings
Judged for good
Judged for ill
It is their simplistic way ...

Believing a flawed truth
That the world surely revolved
Around her restless mind
And yet, she never knew
Destined forever to be
Alone in her cherished desires ...

Rising from the river, raging
Her walls reach toward a thin sky
Growing wider, nearer the top
Her colors are magnificent
As she rises toward a competing sky
Sun setting, hues forming ...

An overused word
In poems of love and romance
Gazing
And yet
That’s what I remember most
Gazing ...

Burn away, dear glorious God, all vestiges of fear
Destroy the hardened walls of our childish resistance
Move us to the living glory of your perfection
Increase the majestic wonder of this existence
Your glory is upon us; touch us in your fire
Fill us with your Spirit as we dance a holy dance ...

A light breeze touches
An exposed cheek
Comforting
Not a hint of chill
Three crows call
From a nearby tree ...

Once, she was a poet
Vibrant, flowing, stream
A wide river of flow
White water at the rocks
The great heights of joy
Soaring over snow-capped peaks ...

The grasses waved, whispered a gentle hello
As the waves kissed the beach with passion
Many varieties of shells, colorful and fun
Giggled and laughed as they were swept along
Dropped on the sand, so constant and patient
The beach was bursting with life that day ...

walking tall and proud
he trips on the oak tree's root
forgot to look down

I see and hear and touch
Things entering perception
But what, I wonder, lies beneath?
What is the nature of that which moves the heart?
The mythical mystic behind the satin curtain giggles
He knows not that he is mere myth ...

Touched by your fingers
Instantly, in love
Touched by your heart
Our hearts are made whole
God in your presence
Perfect child, divine ...

Insane tricklings
Of a mind, too long, alone
Drip, dripping
Cold drops falling to a steel sink
The water gathers
It pools as the blood ...

There is no better feeling
Than to be loved so completely
As we are in our family
No matter what, love persists
We accept each other
The good and the bad ...

Creator
Father
Lover
Alive
Powerful
Present ...

Walk me to the moon
Let me taste your scarlet lips
Love’s horizon approaches
Let us step into its fire
Touch me in that place
So deep within my heart ...

A month ago, I was a different man. Life has a way of changing us – the ups, the downs, the ebbs and flows, the trials and triumphs. Each day’s tests seemed harder than the last, but also, each day’s joys seemed brighter, larger. I have been learning how to live again, to dance, to soar.
Alone in my thoughts
I find my truest face
Alone in my feelings
I face my chosen fate
Today, alive ...

Seeking love and bliss
With a heart of faithful trust
Love and bliss
Are surely received
Seeking joy and glee
With a heart of love and bliss ...

Mister Henry O’Doole
Was a silly old fool;
He thought he was cool,
As he sat by the pool.
He set down his tea,
Whistling wistfully, ...

"I just don’t know."
Those are the only words
That come into his mind
That dark night
His world was swept away
Into the dark tumult of fearful disdain ...

A gray squirrel visited our
home this morning. He enjoyed
several of the peanuts we left for
him on the wide railing of the
terrace. He'd have surely eaten more but
for the Blue Jays that happened ...

Eyelids heavy
Time for sleep
Tomorrow will bring new poems
…
Newly awake
Time for life ...

cold winter winds
the ground is frozen
and so is your heart
a moment's reflection
thoughts arrive from within
and from without ...

From distant space
They arrive in earth’s atmosphere
Cold stones, ice, elements
Crossing the path of Gaia
Entering the thin layers of air
They begin to warm ...

Whatever you might conceive
So long as you also believe
That thing may indeed come true
With only enough faith from you
But it’s not always as you foresee
I hope that you’ll take it from me ...

On another street
Out of sight
She wanders
She is the lost antelope
The herd has found new plains
The herd is finding new grasses ...

No one thinks a thing about it
If you were to look into her eyes
You would see
Her compassion
If you were to stop and listen
She would recite for you ...

Just beneath the surface
The answers lie in wait
Open to the truth
Approach the hidden gate
Find a piece of life
Revel in its taste ...

Meeting on neutral ground
They took a chance at peace
Risked a look at love
Sought fear’s last release
Awakened to the truth
Staring at the abyss ...

The dream persists
As echoes of visions
Shown on the surface
Of the stream of memories
Reviewed for a time
And then either released ...

Just outside
Four closed and cold windows
Bright with the rising sun
Warming the room
Just outside
The trees stand tall ...

Beyond the preconceptions
Dropping expectations
Love, free of conditions
Committing to never part
A feeling of security
When doubt falls to the floor ...

The heart moves with the wind,
Dancing and swaying and drifting and playing -
Seeking joy and goodness in each moment;
For the awake, this goes without saying.
But is there not, beyond the feelings,
Beyond the short bursts of sensations, ...

A Father's mercy
His greatest gift
It healed our souls
And closed the rift
A Son's great pain
It cures us all ...

The enemy’s plans
Will not be made manifest
In God’s perfect light

I am interested only in your utter surrender
Addicted to the flavor of your essence
I demand you meet my need for you
Let your dress drop to the floor
Give to me what I need
Tell me you don’t want me to devour you ...

My love is a drenching rain
It quenches every thirst
All the people are touched
Soaked to the skin in love
Let us dive into the river
That is fed by your pouring floods ...

We are renewed in your presence
Made alive in your perfect way
Divinely moved to change
In the glory of your face
Today and always one
The Body of Christ are we ...

And the choirs of angels sang
And their voices were sweet honey
And the people were caught up in glory
The mighty and beauteous light of God
God’s light shone that night
His glory touched every heart ...

Sparks fly
When you are in the room
Or even
Simply on my mind
You are the fullness of passion
The forever burning flame ...

There is a place I know
In the expansive halls of my mind
Where images of you
Come clearly into view
In the time it takes
For my heart to beat a few times ...

When time had no meaning
There was no time
Just before it dawned
It was hidden from the mind of all
Energy existed only as potential
In the timeless Mind of Creation ...

I know your name
And even in this empty place
Neverending melodies
Flow from the hollow rooms
Your sweet perfume
Remains in the corner ...

Sitting again in my chair
In the midst of a bright and cold winter day
I still my thoughts
Taking a few moments to pray
A sneeze escapes
I have stirred up the dust ...

His gentle hand
Reaches out to touch
The heart of His child
His pervasive kindness
Moves her to tears
As she risks a smile ...

Love is inclusive
God is alive
Love is expansive
Present and here
Love is infernal
God is the fire ...

Protect my mind
From unkind thoughts
Keep me pure
In gentle love
Let not the ruins
Fall from dark skies ...

All that has meaning is love. Only love has any real and true meaning. I rejoice in the perfect union of love, the wonderful fire of God's heart, the amazing colors of Love's arising dance.
Arise and dance
Filled in the wonder of love
Passion flows from the heart
Fire burns to the core
Joined in the perfection ...

Some things, you just know...
From across a crowded room
I can hear my child cry
Somehow I simply know
No need to question why
Entering the door of my home ...

Love God, self, and all
Live, laugh, skip, jump, and enjoy
The meanings of life

My heart is gladdened
In your wondrous Light
Beautiful visions
And glorious sight
Touched by Your love
Restored in Your grace ...

Filled in your love
Tears begin to flow
Overwhelmed in glory
Reaping what was sown
Alive in great peace
Comforted in praise ...

With beautiful amazement
I walk into Your heart
Filled with glorious praises
Lord, sanctify my art
Let each step be for You
Let each word praise Your name ...

Don’t tell me about your desires
Reveal to me your deepest intents
Don’t bother to try and seduce me
Flood my mind with the divine truth
Only the real and divine will satiate
The thirst and hunger I live each moment ...

I have a heart of forgiveness
I have learned this harsh lesson
Through tearful surrender
Through joyful animosity
Through cherished revenge
I have a heart of charity ...

Alive in the fantasy of her touch
Remembering a moment that never occurred
Awakened to the splendor of perfection
Imagined in moments of longing
We met by the long pier
There was love in the air from the start ...

Frustration rises
When you are not here
I want to be close
Want you to draw near
But life sometimes moves
Notwithstanding my desire ...

Just over the horizon
We can sense the aroma
Of the fresh spring flowers
Contemplating their birth
Deep in the still frozen ground
Just out of earshot ...

A moment
Felt
Touching
In love
A moment
Cherished ...

Grande
Cappuccino
An extra shot
Of piping hot
And dark
Espresso ...

Little boy
Deep inside the confident man
Screams for attention
Begs to be heard
Needs to be loved
Little boy ...

Amazing beauty in the world in which we live
In the smile of a wonderful princess of hope
In the warm and luscious flavor of mocha cappuccino
In the reawakening mysteries of romance rediscovered
Amazing flow of life above, below, and through
The free flight of a bird over the ebbing waves touching a heart ...

Just beneath the surface
Of a loving and confident smile
Lies a sleeping dragon
The fear of losing you, yet again
Only love will displace the rising fear
Only a miraculous touch of God ...

Your gentle touch
Warms first my skin
Then it warms my heart
And lights my soul afire
Your pleasing fragrance
Moves me to pleasure ...

your words sing in my deepest soul
in oneness, the words of one poem flow
all that is imagined and real
are in your words, your song, your holy dance
passion burns away the fears
leaves the pure and rising truths ...

On an ordinary day
Walking down a familiar street
I open my eyes
And you are there
I wonder if I am dreaming
Your perfection overwhelms ...

Exploding
In a moment of shared fire
Passion flowing
Two hearts collide
Remembering
The sweetness of your kiss ...

The heart is a muscle
It is merely a pump
Moving blood from here to there
It is not the home of feelings
Feelings are thoughts
Deeper, more instinctual ...

In the grander image
Perspective changes
And all time and space
Collapse into the void
In the higher realities
Absolute truths come into focus ...

Waking
He remembered
The lost months
Walking
He renewed
The choice to go on ...

I look to my most authentic self. I ask him my highest and deepest truth. He replies.
She is the one, sent from God’s heart
In only an instant, she melted your soul
In oneness, you walk, and dance and live life
Through fire and water and sunshine and ice
Compassion is hers, her gift and her curse ...

In a nearby coffee shop
Where you and I once shared moments of love
I sit alone
Wondering what went wrong
On the cusp of fresh tears
My eyes cloudy by the moisture ...

With each passing year
I grow more appreciative
Of your pure and constant love
For me
You teach me the value
Of living life ...

Passing breezes
move the trees, the leaves
the seeds from the dandelion
Passing winds
bend the branches
caress the ocean waves ...

Such confidence in her stride
Such radiance on her face
And yet, within her heart
Her sorrows were not displaced
She strode upon the stage
Standing at the podium, tall ...

The warmth returned
With the glow in his eyes
As Friday moved
Toward its end
A week of sorrows
And pains and thrills ...

The King of kings
Crowned for all time
Heavenly light
Glory divine
Streaming white rays
Flow from His hands ...

As dawn awakens
As a new day rises
As tomorrow arrives
Possibilities multiply
The weight of a world
So many, alone ...

What is life, if not a teacher?
We walk and we run
Each day, till it’s done
Hopefully finding
Some laughter and fun
Awake and alive ...

Dreaming of a moment
When peace pervades my heart
Dreaming of tomorrow
And hoping grace will start
Wishing for release
From suffering today ...

I am created to be loved
I am intended to be me
I am blessed to be here
I am graced to be free
I am alive in beauty
I am flowing with joy ...

Your profile
Great beauty
In your motions
In your hands
As the sun shines
Through your expansive windows ...

From the deepest part of my soul
I hear your love as it calls out to me
From the wonder of the miracle of you
My heart finds its other perfect half
Out of the constant everflowing song of life
Comes the magic of our joining souls’ song ...

Pains
Aching
In my back
Spreading downward
To swollen ankles
To my more swollen feet ...

Born in perfection
From an environment of peace
Thrust into a world
Of fears and sorrows
Fear is the father of vice
Sorrow, the mother of loss ...

Jim and Kate smile
Husband and wife
Hanging Christmas lights
Sipping hot chocolate
Jim and Kate laugh
At a thought shared ...

He learned only today
Two weeks left to live
Cried a hundred tears
Found some unmet fears
Realized as the sun was setting
A half a day wasted ...

Lust
Rising
Bodies hot
Writhing lovers
Longing to be touched
Breathing accelerates ...

Opening his eyes
He turns his head slightly
Sees she is there
Still sleeping
Angelic
Beautiful ...

The astounding and unending glory of your beauty
Shines majestically in magnificence
You are the brightest of all the stars
Overpowering all others in your light
All I see today is your beauty
And all I see is brightened and enlightened ...

Pain still greets her
Twenty years after
That horrid night
Pain still greets her
As she wakes
From something like rest ...

The tears of pity
Whether for self or others
Quench no miseries

Dark rhythmic refrains
Move the song’s flow
Karmic reflections’ truth
Harvest what they sow
Purple is the color
Of a rising generation ...

Red
Blood flows
Through open wounds
Painful
Yet strangely compelling
Red ...

Too many thoughts to process
Since I destroyed the dam
That held so many secrets
Behind the impenetrable concrete
Too many unfelt feelings
As I experience life anew ...

He rode the waves of blissful destiny
Tossed by the currents rising
Touching, tasting, feeling, sharing
Words of a heart bruised and real
He captured the hearts of a few
Tossed by his rising tides ...

Songbird greets the day
Sings to all who will hear her
Given and received

Called to the streets
Enlivened in the sound
Of the beat
Endless
Rolling
Flowing ...

The gray dimness of yesterday’s misery
Is fading into the glossy black of evil
Pure and void, lost in realms undiscovered
Led by the devious servants of deaths
Awakening to the dark and winding rhythms
The child remembers the moment when all was dark ...

Mike was today, as every day, inquisitive.
His early teachers called him gifted and brilliant;
His schoolmates called him odd and unwelcome.
Over time, he learned
To exist in the serenity
Of the walls he built ...

When
Two hearts
Joined by fate
Combine
Merge
When ...

She moves as the wind
Chilling me to the bone
As she touches my mind
Flows through my flesh
She is the summation
And the intersection ...

Searching for truths
Amidst human perceptions
Everything clouded
By memories from the past
How much separation
Between love and fear ...

Cold water flows
From the melting snows
Of the sun-drenched mountaintop
Carving new paths
Creating new schisms
As a frozen season ends ...

Lone wolf walking
On the endless plain
Forever destined
Forever alone
Fleas biting
Stealing his blood ...

Large and intense
Your eyes perceive much
And I hear your voice
From across a crowded room
Your smile lights up my world
Warmth of your heart fills me ...

To love and be loved
That is what life is for – or –
To learn and to teach

In an instant of faith
All sickness removed
In a moment of surrender
The healing flows free
Come, Holy Spirit
Fill us with love ...

Learning to live
With your hand in mine
Walking together through
Profane and divine
Two hearts exposed
With risk of much harm ...

I’ll love you forever
My princess, so special
Nothing can change
My great love for you
Precious granddaughter
A part of my heart ...

Hauntingly, they all stared at me
As I trespassed into their comfortable domain
I was hypnotized by the lack of passion
A room full of empty chairs
Their vacant gaze sliced through me
Could they know what I was to do? ...

If wishes were raindrops
And I were the clouds
The world would be filled
With rainbows for you
I’d wish for you joy
Contentment and peace ...

Trees newly bare
As the final leaves fall
Nests of birds revealed

Always honorable
Love is righteousness
Always beautiful
Love forever lives
Always faithful
Love trusts in God ...

Shorter days...
Birds that greeted me
Now sing elsewhere

Trust in God’s grace
Seek always His face
Let nothing replace
His glorious embrace
Alive in God’s light
Great wondrous sight ...

Looking up
Dark raindrops falling –
One in my eye

From heaven’s great warmth
Comes the comfort of love
From the song of the angels
Comes the peace of the soul
Aloft in the grace
Of the winds of divinity ...

Beauty persists
Bare of the many leaves
Now on the ground

I can’t remember ever feeling so utterly happy as I do today. I passed a lark on the way to work, skipping, (the lark, not me), and the lark seemed to just emanate waves of amazing light. Rainbows shot from both of its feet; its song kept tune to the whistling of the wind through the trees; he stopped suddenly and looked up at me. He began to speak, leaving me even more taken aback. So, anyway, here is what he had to say to me.
When the moments overlap with the morning dew
And the dance overtakes not just me, but also you
When the instants of beauty are too much to behold
Then comes the time to forget to grow old
When the sweetness of sorrows falls to the ground ...

Replace...
Fear with courageous love
Anger with patient acceptance
Disappointment with utter faith
Lack with great abundance
Chaos with alignment ...

Stream of cheerfulness
Pushes through the dam of fear
Drama's flowing foe

it'd see what it wanted to be
it'd go where it chooses to go
it'd all fall quickly into place
by the glory of the one Power's grace
it'd start in the heavens above
it'd flow through the caverns of love ...

Perfected in grace
New man praises God for life
Old man fell away

With every precious moment
In each of God’s new days
Let’s see with open eyes
And walk the sacred ways
The glory of His presence
Is here for us to know ...

Deep within
Spirits
Connected to one
Connected to the other
Connected as one
Combining as one ...

Living life as one
I feel your sorrows, joys, pains
Amplified, doubled, extreme
I pray for peace, that love remains

Sweet nectar within
It fascinates the waiting tongue
Fills the heart with an insatiable craving
For more of that perfect elixir
Craving grows with the first hint of its essence
Filling the dark and warm spaces ...

Standing
Facing the sea
Bare but for a swimsuit
Thinking of parallels
The ocean flows
And she ebbs ...

I cannot control my own emotions
Nor can I control those of another
My emotions, I offer to God
Those of another as well
There is no control
But by God’s Hand ...

Fear resides beneath
Chilling waters, white and strong
Bridge of living love

Life, free of regrets
Is as the dove on the winds
Grace of God’s true love

Ancient residents
Encroaching in homes and lives
Cockroaches or men

Anger burns, fear chills
Gentle patience heals in love
Live the quiet way

The unending Light of Creation
Is the power of infinite Love
Flowing freely through all the Universe
That is the Mind and Blood of God
Touched by the holy fire
The contrite of heart begin the journey ...

Allow me to love you
More and more each day
Let’s chip away the walls
That kept our hearts at bay
Allow me to touch your heart
Intimate, real, and true ...

From the joy you bring
I am strengthened and softened
You are my great love

A seed is planted
Life begins for a tall tree
Fed by sun and time

Walking together
Through dim days and bright
Mixing and melding
In divinity’s light
Alive and awake
Choose to find hope ...

Warmed by your warm heart
Moved to the depth of my core
In God’s loving care

With renewed aplomb
And heightened suffering
Lessons of one
Arrive always in thirds
Trials of the dark chasms
Held in place by the strings ...

mostly sunny
partly cloudy
mostly chilly
warmth expected
mostly calm
partly harsh ...

Aligned in deep gratitude
With the Creator of all
As wills, human and divine, merge
Blessings flow freely
Whether unseen or seen
Unacknowledged or acknowledged ...

lips, warm and moist
part, just a bit, as my lips approach
gazing into your deep depth
in the bluest of your blue eyes
in the depth of your dark soul
in the fire of your blazing passion ...

woman of God, touch my soul
child of God, make me whole
let me play the droplet's role
on your tongue
savor me
as i savor you ...

intimacy growing
as two lives grow together
hearts joining
in oneness with God's will
great love fulfilled
destiny’s dawning grace ...

deeper into the heart's song of praise
worship enveloped his wholeness
as he emptied his thoughts, set down his burdens
deeper into the mysteries of the Spirit's presence
songs' words chosen by the alchemy of synchronous wavelets
divine tapestry woven, worn in glory, woven some more ...

River of Love
Flow through us all
Destroy every dam
Tear down every wall
Waves of pure Light
Flow through us all ...

Let it flow
Humble child of God
Let it grow
Living tree of Love
In the perfect stillness
Between the beats ...

Joy is found again
In the beating of a heart
And in its stillness

Tongues of fire
Rain down from the heavens
Sanctified in grace
Granted perfect healing
Beams of light
Flow from each heart ...

Praising Your name
With each dawning day
All that I do
And all that I say
Receive me, dear Lord
And cleanse me anew ...

Divine heavenly light
Shine on us now
Teach us to worship
Come, show us how
God of all glory
We praise Your great name ...

I want you to know...
You have stolen my heart
I melt in your presence
I am enlivened in your smile
You move my soul to sing
I want you to know... ...

Gracious and giving
Our God without limit
Immeasurably great
Provides all we need
With goodness and mercy
He clothes and He feeds us ...

Her depth stretches onward
Seemingly forever
Further than my eye can see
Beyond the far horizon
Before me, she is alive
Gently washing over the sands ...

All of my burdens
I offer to You
Praise and thanksgiving
In all that I do
Your love and affection
Is all I desire ...

Released from the chains
That burdened my heart
Gift of Your freedom
A new and fresh start
Walking each day
With Your hand in mine ...

Lost in the world’s fears
Sorrows, miseries, pain
Cloudy, dark moments
Days of chilling rain
Confused and wandering child
Harsh burdens, more than a few ...

Flowing memories continue
As the cold autumn breezes blow
Warm summer love
Changing patterns of the moving seasons
Colors, full and vibrant
Trees change in the coming winds ...

Between each atom
Particles of thought exist
Manifesting life

Suffering through trials
We walk in grace each day
Changed by our chains
Finding freedom in the Way
God’s power is enough
To heal or unbind all ...

The brackish odor of moonlight
Steamed up from the depths
Pond of unmet wonders
Lost in a moment’s death
Wonder of tomorrow
She gasped in expectation ...

rhythm of twelve drums
shining the beats through the haze
awareness flowing

endless waves of bliss
eternal depth of the sea
timeless ebb and flow

sun peeks through treetops
washing away the darkness
light heals the weary

excited atoms
attracted, collide and dance
immutable laws

people of the sun
left the darkness long ago
choose to join their ranks

dive into the flow
perfect and timeless moment
birds' song, blowing breeze

grace of forgiveness
knowing yesterday is past
residing in now

Quiet walk on the subtle deer path
Shaded by the ancient giants
Gazing deeply into the silence
Starting anew on the contrite journey
Fears dissipate on the rays
Through the small holes in the covering ...

mysteries foretold
in the song of a cricket
pause to hear him speak

Ebbing
Flowing
Peaceful arrivals
Glorious awareness
She is timeless and alive
Endless depth ...

birds live in sweet peace
never think of yesterday
but sing today's song

bitter memories
better horizons
in the mind’s unrealized truth
anger rising from the midst of lies
dishonest mysteries stay silent
opening hearts to sights unseen ...

thought it was a storm
passion’s gentleness misread
your fiery eyes

much faith and courage
both expended and received
gifts of forgiveness

Faithfully walk
In love, persevere
Granted great grace
and freedom from fear
Alive, we now are
Through goodness and truth ...

I forget the trials, the misfortunes,
the difficulties, but, I remember
love, and, I remember lovely.
I forget the rain, the snow,
the winds, and,
I remember lovely. ...

Each star in the sky
Has unique knowledge to tell
Beauty in the dark

Manifesting worlds
Paper to pen, mind to hand
Power of writing

Your love flows as the river
Strength in the healing waters
Your power fills our hearts
Comforts our very souls
Your grace is ever present
Perfect gift of Freedom’s hand ...

In a moment’s birth
As the river bends and flows
Choices move fate’s hand

You are statuesque as you stand there
Before me, a humble and undeserving soul
Dazzling, brilliant, with strong eyes aflame
In you, a woman who makes my life whole
In my mind, I question the feelings I
Feel as I look deeply into your open eyes ...

Out of the lost silent mysteries of the universal truths,
There spring all the answers to all the questions asked,
To be caught and known and felt by those who choose,
To open their hands and minds and souls and hearts.
One mind is connected to the wholeness of the truth;
All minds are one in this sacred and pervasive knowledge; ...

Fluttering, twittering, flowing, floating
Butterfly rides on the breezes of change
Giggling, laughing, living, enjoying
She watches from the tall green grass
Breezes, butterflies, flowers, life
Nature’s wondrous gifts for the girl to see ...

Anger's recurring arrival
Day after sweet fateful day
Tugging at the binding ropes
Lost along the fearful way
Misery's redawning sunrise
Lessons learned as two ...

The diner was open late that night
Waitress welcomed us with delight
Surprised were we to see such a sight
As a monkey, brown, with splotches, white
The monkey danced and chattered with glee
He ran on all fours, then two, then three ...

A blank sheet of music
The song at your command
Lyrics, notes, and chords
Chosen by your hand
Write your heart’s own song
Stand and dance your dance ...

Come, Lord Jesus
Fill our lives with you
Your glory shines from heaven
Open our eyes, anew
Come, Lord Jesus
Let faith and hope flow free ...

When in delusion
The deluded cannot see
Hence, the delusion

Humble me, my God
I am not worthy to see your holy face
Your might is far beyond
All that any could conceive
Humble me, oh God
Burn away my reluctance to surrender ...

Strolling on the fresh beams of starshine
Rhythmic refractions synchronize with the next
Beat of the touching hearts
Sharing a listening
  to the room filled in the
  syncopated beats ...

In love for all time
Great glory divine
Shown wonders and signs
To grace, we resign
Your heavenly light
Filling our sight ...

On a beach with white sand
He feels her kind eyes
And the power of God's hand
No pretense, no guise
In the depths of her eyes
He sees God's great gift ...

Breathing in each fateful moment
Drinking in full cups of light
Tasting the beauty of this and each day
Love flows in each moment of you
Wonderfully kind and refreshing
Your voice is warm milk to my soul ...

From whence came the elephant
The birthplace also of the tiny shrew
Contrasts of large and also small
Dark and light, old and new
Cats and birds and young red fowl
Cawing and purring and singing along ...

As the crows bespoke their heartfelt and kindred song
Kindled hearts of the forty-four lost crickets sang along
In merriment and twists of ubiquitous beginnings
The lass looked with awe at an expansive blue sky
Urging summer winds blew inexplicably cold
As the gazelles and rhinoceroses grew increasingly old ...

Earthen beginnings
Ornamental wanderings
Together in certain fate
Two forever joined
Oaths shared in faith
Providence looking on ...

Simplicity grows
As wisdom is forgotten
Innocence regained

Gently caressing the beach
Waves of your love touch me
I am each tiny grain
The sand under your feet
Moments of kind suppleness
Peace pervades my soul ...

alone in this once darkened room
awaken the terror of gloom
salvation of one perfect child
peaceful and perfect and mild
gone in the blink of an eye
no clear apparent cause why ...

In but a blink of God’s eye, all life in majesty was created
In but a blink of your eye, all life comes crashing down
The endless empty dark chasms, the void without meaning
Opens in the instant of the life-changing and inexplicable blink
The blink that changes all we believe we know
The blink that ends the comfort of knowing he will be there ...

When the days turn colder
And I’m feeling much older
When my list grows short
I’ll make the time to rest
When the nights were longer
I felt much stronger ...

Open the locked recesses of this old dusty chest
Take the key from the deepest place within
Find the old passphrase in the leather-bound volumes
The secret to all waits on your readiness
Pause to give attention to the universal details
Ten thousand thoughts rushing by with fervor ...

Vibrant, voluptuous, such
brilliance in their hues
The artisans spent countless decades
improving the views
From the harsh wooden benches
brown, impersonal pews ...

From the ashes,
I have risen,
watered by your living love.
From the burnt wasteland
of so many yesterdays,
I find the hope ...

The elevator, stuck for an hour
The appetite, it wants to devour
A sweet, some tart, or even something sour
As the others on the lift look dour
I pet the furry cat by the wall
He looks up with eyes bright, but small ...

in the wonder of abundance
the robin sings her pleasing song
exuding great love and oneness
where nothing can e’er be wrong
alive in the peace of the moment
possibilities but a thought away ...

Fire from the darkened skies
Rain from the heavenly realms
Immerse me in Your Sacred Love
Tell me Your secret names
Enmeshed in Your Great Glory
Alive in the Scalding White Heat ...

Through the dirty windows
The sun, this morning, shone
Woke me from my slumber
To this new day, unknown
A song was in my mind
A gift from my last dream ...

From an endless stream of yesterdays
the river bends and twists and flows;
each droplet of water is part of the whole -
they, together, move the flow ever forward.
Fed by rains, brooks, streams, and gullies,
the mighty river rises and falls, sees and knows; ...

Quietly, I sit and listen to the world.
Outside my open windows, many sounds
Bounce and flow. As I feel the slight breeze,
I hear the sounds of nature, and a waking world
of building activity.
There is the cry of a crow; he begs for the ...

Thankfulness flows
from the one who remembers;
he walked in the great misery,
the bold suffering of his heart.
Lost then his way,
so many years ago; ...

In blackness
He rides the rising tides of evil
Devoid of all colors
But the color of colorlessness
Black moods, black magic
Bleak nights, black skies ...

All the world still breathes
Even when my breath is caught
In endless breezes

Wishes in a fountain
For love reborn, anew
Wishes of a heart
Seeking love, most true
Alive in this new chapter
Still flowing as the brook ...

Genuinely human
Perfectly divine
Living in truth
Brilliantly shine
Lover of life
Each wondrous day ...

The furthest flung mysteries
Come again into view
As the sage reawakens
And sees through eyes, open
Amazing possibilities
Manifest in a thought ...

With the end of love
Comes a chance to find the truth
That love never ends

A bit unbelievable
The last chapter’s end
Surprised by the suddenness
And the lack of my surprise
Solace in a cloudy day
The drama, an unwelcome guest ...

Coasting for a time
Down life’s wide and crooked lane
Remaking the view

Quietly walking
Selflessly giving
Daily persevering
Serving us all
Brother of beauty
Created in grace ...

Preparing for the moment
When I will see your face
Bright, shining, potent, perfect, divine
Overwhelmed as anticipation builds
Recalling many lessons
Readying for the great instant ...

Deep within the winding thoughts
There, the truest mysteries hide
Open the sacred chest of old
And risk to look at what’s inside
Only love and hope exist
To he who chooses to believe ...

Yesterday’s trials
Burned away by the bright sun
Of each dawning day

Secure in his flight
Rider on the constant winds
Hawk flies through his days
Looks then to the east
Prompted by fate’s gentle breeze
Changes his intent ...

Insanity blossoms from the soil of love
Watered by the daily rains of his tears
Fed by the dark rays of the longing sun
Alone in the terror of his greatest fears
Helpless to move from his small clay pot
Planted in freshness seven seasons ago ...

Bliss, joy, ecstasy
Kindness, compassion, love
Faith, trust, and hope
All gifts of God above
Anger, fear, lack
Impatience, judgment, greed ...

a bird sings to me
the wisdom of all is learned
from unspoken words

ordinary views
seen through eyes of a poet
the world springs to life

seven sacred words
love, hope, joy, faith, trust, life’s walk
all lead to true peace

swirling, twirling, twisting
the wind’s song is beginning its fatal cry
how I long to hear the sand
as it crunches
under your feet
as you walk away ...

Waking from a bad dream
I am filled with great dread
It all dissipates
With a single look at you
Still sleeping like an angel
I gently kiss your cheek ...

Where infinity meets the human mind
There the stark reality of the unseen thoughts prevails
Time and space folding into oblivion
A glance at the eternal corners of creation’s origin
Finding rest in a peaceful moment of bliss
The walker on the path of discovery peers anew ...

A walk on the beach
The sun setting over the tall buildings
They enjoyed the sounds of the waves
The colors of the darkening winter sky
Tomorrow would bring new experiences
Joyous and free, but short lived ...

Where was the joy?
Where were the smiles?
In an instant, I wept.
For a lifetime, I cried.
Those folks behind that window, lost and yet at rest, seemed to have a touch of the surreal, and a light mist of dread.
Where was it heading? ...

As one, we walk this holy day
Forever together, come what may
Your mercy shines from each bright face
Alive in your divine embrace
Sacred wonders touch each heart
May fear and suffering now depart ...

As the clouds again gather
And shadow all the land
I call to mind your power
All moved by your mighty hand
Storms and thunder and rain
Trials and lessons and pain ...

With thanks, I bow down
Gentle and contrite
Revel in your power
Your overwhelming sight
Alive in flowing bliss
My God, I worship you ...

Take me ever deeper
Break my stubborn will
Rain on me, dear Father
Teach me to be still
Perfected in your Glory
Sanctified and true ...

One with the Creator
We sing a song of peace
Imprisoned by imposters
From thoughts, receive release
Thoughts of perfect misery
From separation’s lack ...

My love for you has grown again
As I slept
As I was in a place of calm peace
My love for you again grew
The sun shines brightly today
As the hope shines from my bright heart ...

I listened to the knowing words of the blue jay
Not far from my open window
As I felt the mild summer breezes rippling in
Enjoying each moment of gentle peace
His brash call, most days, passed me unchanged
Today, though, his song was somehow different ...

I woke this morning
And felt a gentle breeze
I woke this morning
And heard a bird’s song
You woke this morning
I breathed you a breeze ...

Beyond our highest thoughts
Over all we could understand
Beyond all comprehension
Spreading across the land
A song flows from the hearts
Joined in the holy name ...

Today I received
A most glorious gift
Freedom from anger
Sealed with a kiss
Spirit, most Holy
Rising in me ...

Presence
Your holy embrace
Fills the people of your grace
Power of your face
Thriving
Living to survive ...

Sweet as honeysuckle
Loving, gentle, and kind
Beautiful and real
Daughter, precious, divine
Following the way
Paved by God above ...

From the darkest corners of misery
Grow the subtle agents of change
In the dimly lit lost memories
Clever, dark and strange
There crosses the angel of dark
With wings of gold and steel ...

With each dawning day
Brave and bold new arrivals
Fill the landscape of possibilities
To one with eyes open
Let us look to the bright heavens
Pray to the Maker of all ...

My heart, it expands
But still, it cannot reach you
So then it contracts

Tears streaming through a feigned smile
This shallow water that we wade in tonight
Warm but with chilly undercurrents
Many emotions just beneath a shiny veneer
Weary tiredness from feelings pushed deep
The scream of forever longing to escape ...

it is about neither more nor less
it is about neither cold nor hot
it is only about the place where universes bloom
in a holy kiss
in a precious touch
let us forever be one ...

No more grays
Give me black or white
Hot or cold
Dark or light
Lukewarm days
And mild nights ...

from the depths of my heart
i sing you this song
a love that will last
and stand ever strong
...
this love is alive ...

mystical missionary
touching the world with her magical Love
she is compassion personified
blown by the warm divine winds
passionately praising
flowing in her God’s Holy Spirit ...

With two new coins
I walked to the flowing waters
To the fountain of wishes
A coin for my lover and a coin for me
To be granted a wish
By the Lord of the Waters ...

a delicate china cup
and the sweet and tart tea that fills it
a bit too hot on the waiting lips
assuredly worth the moments wait
a soft and warm fur
cozy and comforting to my soul ...

blessed by the giver
of life, love, and hope
gratefully walking
through warm days and cold
blessed by a God
who cares about you ...

He woke this morning with both eyes closed,
Nagging pains of fearful and angry dreams held him still.
Hope filled his quiet heart, "Please lift me from the misery,"
Of a daily walk in the perfections presented by his fat fate.
Last few beans of coffee from two of four last bags,
He ground them with great fury, brewed a pleasing dark brew. ...

For just a few moments
He wandered in the dark
Lost and alone
Cold, scared and stark
But then he remembered
And opened his eyes ...

Circling emotions
Devouring the lost truth
Where did the sanity go?
What is left to lose?
Ignorant refrains
From the monkey or the mouse ...

He was recreated by the great creator
Abiding within his contrite and softened heart
Flew among the soaring hawks
Sang the ancient lessons of angels’ flowing art
Awakened in the quiet awakening
Storms moved his soul to truly change ...

Smoothed by the great storms
Dreamer dreams the final dream
All is left unsaid

To find the purpose in nature is to lose some of its true beauty. Nature's true essence is alive and breathing and artful and glorious.
The song of a warbler
The warmth of a fresh rose
The touch of soft rain
Beyond what forever knows
Forever in tune ...

he walks with grace and self-assured arrogance
wraps his arms around her slim and wanting waist
she looks up ever so slightly
meets his unabashed and piercing gaze
his lips touch hers, wrap hers, take hers
quickly hers are parted by his quick tongue ...

Stalled for a moment
No movement to be had
Traffic at a standstill
Might as well be glad
In time, people leave their cars
Begin to move around ...

In the reflection of my eyes
Reflected in the bathroom mirror
I see reflected
The mirror’s reflection of my eyes
In the reflection of me
Reflected in your piercing eyes ...

For uncountable lifetimes
He sought all manner of things
Riches, romance, fame, fulfillment
Never content, never resting
He had been a traveling musician
A sharecropper earning his keep ...

He thought he had joy
Until he tried to recall
The last time he laughed

Bubbling from the fiery deep
Hints of divinity’s song
Starts from the warm spark
In the center of the belly
Warm, bright, alive
Frightened by the anticipation ...

Filled in the spirit
Alive in the dance of God
Anointed to do good works
Rejoice in His great love
Prayers today fulfilled
Standing together as one ...