Sunday, August 16, 2009

without a window

call out over all other sounds
ideas with every step
now still sitting under the sky
dark star blanket above
you are the one on the mind
keep any and all negativity away
outside without a widow to look out
light from that love warms every night
a calming spot never found until now
cannot imagine a day without that smile
zoned in on me I am that lucky one…

hand and scattered mind

the sounds of a summer night
took months to arrive
as blank as the page
before the pen
starts to make this mess
speaks through a hand
and scattered mind…

Saturday, August 15, 2009

two years ago


thinking about nothing
comes to mind this moment
everything stops
right where it stands
tall like the trees
through which setting sun seen
brightness splintered around the branches
forming shapes I can't identify
with the air only slight
movement back and forth
with this pen trying to create
cool breeze on the other side of the glass
smooth as the pond
new home for the pet turtle
free as a bird if birds swam
but they don't have boundaries
crossed over the line
and I didn't want to wait any longer
the wait the more frustration
takes over the next hill and down
when I was bike riding
around town with no thought
on the mind cycle meditation
any kind of work meditation
gets me through the day
and onto the next with love
in my heart found her smiling at me
from the tall truck
and everything changed...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

twelve hours

inching back into a career
not the one I want
to stand tall as a thinker
not an accept-er of how things
ought to be
barely trusted mistakes made
can’t afford the days off
can’t even think of a vacation
the kids will be disappointed
would they rather the alternative
the starving artist hasn’t eaten
in twelve hours
it’s the most beautiful day of the week
some would rather spend it inside
consider myself lucky
to have seen sunrise and sunset today
how many people can say that today
who really cares these days
everyone is in their own world…