Sunday, July 24, 2011

seen from all around

want to understand
how do eye fit
of confusion caught
worn down and tired
want to understand
how eye am seen
from all around
and how to escape
some maze so many
ways to find a way
out of the confusion
and back into
beauty’s light
want to understand
why intensity secures
a spot at the opposite end
of the location desired
to leave all worry behind
and move forward
with strength and
confidence…

Thursday, July 14, 2011

worn out(for the record)


ten days of silence
followed by scratching
the surface of an idea
that might continue
to return if allowed
the proper time
 
for the record
given little reward
by those work for daily
by night fall
back out on the porch
moving the pen again
it’s been slow
last few years
getting used
to being worn out…

Monday, July 4, 2011

the outsider(for the record)


I don’t do well with disrespect
especially when it continuously
goes unpunished
and mostly unnoticed to all around
 
for the record
always seen as the outsider
never knowing what is best
for anyone including
myself apparently
 
for the record
sometimes I just sit
hours at a time
even in the heat of July
most of the day alone
used to the sound
the brain thinking
keep rattling on…

Sunday, July 3, 2011

as the night is dark(for the record)


fireworks in every direction
celebrating 234 years
independence
as a country fire blazing bright
only light above the pen
and page thought by now
it might make sense
 
for the record
most likely never will
put on a different hat
meaning is still the same
irie as the night is dark
under clear star filled skies...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

of this life(for the record)


for the record
seems everyday
of this life
gets harder to handle
trying to figure out
how to let go
with both hands…

Monday, June 27, 2011

lonely(for the record)

the fire was started
with a page from this book
under clear night sky
fire now roars

for the record
I could and do
stare into the flames for hours
thinking and hoping for a better day
somehow reaping what I was sowing
lonely when I shouldn’t be
been taking a lot of pictures
documenting moments
in this here life
for some reason or for the sake
of doing it ideas changing
as the fire burns the wood
to nothing

for the record
the silence too
golden alone under
cloudless air
above only thoughts
keep the vigil out
behind the house…

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

burning again (for the record)

burning again
first day of summer
longest day of the year
been awake most of it

the breeze feels cool
that fire burns
hot on top of sheets
layered will be under them
resting soon

4 the record

best part of the day
where I have always belonged
resting soundly
loving madly
waking lucky each morning

all the sounds of tonight
surround friend and companion passed
somehow always here
by my right arm
or beneath my feet
when I burn

longest day of the year
still under sensei cloud
still under clear night sky
4 the record...

Sunday, May 15, 2011

fire blog #5

get a better look

fire burns slow
all the rain makes
it sizzle as if something
comes to a boil
crossed eyes
are heavy ones
some pollen
some herb related
fire burns slow
as the days
continue to extend
wind blows
fire becomes active
heating up
the entire area
wooden spokes
around the wheel of flames
takes on another form
spreading out
to get a better look
at all that sits behind
to enjoy the warm
stones only minutes
hours later
hot too touch face
before eyes close
each night
beginning of so many
more with a fire
burning slow and even the morning
rain couldn’t soak the wood
enough although
the fire burns slow…

Monday, May 9, 2011

fire blog #3

this is an old dog house that was just taking up space so...





...it is no more







Monday, April 18, 2011

new fire place


this took me 5 hours to build...  I moved my old fire place and constructed a new one.  I am going to document my fires so stay tuned to the fire blog.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

it will burn

never looked into eyes
if you did you’d see no disguise
rise from the ashes of everything done
rise like the ocean rise like the sun
so many choices and thoughts won’t quit
so much light no matter how you measure it
contemplating each move like in a chess game
got to think three moves ahead you know the name
behind a dark screen sitting with wonder
stare into the light all night you might ponder
the thoughts that won’t let you be
one with yourself high over the tree
never looked into eyes
flat on your back you look at the skies
clear for now until clouds come
closed eyes tight you still hear the hum
from far away and anticipate a return
fire so hot without touch it will burn
walk with these thoughts there and back
walk with new thoughts as they come to attack
the regularity of reality makes you crazy to think
in your own thoughts you stand then you sink…

Friday, March 18, 2011

to closed eyes it's a train

what’s that date really mean
how could anyone really know
for sure and now too much
focus if reality distracted
until naturally disaster strikes
with power that cannot be stopped
and seen by cameras worldwide
inside drops helplessness seen worldwide
questions about how much everyone
will be radiated it’s in the good book
or written on some wall somewhere
and man may in fact destroy himself
what does any of it really mean
to closed eyes it’s a train thundering by
but it’s only the wind on one of those days
before spring moves in for a stay
focused on thoughts distracted
and fighting the reality presented
until that last day silently
as the flower turns to the sun
just like it heard every word
and believed every prediction
presented reality isn’t as it presented
we are all in the dark
honestly though can we imagine
being helpless in the dark…

break through like sun again

whatever time it really is
hidden by the clouds
then burned by the sun
warming us again
a year ago season began the same
one day of sun and wind
taking cold away
hard to keep up
still putting it down
in pen first always
outside waiting
eventually finding
that balance in between
now and what time it really is
hidden behind the method
to this madness trying to find
the right way to break through
like sun again…

Monday, February 7, 2011

what is on the mind

clinging to the last threads
of life almost ninety years
and every breath seems to be
approaching the last
nothing we can do
watching as death comes slow
wanting to be with her
when she goes
my dad’s mom
so painful to see
wondering what the mind does
at that point
in the hallway between
life and death…

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

figure of thought

face the wall under low light
and the shadow cast on the page
of my own hand moving one side
to the other as if it operates
on it’s own without direction
thoughts fill the mind
no talent here just words
to describe thoughts
because I can’t paint pictures
don’t ever ask what I am thinking
read it here and know
it’s always been you I think of
when you fill my heart
as it pounds faster when you
hold me close and close isn’t
close enough for me
insatiable in that way
a fatal flaw never want
to be the pillow that keeps
the breath away just
a figure of thought
face the wall and understand
it’s always going to be
where I want to be…

sixth on the right

disaster strikes
and snow will
be dumped down
on top or so they say
don’t blink
be happy and ignore
the ugly facts
and lack of friends
don’t need them never did
just wanted to feel loved
and I do so I will stop
complaining
and wait for disaster to strike
once or twice
like a man without a country
done in a day
right before or during disaster
should be more secure
know the self and what I am doing
pen in hand the eleventh finger
sixth on the right
like a plastic bag over the face
told I am my own disaster and I found
all I want right here got worries still
it makes me human
or so I thought just don’t like
disastrous surprises that will do more
damage than the impending snow to come
sudden chill up one arm
and down the other
inside at last with pen and no smoke
listening to the sounds all around
used to be music I chose
now I listen as a teenager talks
to his video game has no idea
the disaster that may loom ahead
not so far off the point always
that there is no point to anything
and no matter how good
is done the worst I have been
is what is remembered
pen still in hand it won’t fall
even when I do…