Strength

Walking softly
in a forest
of sharp.
Walking softly walking
softly.

Prodded
Poked
Pulled and
popped,

You keep walking,
softly.

When will they stop?
When will it stop?
When will I grow?
Or will I not?

When-
wait,

Is that the sea?

Interim

Neither here nor there
I am here
Here.
with the Hoff.
What better time to contemplate the crossroads
When sailing through this
Ether.
MY heart SCREAMS
In perfect harmony
With

Why won’t I listen?
Why won’t I try?
To fly
Is too much.
But
Would I die?
No,
Nyot yet.
Nyot yet.
Not ever
While I can still hear
The sweet symphony

Sailor who has never been to sea

Two steps sideways,
One forward…
Clickety-Click
Clackety-Click-
Staccato steps
propel him
this way and that.
A smart double breast
and Chinos to die for.
A carefully trimmed
grizzled beard
graces an impotently roguish face.
Memories of deeds never experienced
comfort the tipsy old man on his walk home.

Going

Teeth are itchy
Like the pre trip jitters
But this time
I will physically move
To another land
Not just in my head
Heart racing
Or did it just stop?
No, it only skipped two beats-
That’s all
I’m going
I’m going
I’m going
For the beauty of
Return.
Come
Back
Come
Back
Again

Little bits of Perfect

millions of pieces of perfection
crunch under my boot.
straining the forced monotonous quiet.
a brief chirping erupts, but she remembers her place
and the muffled silence returns.
Perfect.
Stagnant.
Winter.

 

Running

run from the calm.
run from the sea-
the gentle, rolling, and wild tumbling of the mighty sea…
when you run from these my dear,
you run from me.

Blast that bass
and fire that beam
eve, stillness,
begone!
man stomps here,
noisefully.
man treads here,
fearfully.

Child,
do not fear me.
Love,
do not run from me.
I am here,
to be adored.
I am here,
quietly,
I am here
like you.

Moon II

A bright night sky,
piercing in its clarity,
disrupted by the haziness of dawn.
all the knowledge garnered under the nurturing winter moon-
to be lost to the vainglory of the sun.
at one moment,
one precious moment
night and day-
sun and moon-
Apollo and Dionysus
reach accord.
the effect:
beauty
balance
perfection….
then the moment passes….
life moves on
intrepidly, &
happily.