pull and push

surging in
retreat,
we build
to tear down.


bathed in the reflective calm of starfire,
moonlight sets
souls ablaze
with a cool phantom touch.


simplicity holds
infinite fascination,

so slight in
its profundity

that these realized moments
echo eternity,

revealing a truth obscured
by love's light.






and so we grow.


LP No. 46_2024_WWLRSD (Lent is over, so this ain’t a poem)

What
Would
Lil
Ray
Simon
Do?

not ask.

smile and/or
giggle.

Love Big.

Dream Bigger.

Imagine new worlds
and share.

Care.

Tell old man Ray DeSouza that there is so much waiting - as soon as you're ready.

Ask if his head is really so big.....but not really care.

LP No. 45_2024_respite

shadows of a storm
echo in the darkness...
that wonderfully vast void of horrifying possibility-


anything
& everything waiting,
out there.

waiting,
for
you.


drops of rain touch my face,
again, and
the
shadow falls
away.


a faint shiver
of destiny
rattles through the air.


do you feel it?
are you ready?
Ok
let's play.


LP No. 44_2024_reconnoiter with mtoto george

deep passionate words
of undying love
and unfathomable desire
fade
gently back
into a young boy's sweet
simple
smile.

remember him?

do you
feel it?

just a wiggle of a giggle,
in the corner
of your chest.
or maybe,
perhaps, just a touch
of gas.

LP No. 42_2024_thunder

waiting
in that in-between,
anticipating...wanting...drifting.

for 8 years, naught
but howling sun,
and scalding rains,
and staccato winds.

Yet,

mere pindrops
to the ferocious Wonder
resting within;

mere shadows
of what tempests
that once blew;

mere memories
of the fire
to come.



and a low rumble tickles these bones...

there
is
time
yet.

LP No. 41_2024_wunderschön

 free
     from
         fear
      and
  full
of



                 joy.




my lil soul warrior:

so fierce
         in love
           &
          self



     just
      so
    fierce




authentic
&
original.

free,
and beautiful.



my marley-marlz