We find ourselves we know not where In a forest dark and drear And yet the distant star draws near and pulls us toward the lady fair with even locks of fine gold hair that beckon us to move quite near and smell the lavender that grows in the clearing around her The starlight shines…… Continue reading The way back
Category: Poetry
Autumn
Daylight comes in smaller pieces Frosty mornings harvest time Apple cider from the presses Autumn time Again Around a sunny orchard screams Tiny children running round Gather apples while ye may Summer’s winding down Hayrides Gray clouds gather, wet the weather Musty smells of earth and leaf Brilliant flowers of the maples Make us bowers…… Continue reading Autumn
The Light
The glow of her laughter The light of her smile The sound of her after The footsteps pass by She travels the lowlands She travels the plains She travels the highlands To them all the same Do you see her in Springtime In your young lovers eyes? In the passing of Winter and the old…… Continue reading The Light
Philly
Soon I leave on winged flight Pass above the towers high Wondering what I will find At journey’s end Sterile room and one big bed One glass eye to watch me read Blessed sleep to calm my mind Waiting for it Pass the time at tourist ends Eat good food in sidewalk stops Enjoy the…… Continue reading Philly
Under a Bushel
I want to find a melody at some point for this… There’s a girl deep inside of me and she’s singing me a song As I play out in my dungarees has it really been that long? Six summers in a small town that will never come again Be true to yourself she says, let…… Continue reading Under a Bushel
Future grace
(the last of today’s posts. I’m still mostly catching up with past poetry for those posts) Though the roots are buried deep In the watered muddy clay There are feelings that you keep Forever and a dayTwines the morning glory fine With the thorny cane laid bare Where the summer’s fruit lay waiting For the…… Continue reading Future grace
People
Each one separate yet the same All are called by their name The venal ones we curse out loud The holy ones above the crowd Each starts life from the smallest seed In the greatest care and need Safe from harm, filled with grace Each one has a tiny face They grow in richest soil…… Continue reading People
Birth (inspired by a friend’s birthday)
A tiny light it soon grows near Nothing in the world to fear Mother’s arms circle tight Calm the terrors of the night Soon the years go swiftly past All to soon it comes to pass There we are out on are own Sometime all too much alone Finally a partner found There to share…… Continue reading Birth (inspired by a friend’s birthday)
Reinvention
Gone the days repasts together Merriment that tarnished grew Hearts no longer light as feathers Yet still coupled me and you Early was his heart still beating Breath encumbered, thoughts still fleeting Never reached the destination That the mind thought dear Soon it was her eyes so bleary Footsteps took the lamp away Sad the…… Continue reading Reinvention
Forward
We step Into our future Trembling forward Little by little Without map and not without fear Bravely inching Along the way Dimly lit paths Clear as day or Dark as night they appear Suddenly in relief Constructed by our choices To live, to love, to laugh in courage To bravely go not to cower or…… Continue reading Forward
My Gifted Life 