Hot, humid night
Broken air conditioning
Windows open to the
Sounds of southern summer nights
Humid skin, Humid sheets
Too uncomfortable to sleep

But now,
at least,
I can smell the trees

Exploring a maze in the fog
Unpredictable turns,
Dead ends creep up with no notice.
A larger opening, more peaceful;
Some unknown garden waits ahead.

A place to sit and for a time
Find peace among the plants.
Leave something, gain more.

Eventually some urge forces
The traveler along their journey.
Ever older, ever forward
Winding toward some
Other unknown garden.

Wake
           Dress
    Move
               Drive

                  Feel the world fly on by

                                                          Sea­rching
                                                    Thinki­ng
                                                              ­ Feeling
                                             Crying

Allow the road to break your mind
    
                              Forgive
                       Repent
                                       Pacify
                                 Contend
                      
                         Find your way back home again

Keys
                Drop
                                ­  Rest
                                                    Sleep
­
             When your world is broken
      Find the pieces, find your peace
   Stitch together your tired heart
And find your way to sleep

I find myself at the top of a mountain
Looking out at the peaks
Below and above
Some I’ve climbed, others I never knew existed.

In the blink of an eye

I find myself in the open sky
Winds roaring around me
Rushing past
Am I falling or flying or even moving at all.

Sunlight sparkling in tree canopy
Back stretched on the grass
Mind on a book newly opened
And heart on fire in our chest

Make these days last forever
Never a worry to be had
Flowers and leaves pressed together
A notebook of memory in our hand

Sip tea (or something stronger)
Relax with cheese and wine
Fill our soul and body’s hunger
Contented, in our mind

Run through fields of flowers
Find sacred space and sights
Behold the world around us
And never shut our eyes

Find our little nook
For love and life to bloom
Find our space and garden
Beneath the sun and moon

Be happy in our moment
Search out that single time
May life stretch out before us
And keep us in our prime

Slow down around the fast world
Let the pain pass us by
Come back to peace and comfort
For a time, ‘til we die