AprilDawn

AprilDawn Apr 2014

Pansies

make a great pillow
for
tired dog butts.

An observation of the past two dogs I owned. If there was patch of pansies , they would plunk down right on them !

#botanicalseating

AprilDawn Apr 2014

Impending fury
clings
to closed eyelids
palpable loss
a sable brush
dunked in dread
blackens every inch
of familiar landscape
what if’s
eat through
the static blue horizon
making a meal
of unborn dreams
slaked only by
hastily grabbed
history
ragged spirits
haul hope
on well- worn tar
safe haven
still pages away

Sept 2005...this would be Hurricane Rita. Lived in the Houston area and this was on the heels of the hurricane Katrina that took out New Orleans .Our first evacuation after having lived there for 3 years .Trying to get the house ready for heavy storm winds, maybe flooding and picking out what was essential to take in case our home was destroyed became a daunting task.Scary, but our area was not hit.

#chased

AprilDawn Apr 2014

Tonight

after dark
had fallen

I stood
in the backyard

the majestic palms
playing
to wind chimes

solar lights
cascading   rainbows
along the water’s surface

Life teemed
in the silken underbelly
of the purple  night sky

someday

I will miss
this piece
of unfinished paradise.

My garden in the burbs of Houston. And yes, I do miss it.Written Oct 2006

#sliceofparadiselost

AprilDawn Apr 2014

Hole in the Sky

is that where
you went
I ask aloud
because I’ve lost
track of you somehow
one evening
smack dab in the center
of a  ring of clouds
was a gaping blue  hole
it’s as likely
as any  place
for you to be.

Where did my late husband go after he died ? Written 2006

#eternalquestion

AprilDawn Apr 2014

It Must Be

hard
to be
a butterfly
on a really
windy day

A simple ponder....

#wonder

AprilDawn Apr 2014

Misplaced

You don’t populate
my dreams
so much anymore
I castigate myself
for this
abysimal lack
of your presence
but every night
my dreams  take me
somewhere
you aren’t  .

Then he was even gone from my dreams.Written 2007

#whereareyou

AprilDawn Apr 2014

Another day

in the valley
feel no need
to scale any peaks
just easy-peasy
lay low
let the long silken rays
drape my weary soul
in glowing golden glory.

A location -place in my life poem .Massachusetts 2007

#zoneout