~

Channels change and minutes crawl
Depression sets the evening tone
Baseboards dream along the hall
As I sit here all alone

Hard is but my easy chair
Heavy eyes, a weeping tear
Someone *****, the anchors share
Communities are filled with fear

Shadows dance in lightening flash
Storms they rage on either side
Floods of sorrow, endings crash
A wonder I’d just rather hide

Bad news blaring all around
Every station sets the page
Perfect hair and smiles found
Reading prompters from the stage

How can they just sit and grin
Stack their papers nice and neat
As the world explodes again
People living in the street

Hurricanes destroying hope
Jets are falling from the skies
Another bust, a ton of dope
Politicians spewing lies

Mother’s crying, sons are dead
Shot while standing in the yard
Tell us something good instead
Can it be so very hard

Take your cameras, microphones
Find someone who’s doing right
Kindness to another shown
Tell us some good news tonight

~

Afloat on the water
A shiny canoe
The morning is quiet
Fresh and so new
The current does take us
Where ever it may
Afloat on the water
On this autumn day

Afloat on the water
Blue skies above
Serene and so simple
A picture of love
Sounds of the morning
A sweet red bird’s tune
Afloat on the water
Moments in bloom

Afloat on the water
Cool in the breeze
Slowly adrift
Beautiful trees
Lilies pad borders
Cattails stand tall
Afloat on the water
No place at all

Afloat on the water
A bright shining sun
Peaceful endeavor
Happy and fun
Comfortable sailing
Smooth as can be
Afloat on the water
Alive and so free

Afloat on the water
Nowhere to go
You in my arms
Follow the flow
Not one single worry
Breathe in the air
Afloat on the water
Nary a care

Afloat on the water
Easy and slow
Holding you close
Never let go
This is our morning
Such beauty to see
Afloat on the water
Just you and me

~

You and me,
I just love the sound of us

I’m thinking of a place
With a monkey and a sled
A brand new jar of cottage cheese
Just resting on the bed
An envelope with butterflies
Upon the stamp it wears
And a basement sitting at the top
Of someone else’s stairs
~
A very special place
Where the beach is at your door
And multicolored tangerines
Will help you mop the floor
A casserole with tuna
In a bowl of cocoa beans
Where a question is an answer
Or at least that’s what it seems
~
A place where you will notice
That the sun it always shines
And toaster ovens tick away
Below the shuttered blinds
Jeopardy is on the tube
Wherever you may go
Antiques shuffle down the street
As every road will show
~
When you are in this special place
A trolley will say hi
A weeping willow sings a song
As it forgets to cry
Hibiscus on the front porch
Welcome all who do drop in
The price it has been lowered
As the morning comes again
~
You’ll see while in this special place
A necklace on a whale
And smiles at the dollar store
They always are on sale
A seagull and a crescent moon
Now share the skies above
But most of all while in this place
You’ll see that you are loved
~
You will learn this special place
It lives within my heart
To offer you a haven
When we find we are apart
A sanctuary nestled deep
That forever will be true
For here within this special place
I always will love you

~
Gentle is the touch
Cherished is the feel
Dancing on the wind
Finding what is real
Lonely are the nights
Here so far away
Climb into my heart
Eternally to stay
~
Clinging to a vine
Running through the streets
Searching for the time
Obstacles we meet
Laughing at the ways
Someone else might think
Standing on the edge
Coming to the brink
~
Listen to my song
Sweet the words I sing
Only to your heart
Please I pray you bring
Flowers to the park
Smiles all around
Your angelic voice
Heaven is the sound
~
Beating is my heart
Dreams they can come true
If you find the dream
Includes me and you
Happiness shall be
In the form of love
Come and walk with me
Beneath stars above
~
Give to me your hand
Never let me go
I shall be your man
You are sure to know
When the day appears
Breathe a wondrous sigh
Put away your fears
Never more to cry
Listen to my words
As I promise true
Forever and a day
I’ll be loving you
~

I'll meet you more than halfway,
because I'll be running

~

Upon a beach of silken sand
Neath nighttime's wondrous skies
Stars aglow of heavens hand
Soft moon beams fill your eyes

With gentle seas awash the shore
The scent of ocean wind
A shooting star our smiles explore
As dreams once more begin

Now glistening on waters blue
A hypnotizing light
Illuminates this love so true
I feel for you this night

In solitude of gentle flow
The touch of fingertips
A canopy of evening glow
My kiss upon your lips

This universe is ours to hold
Amongst the stars we'll play
Of secrets now our hearts have told
Beneath the Milky Way

~

When your heart screams,
look inside your dreams...
find me

~

A tedious time at security
An hour waiting to board
A long tiring flight
A middle seat
A tiny bag of peanuts
A luke warm beer
A bumpy landing
An unfamiliar airport
A beautiful face waiting to greet me
And my head is once again in the clouds

~

Here I rest on this soft shoulder of desire,
hitch hiking to places I’ve only dreamt,
due north of where I used to be,
just left of the sunrise,
near the still waters
where stones have been skipped
and ripples encircle these thoughts of
what if…

~

Beyond the sand and water line
alone in quelled explore
These footprints lead uncharted miles,
the first of many more

To wander in a time once known,
reflective worries gleam
In sand dune wishes washed away
and thoughts of what they mean

This setting sun shall rise again,
bring mornings to their due
Tiffany shades to paint the way
hypnotic thoughts of you

We’d walk this beach of moon lit swirls
to count each star above
These tiny lines from me to you,
connections of our love

When now this silent vacant space,
misplaced of harmony
Dark shadows play a time before
of what this world could be

Sitting here these shifting sands,
my heart does swim the tide
Ebb and flow desires sung,
tear drops cast aside

When there a shinning light appears,
deep within my stare
A figure from my memory
performed of glistened flair

You take me swift into your own
with eyes to meet my gaze
Longing for the past returned
of brighter sunny days

Words inscribed this moistened beach,
scrolled so deep the sand
“Meant to be, eternally”
cursive in your hand

Soft a curved horizon’s smile,
immersed of drifted sea
Drenched in every breath of you
is found this destiny

Sandcastle dreamscapes, seashell bliss
we walk again this shore
Like waves that fall our endless strand
*as one, forevermore

~

Everything

~

O’ fallen leaf of barren branch
doth charge my heart, my aching heart
with missing you, needing you
On sun dried earth I lay,
grasping at my dreams, so desperate,
find that in this depth
felled by wind of cooler days,
my life doth need your touch
so very much it calls to thee,
come to me, cover me
shower me with hope…
so far you stand
~
I feel as if I am a tiny creature,
an insect on the pavement
with cracks and crevice deep
Foundling for the distance far,
searching of a path to reap
to thy heart, thy arms
O’ breath of love I beg thee home,
to lie with you this eve,
this autumn's eve
of far off arches and grayish glare
~
My travels take me long away
Places I am lost to stay
find this boy a’ crying
tears of love for thee, tears of despair
Crying, weeping, hoping, begging,
come to me,
come to me my love, my dream
into my open arms…waiting
~
The day might fill the emptiness
with broken branches barren so
dare I say I have the right
to honor love from you,
hold it so within my heart aching
My needs are many,
the truth has shown
for languished features painted hard,
hard against my weathered skin, rough, broken
I scream, my voice still faint of tone,
louder as is nothing less
sorted by the evening breeze
blowing strong against the fence
~
I desire thee to touch me,
kiss me, hold me, take me
The flames of passion brightly burn
igniting but this love I hold
So cherished is your heart
I feel it pounding, pulsing
within mine own chest
My quest is you and only you,
design me, I am yours,
make me as you would,
carve me, bend me, mould me
sculpt me to be,
your man

~

Because of you
I learned to live
I learned to breathe
I learned to give

I learned to write
I learned to read
I learned to want
I learned to need

I learned to sing
I learned to talk
I learned to dance
I learned to walk

I learned to look
I learned to know
I learned to listen
I learned to grow

I learned to dream
I learned to care
I learned to hear
I learned to share

I learned to gain
I learned to teach
I learned to find
I learned to reach

I learned to smile
I learned to grin
I learned to love
All over again

'

Our day ~ our beach ~ our love
~
As moments lazily pass, sighing breezes
  *we sit silent ~ adrift as a single composed symphony
      tempo’d by the rhythmic surf ~
  its constant sensuous flow
      lulling our hearts, aching to collide
                  in one melodic breath
  ~
Horizons blush ~ love’s mist lingers
   arms of cradling desire caress beauty ~ lone
          of seashell mosaics  palm leaf shade ~
            cool murmurs on warm sand
Your silken lips offer a glistening enchantment~
         their taste, salty pleasures of virginal mornings
~
Velvet waves entice ~ white foam illusions
         drift quietly ~ carelessly ~ soothing
we too build and recede ~ filling our amorous needs
    As a steady rising sun embraces an
          aquamarine sky,
      you glow in effervescent shimmers at my touch
~
Our bond remains unbroken ~
    tethered to an ocean’s hypnotic trance
     your body against mine ~
           skin upon glistening skin
merely to hold you ~ feel you~ kiss you
        is my coastal haven
~
Now as the fading light relinquishes its hold
    & dusk splashes violet secrets on a weary sky ~
      tides becomes a single motion within us
   Our day ~ our beach ~ our love
                                 *shall forever be

~

If I could love you forever,
I'd do it twice

~

You
Your words
Speak to me
Early morning longings
Soft distant sounds
Far away affections
Lunch hour lingerings
Skyline whispers
Subway quivers
Caressing thoughts
Touching senses
Embracing emotions
Erasing fears
Coaxing smiles
Late night sighs
Speak to me
Your words
*You

~

Oh ancient dune
What have thou seen

Through raging storm
In lover’s dream
Of sunny days
Restless nights
Tempest waves
Wayward flights
Winter’s blast
Snow and sleet
Summer’s sun
Soaring heat
Changing tides
Eroding beach

What have you learned
What could you teach

So patiently
Your stand it finds
Without a sound
The passing time
Grasses tall
Sands of white
Shadows reach
Holding tight
Perfect shape
Magic stance
Visionary
True romance
Quietly
So serene

Oh ancient dune
*What have thou seen

~

“I love you”
Sounds so much better spoken,
than written

I watched as the seasons changed,
painting the landscape in a myriad of colors
Filling the air with fireplace fragrances
as glowing embers reached to the heavens
safely out of harm's way
Gardens entered their slumber stage
while the last petals of summer’s bouquet
fell softly to the ground
Creatures big and small prepared for the chill
building dens or finding hollow logs
to call home
I see so much beauty at this time of year
but then I think, I’ve seen this all before
nothing new, nothing innovative
just the same old, same old

And then I turn and gaze upon the last leaf
on a lonely branch of an old oak tree
fluttering in the wind and I think,
now that is creative…
even nature is waving goodbye to me

I see…the sun
on the horizon
The moon
upon the night

The flowers
in the garden
So lovely
and so bright

The birds
among the branches
The fish
in every sea

But none
shall bring the beauty,
your love
it brings to me

I see…the mountains
so majestic
The grasses
on the hill

A snowy
winter morning
That brings
a wondrous chill

A little baby
laughing
Its smile
ever free

But none
shall bring the beauty,
your love
it brings to me

I see…the skies
so blue, inviting
A small
secluded shore

Along a
tiny island
The scenery
so pure

A shady spot
for resting
Beneath
a maple tree

But none
shall bring the beauty,
your love
it brings to me

My poetry *****



I’m so tired of writing

My fingers are sore

My poetry *****

I’m becoming a bore



Sticking a verse

In front of your face

Oozing with love

All over the place



Creamsicle colors

Metaphors thick

Wasting your time

Making you sick



Finding a title

Spending the time

Just like this poem

Something to rhyme



Or it could be free-verse…

Drifting on metallic clouds in copper spoons

dreaming in patterns of silhouette shadows

and my foot falls asleep



Maybe a Senryu



Read at your own risk

Dumb crap being written here

***** bags needed



Perhaps a Haiku



Softly floats the bird

Atop morning glory skies

**** thing **** on me



Or a Tanka, a Sonnet

A Villanelle or an Assterring

The last one is nothing

I made up the **** thing



So you see I’m no poet

Least not anymore

For what you are seeing

Is what you abhor



And I’m not complaining

Not here on this screen

My pen is on empty

I’m ready to leave



I’m so tired of writing

My fingers are sore

My poetry *****

I’m becoming a bore

Staring at an end

Lost, on a shattered plain of existence
Counting crows circling over head
Naming them to make them seem familiar
Friends with black wings
Looking down
Screaming across the valley
High pitched warnings
Feedback off of dark clouds
Lying here alone…once again alone
Wondering what I could have or should have said
Sifting the waters of my mind
Searching for that one gold nugget
That last shining piece of hope
That I can hold in my hands
But it is not there
And my friends are getting closer
Lower, a hungry expression on their faces
Drooling at the thought
And I point and yell
There is nothing here
Nothing left
Just an empty soul
Staring at an end

Here is a tale of a dog and a cat
And a *** bellied pig, so pink and so fat
Of days in the garden alongside a farm
A whimsical story of magic and charm

The dog as he was of bushy descent
Yellow in color where ever he went
Digging a hole was his prime source of fun
As a matter of fact he had just finished one

The collar he wore was a leathery find
With studs made of silver so brightly it shined
His tail ever wagging, a happy old guy
He hung with is friends as the hours passed by

The cat on the other hand, sleek and so fine
A coat made of orange with stripes it combined
Cleaning a habit I see in all cats
But this one was special for it wore a hat

A tiny straw chapeau with fine feathered brim
A ribbon of pink that was wrapped round her chin
Though not really sure if a cat finds the style
But more as I looked I would bet that she smiled

And there to her left with a snort and a grunt
Was a portly built fellow the legs of a runt
Fine wispy hair that did cover the skin
With a gather of long ones that hung from his chin

Puffing along an attempt to keep pace
The dog and the cat and the pig they would race
Faster and faster they’d run through the fields
Though what was the secret of friendship revealed

None were the same as they differed and so
Still bound together a’ running they’d go
Never before as I think about that
Has a dog or a pig ever friended a cat

For ever so prissy, no memories jog
A cat who was friends with a pig and a dog
Though still I could see right abreast of my eyes
These three companions did bring the surprise

What is the moral of all that I see?
It sure does not matter of your company
Whether a dog or a pig or a cat
You can make friends with whomever you chat

People are different in color and race
But everyone seems to be wearing a face
A face that can smile, a face that can cry
A face that can hello or even good bye

If only we look at each other the same
Will we find fortune in learning their name
No matter the differences that we might see
It pays for each of us to every time be

Nice to each other and all things like that
Just like the dog and the pig and the cat

-

The pieces are scattered everywhere,
don't bother picking them up

-

What if tomorrow never comes,
will I still remember today?