It's out with the old
And in with the new.

Spring cleaning
Rids my closet of

Bony skeletons
And chests of horrors.

All those times,
All those memories

That were swept
Under the rug,

Shake them out,
Beat the dust,

The feelings until
Last October's filth

Becomes clean again.
Repaint this room.

Refurbish that sofa.
Redo the tile.

Run your hand
Down the banister.

Feel the cinder's from
Last fall's fire,

The remnants, the remains.
Make my building

Like new again,
Untouched, as if

For the first time,
For the first buyer.



*May 11, 2011

Time
counting the grains of sand
each second
going through my hourglass
of existence

Time
fixed to one location
unchanging
no force can alter the effects
of movement

Time
in rhythm with all hearts
blood pumping
like sands of time through
the hourglass



*January 28, 2011

Warm and glowing
in this field, running
to meet you.
Mark this time
and place, mine
for all eternity.
In seasons new
we live this life, free
forever and always.
Hold my hand
this starry night, fingers
intertwined and connected.
Watch the nightlight
swell to morning, leave
it all behind.
One more day
until we meet, again
playing with reality.



*January 26, 2011

I just wanted to say thanks
thanks for caring
thanks for sharing
thanks for dreaming
thanks for scheming
thanks for living
thanks for giving
thanks for believing
thanks for achieving
thanks for adoring
thanks for exploring
thanks for being
thanks for seeing
thanks for doing



*January 21, 2011

run with me
through the woods
we once called home
up and over
the fallen trees
right on down
to the waterfall
climb the hidden stairs
where youthful insight and
imagination ran wild
take my hand
hold
breathe
close your eyes
and jump
fall through the times
we once called home
in these woods
we once called home
let gravity grab hold
to the memories
we lived that day
that time
that year
we once called home
hit the water
and reach for the surface
of our lives anew
to this time
we now call home



*January 18, 2011

Raindrops on sidewalks echo the sound
Of my hollow steps. Left, right, left,
Right?
Forever forward to a destiny that
Hides in the shadows. Going, going, going,
Gone?
A life unfolds with hollow form
Waiting to be filled. Empty, full, empty,
Full?
Hollow steps the shadows be filled
With beginnings and endings. Life, death, life,
Death?



*January 6, 2011

Head and Heart
connected.
One in one
and
two in two
work like clockwork,
machinery.
Push and pull
with
give and take.
A balancing act
judged.
World of love
and
planet of hate
combine and conquer
all.
Ignore the head
but
hide the heart.



*January 4, 2011