Inside;
Deep inside.

There is no mention of what you hide.
The meaning is lost on the back of the page.
Did you really intend to steal it away
Or are you waiting for another day?

Where is the thought you intended to say?
I won’t let go of the mystery you made.
Down by the river our paths they did cross.
Let’s settle that moment before it gets lost.

You left in your own way; it’s unclear to me.
I said what you needed but you did not hear.
It’s naught but a bother, just something to know.
If you can find the time, I will share it with you.

On a wing and a prayer, we can both make do.
In the split of an instant, we can capture our dreams.
In the breadth of a moment we can find what we need.
In the time of a lifetime, we should share only peace.

Tell me what the reason is
Let me see the altered state
Move onto another place
I’ll guess my way into a chance you can see
Watch the ripples roll slowly by
You can make your own ripples without even trying
It all comes back in a different way
Depends on what you like to say
The mission here isn’t all that clear
The time we spend just watching the time
Could easily be used for something far better
It doesn’t really matter what we say or we do
We can’t go back
And we can’t really stay
Let’s just take what comes
And tuck it away

Jubilant lines splash the quiet page
I’m lost in the passages
I have to say
Token rhythms eek out from the seams
Blessed am I for seeing the sky
So close it is
I can almost touch
The clouds in the heavens
As they pass on by
I’ll take the ride
It’s a chance I know
But I can’t deny
This place in my dreams
Where I caught my own shadow
And learned to believe

Did that really just happen again
What a chance passage you read to me now
I can’t really tell if you meant it that way
It isn’t a thing I see every day
My mind’s twisted up by the play that you made
Not expected, there’s nothing to say
I never intended to pass the time
Musing so hard over this silly rhyme
Caught with my pants down
I laugh it away
Trapped in the moment
I’ll let it play

Back to my ******* of tricks here. Spontaneous words and meter. Well, there is an old scrap of poetry woven in here as well.

“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people” – Leo Burnett

Tossed my salad and read the news
Nothing is better when you have the blues
Set on a path of random destruction
Bent on the bar, it’s raised very high

I render the page any way that I can
And won’t rearrange it absent of reason
I contend with the moment as best I know how
Reliving the pattern I chose to believe

I believe in it all if there’s half a chance
Let’s settle the sound, we’re caught in a trance
Got no particular place to go
Tis reason to fly, it will help get you by

A shattered pane is all that I see
The window frame remains intact
You can’t always be as lucky as me
It’s time to let go and find your way back

Don’t ask me how we got so astray
To not come back in the usual way
With words and laughter and tears and jests
But then who knows?
                                      
                                           We may.

Once upon a time there came a hither
This nothing was but a better remembered
The thoughts of it’s mention
And lasting intention
Dream out in the night
And turn slowly near

Of all this untold, the fret won’t matter
The known and the true dance in tireless progression
The time that it takes
To close in the gap
Remains just a chance
That we hold in our hands

The story’s now near once again a hither
It’s never so close as away it becomes
How near yet how far
How bizarre can it be
To tread in this moment
And live what we see

Don’t let go of this vision you have
Don’t settle for less, just reach for the stars
It’s all a chance and nothing more
If you cannot try then what’s there to say?
If you cannot reach then what’s there to touch?
The picture unfolds as you turn the page
Lightning will strike with a furious rage but
I’ll see you again when clock turns round so
Please don’t let go of the thoughts we have found

Your whispers compel me.
Your magic defends me.
Your grace overwhelms me and
Your heart comprehends me.

Your spirit intrigues me.
Your light shines upon me.
Your presence does sooth me but
Your words do confuse  me.

Spinning a tale is such a dance.
Another chance to weave some rhyme.
Catching the wave and riding on high,
I reach for the heavens behind my eyes.

I’m watching the mirror as it reflects your face.
Spending each moment the way that you do.
The magic you hold in the palm of your hand
is here for a moment but the moment won’t last.

I don’t know where it all goes from here.
I can’t let go of such a novel state.
I won’t relax and I won’t be late.
I’ll create in the time you most surely await.

Weaving the threads on a golden loom
Inspiration moves me from room to room
I yearn for the source of the waters that flow
And touch at the sky with the reach of my eye

Your easy fancies,
The soft patterns you’re dancing,
They tug at my soul

Every chance, every moment
You leave me entranced.

I’m watching you tease daylight
While twirling through space.
You’re the heat of my moments,
The grace in my day.

You’re just searching for moonbeams
To light up my way.

You can dance me in circles
As we dream through our day.

It’s a deliberate act.
I don’t know why
we left it that way
for one more time.
I’m pouring over the
facts that I see.
Can you tell me now
what I should believe?
Time will tell but
I just can’t wait.
I’m drifting and dreaming
in an magic state.
My mooring is loose
but I’ll stay on the course.
Please let me know
if we can do it again.

Dancing  across the daylight
Or romping around in the moonlit night
Spending each moment of every day
We pass through the portal
To just get away

Beyond the void
Where there is no when
It’s not very easy to find the right way
To let loose the passion and watch it soar
In a fancy fashion we both can adore

Tossed in the moment
The lines break down
Catching a wave, time slips slowly by
With never a mention of where we have been
We’re seeking a new way to try it again

Dreaming right through to the hour of our waking
Remembering that which we think we have seen
Evolving our thoughts into little pictures
Assaulting the stage with memories fading
Making a vision of this fleeting design
Into the maelstrom these thoughts they do climb
Never was ever a story so measured
Got to get back to that place in my mind

4/23/2017

Your tender kiss
Formed a swirling mist in my mind
It left me there wondering
What else could I find if I opened my eyes?

Your gentle touch
Stirred the passion in my soul
And just for a moment, I tended the thought
Of what I could know if I touched you just so

Your wavy hair
Brushed away all my cares
And tickled my nose
For a moment or more

Your warm breath
Left whispers that rang in my ears
My heartbeat grew quicker
As you pressed yourself near

But...

Your magic compelled me
To open my eyes
And as my dream ended
You bid me good bye

Savored moments drifting through time
The quiet hour is where we find them
Drifting and dreaming across the sheets
Sliding around on the fabric we weave
Playing fiddles to a magical tune
They bounce and rattle around the room
Nothing is left but our moments in time
Anything lost is gained in rhyme
All that is dreamed in this special space
Is made for a moment we can’t replace

Watching you today
The way you played in the rain
Drenched from head to toe

A soul like new-fallen snow
Such wonderful glee to see

There is splendor in the lush green grass
Flowers bend lightly in a gentle wind
Wild strawberries dance in the spacious field
Grazing is easy in the early spring
Lost in the moment, the church bells chime
Sounding the hours, they ring and rhyme
A profound happy music cuts through the air
It’s soft on the ears and easy on the soul
Carried by the breeze, it makes us whole

Drip…

Drip…

Drip…

Splash…

A bubbling brook?

No…

It’s a raging sea washing over me.

Have I gone mad?
Yes, raging mad…but

I never felt so very happy.
Never felt I could feel so free.

Now is beautiful. The future is beautiful.
The past is gone but I’m still me.

I’m not a flea, just a speck of dust.
Just let me be and we shall see.

The world, the city, the house, the car,
The universe so near yet far.

How can I be so truly blessed?
What have I done to deserve this test?

I’m drowning here in the deep blue sea.
Happiness envelopes me.

It fills the void down deep inside.
Expanding vistas, once passed by.

Spilling waves across the page,
Can’t hold them back, they roll away.

Memories fly and I can’t decide.
Back inside, I cannot hide.

The current flows all over me
I’m happier now than I should ever be.

Drowning here in a sea of glee,
I’m taking chances merrily, so…

I’ll laugh till I cry as the tide rips by.
Fleeting moments never last this long.

I'll keep on swimming till the daylight’s gone.
Passing the hours with this joyful song.

You have soulful eyes
Wondering dreams dancing there
I see them and dare
To get lost in your vision
Your beautiful stare

Our love waltzes the moonlight
Your music flows free
We’re so wrapped up in magic
It’s hard to believe
In the song that we're singing

The stars are aware
Of the dreams we are making
The dreams we believe
They're revealing the sunshine

Leaving the darkness
As we walk through the garden
We're skipping through time
As another dream rises
On the horizon of your eyes

Breaking on a weathered shore
The waves of time in tempest rhyme
Relentless through the open space
They’ve left my mind in a scattered state

The winds of change have blown this way
Across the void into my dreams
Upon the mountains of my mind
And through the valleys they do whine

The trembling earth beneath my feet
Shakes me up and all around
Gravity’s tremors wrestle with me
To pull me down into the ground

A raging flame roars in my ears
I turn around to face the sound
That fire that burns inside of me
I hold it close but carefully

The churning vortex draws me in
Its clutch is great and the goal is clear
I spin and spin till the daylight’s gone
And find no end to its endless song

There’s nothing mentioned that can’t be said
But the wheels of fortune can’t be read
The mind of matter can’t be defied
And the rains from heaven will not be denied

When rain comes down to quench my flame
When the earth turns round and pulls me down
There’s very little that I can say
But I choose to take it my very own way

January 20th, 2017 (Inauguration Day)**

Let the people decide
Let the decision be final
Open your heart and do what is best
Let the trumpet sound from way up on high
Know what you say and say what you know
Believe that you matter and don’t let it go
I don't care if you approve of this message or not
IT’S MY MESSAGE!
Winners and losers are all the same
Money flies away on a mighty wind
It's all nonsense and the people lose
Nothing changes but it's time for a change

Getting away from it all again
There is no knowing how we'll sleep tonight
Away from here is where we'll go
Taking a chance on a brand new show
Chasing a now that only you can see
From here to there is where you’ll be
Your heart tends the fire
Your head measures time
Peace is the pleasure inside your mind

In the window
Etched there in frost
ɘyd booӘ

a barrage of leaves
bathing the trees at sundown:
the frogs croak along

Bursting in daylight
Buds are exploding into
A stampede of leaves