Hot Chai is Heaven
A twist of lemon tastes right
It permeates soul

Somewhere the sun is dying,
sinking west
& rising east,
somewhere the sun is born.

And who can blame me
for such wanderlust,
none of this is my fault,
I carry it deep in my chest,
my heart pumps hard,
it's genetic.

I come from along line of fierce nomads,
who blew like grains of sand
over the endless dunes
of never never lands.

They were dreamers too.
Scorched by the sun
tested by hellfire,
some were liars,
lied to protect the bloodline
from unsavory foes.

And did you know
we breathed the same air
as Caesar & Alexander & Genghis
& lesser warriors.

Inhale her fragrance
Gentle kiss circular twist
See her excitement

I don't want to be
another drug of intermittent choice,
a replacement for your glass bottle,
when it sits idle on your shelf,
waiting for you
to return to the package store
to replace it,
while my heart drains empty
with the next one.

Seems the older I get,
the more I realize
how true cliches are.
Like the sayings,
you win some, you lose some
& there's a sucker born every minute,
love is blind.
And I think about,
what goes around, comes around,
and it makes me understand better
why there are so many broken hearts
not growing fonder.

Time for a cup of tea
A burning Nag incense stick
Sacred mat movements

Can words
really tell another
who we really are.
It seems our
dreams & realities
blend somewhere,
most times get
lost in translation.

And,
the hardest thing to do
is trying
to figure
this all out.

Will we ever,
or are we destined
to read & write forever?

I wonder what Shakespeare would say,
or some of the many others
I really want to know!

Pondering in space
You lie wondering about
your place in the sky

My life surrounds me
in disarray
it seems,
in big dreams,
in high adventure,
fantasies & histories,
the scribblings of poets,
the words of scholars,
the writings of common people,
and the wisdom of sages.

Pages & pages of diatribe,
configurations told in
stories from the soul,
bleeding hearts,
fancy covers and some not so,
but as real,
as different
from the next true fable,
straight from
the same universe.

And if you really want to know me,
if you even care,
gander at my collection,
take a quick peek,
stay awhile &
read what's on my shelves.

And just so you know,
I really would like to know
what's on yours,
truly
I would.