words escape me
to whom words are life's blood
I cannot understand cruelty
I cannot understand blithe indifference to suffering
especially of the innocent
I cannot accept it as business as usual
only in a holocaust does it have any explanation
never justified
mourned
as I do now
golden fixtures cannot shield the guilt
bloated wallets lose the tether to humanity I assume
how sad
how disgusting
I will not speak of it
it is shameful
it is embarrassing
it stalks my rest
my conscience weeps
it renders me
silent
with disdain
I am silent

you do not know me
i stand aloof
the sea of life swirls round me
i do not speak
i wish to speak its true
but all thoughts flow inward
absorbed and stored
i do not know the form
to flow them out again

from time to time i am struck
by a random object
an accusation
a missile aimed in passion
an idea
a plea
they are all as one to me
i am what i am
without intention
i stand mute
and deflect what i cannot hold
and yet
i have untold power
why?

because i stand
and do not bend
do not judge
do not wonder
do not mock
and am not swayed by prayers
i love only the sun which warms
and the rain which cleanses
tears do not move me
it is easier this way
i like the wind
music is pleasant
quiet is peaceful
life is good
sky

tell me when you need the hand
the voice of me the inner seed
tell me when your grip is weak
and you are slipping down

whisper that you need my truth
the one I bounce off other walls
the one I sing in darkened rooms
the web I weave to hold your slide
and I will hurry to your side
you know I will
as I abide
Sky

you hold my captured heart
you hold my tender self control
you hold my trembling smiles
at uttered word
I am besotted
the flower petals with one tiny finger
touched in awe
this world is new
and I am new because of you

the music that I know
I pour out to your wondering ear
My spinning skills
I weave the stories and the rhymes
and just for you
an audience of one

I realize I journeyed to
all along
and now arrived to give to you
my little precious soul
sweet baby love
discovering this world again
beside your heart
I enter in
to this my heaven
gratitude seems small
but that I am
for you
Sky

today the wind chimes stir
making wind music
this is a free service

today the small birds sang quite loudly
just before 5 am
in their practice hall
in the cedar
beneath my window
there was no charge for this wake up call

today the hummus was creamy and full of roasted garlic
small fee for my stinging tongue
happy tummy

today the ego puppets
danced upon the great stage
tiny twirling morons spouting lies
gathering their fatted treasures for counting in the dark
pathetic in their stark decay
hiding under makeup
a great price
but Im going to the ocean
the blowing wind there is free
and smells cleaner
sweet and pure
reality against the darkness
truth against absurd
Sky

you wave to me
i feel the air sing
i am sheltered from the rain
the one with flooded fields
merging river, ditch and farmlands
here upon my rock
ark upon the muddied sea
you dazzle in your green leaves
swaying overhead
you filter heaven

i watch
quiet dying embers
others gone to blankets
saying my farewells
you paint a night sky
silent weaving fingers
branches on the moonscape
waving me goodbye

i recall
frozen winter landscape
sea of white enamel
your branches etch the sky
there you stand my sentinel
my memory can cling to you
on that horizon
anchoring the seasons

sky

dog
barks at the moon
rails at injustice
mourns a lost bone
howls out loneliness
chases fast cats
uses the big bark
growls out fear
chases its tail

dog
sleeps at noon
licks its parts
dreams of stolen treats
chases slow cars
running while sleeping

dog
barks at the moon
unreachable
vastly superior
gloats with disdain
laughs at absurdity
feeling its power

dog
jumps up a sudden
eats up the moon
dog licks its chops
licks its parts
goes back to sleep
there is a lesson
for the moon
you are never too big
to get eaten

sky