Kale my lovely friend
I hold you in my hands
Feeling the strength of your commitment to life
Knowing that your life energy
Will heal
My ailments
I place you in my blender
With the flax of health
And the water
That sustains life
And I allow the blades
To create the pulp
That sustains
My be ing
Kale, my beautiful green friend
Only those who have tried
Will understand how you
Have touched my ailing heart
And given it life
Only those who are conscious
Understand
The true meaning
Of
Health

It takes a lifetime
To find our precious Selves
And finally come Home

Love is
Holding and caring
Making use of all our senses
Love is shaded
And holding
And pure
Love is clouded with doubt
And eager to please
Love is all there is
In a world
Where pain and suffering
Rule

Have  you ever thought about
What it would be like
Not
To think
To have a mind
So quiet
That one wonders
If they truly
Exist
Silence
And
In the silence
Thoughts form
And
I chase them away
And prefer to be
In
The
Silence

A boy walked by my window
And I liked him
And he was cute
And
I looked away

A girl walked by my window
And I liked her
And she was cute
And
I looked away

We’re in a world where ****** orientation
Brings confusion
And we don’t know
Who we are
Or who we’re supposed to be
Or act
In this world
Of chaos

Today is a day
Like any other day
Only, today I laughed
And cried
And mourned
And loved

Today I sought
And found
And searched
And won

Today
I thought about love
And Love
Thought about
Me

We sometimes wonder
What life
Is all about
I have no idea
And
I will never
Stop
Trying
To find out

My lie is in chaos
My life is a mess
I’m starting to go CRAZY
And I don’t feel blessed
I don’t have the virus
I’ve been staying in doors
It’s been weeks since I’ve seen
More than tiles on the floor
I know I should be happy
And have blessings to count
And I’m getting so bored
And my bills they do mount
It won’t be long
Before this all will be over
A memory forgotten
As I sit on my mower
Enjoying the sunshine
And people I’ve missed
When when will this happen
Don’t want to get p*ed
I’m counting down weeks
Minutes hours and days
Would love to go out
Enjoy life and some plays
And instead I sit here
On my computer I write
Poetry to remember
From chaos to light

The snow should come
I feel it in the air
Cooling wind that grips
The essence in my bones
And I cuddle into
A new sweatshirt
Bought online
In anticipation
Of the snow
And the cold
Of
Winter

Love
Emanates from the creator
Gathers in our hearts
And moves forward to touch others
Who have meaning in our lives

Life is a lived experience
Of that which is
And that which is meant to be
One step at a time
Moving forward in time
To become
What we were always meant to be

Friends are those
Who want to share
They show us love
And how they care
They listen to stories
And all our woes
They exercise with us
And touch their toes
We know their near by
Because they stay close
And even from far
They never boast
They never judge us
Or make us feel bad
And they allow us to be happy
And sometimes to be sad
A friend is a friend
Who our secrets will keep
When we stay up real late
They won’t fall asleep
We can giggle and talk
And still want more
From far away
Or just next door
We may not talk
For a long long time
When we finally meet up
We are partners in crime
So what is a friend
You may still ask
It’s a person who’s transparent
Without any mask

Why is it
That nothing feels
Real
I am in such a quandary
Because
The illusion
Is stronger
Than the
Reality

What does death feel like
Is there consciousness in death
Can we feel
Like we do
In life
What is the difference
One day I am here
And the next
I am gone
And
Who cares
Who cares
Whether I’m here
Or not
I walk a fine line
Unable to comprehend
Feelings tearing at me
Drawing me down
Into the abyss
Of life
How am I
To choose

I’m at the bottom of a hole
Sitting on the floor
Feeling as low as the concrete slab
I’m sitting on
I don’t know how I got here
Or how to get out
So..I just sit
And feel, and long for more
What could possibly
Have placed me here
And the strength I need to climb out
Just isn’t there
So I sit, and wait, and feel
And time goes by
And nothing gets done
And I’m still sitting
Cold
On the hard concrete
At the bottom of a hole
Hoping
Just hoping
That someone will come along
With a rope
And help me out
And
It doesn’t happen
So again
Here am I
Alone
Sitting on the cold concrete
Waiting
Until
Just until
I can pull my self
Out

You are everything
My life, my breath, my whole self
Only you can be

Love is such a small word
For the experience of a life time
That takes one
From the inner knowing of experience
To the outward joy of being surrounded
With safety and permanence
Love permeates
Takes over the bad
And makes it into
Everlasting good
One can do anything
Perform feats beyond their ken
When they
Are filled
With true, pure
Love

The question of why
Means I am more involved
In the thought
Than
In the action
Love is a game
Played by more than one player
For we come into life
With our baggage
And
If we don’t heal that
We are doomed
To repeat
Our
Mistakes

Life is a mixture
Of true and false
Sometimes happy
And most times sad
Never quite knowing
How my day will turn out
I plow through the many tasks
I set for myself
Always heading
Towards a goal
Of unknown origin
And I think
What’s it all about?

I love the way
You say my name
And tell me
Of my beauty
It makes me feel
Important
In your
Life

you say
we'll never be able to go back
and right now
that sounds really good
because back
can only get
better

Today is a new day
A new slate
To make of it
What I will
It’s nice to be able
To forget yesterday
And to live in the now
No worry
No fuss, no bustle, no drama
Just
Today

Have you ever had a day
Where nothing seems
To fit together
It’s like
I can’t find a place for myself
As I move
From activity to activity
And never quite
Complete
Any of
Them

It’s like
Trying to find myself
In a mind field
Of emotions

It’s like
Playing Russian Roulette
With an
Unloaded gun

Unsettling
To say
The least

So
How does one right themselves
As they fall from a high building
How does one attempt to complete life
In the slow down
Lane

How does one attempt
To live
A life that is
In stasis

Homebound
Twiddling my thumbs
Wondering
What to do
Next

I had a dream
And it was beautiful
It smelled good
It looked good
It tasted good
And now
It’s gone
I don’t really know
Or understand
Why
I felt the purity
Of its creation
And now
I can no longer hold on
To what is no longer
Both sides of an equation
Need to be equal
In the game of love
Both
Need to give
And take
More
Than
Themselves

Sometimes we wonder why
Someone has come into our lives
And then we realize
That we have found
The other side
Of
Ourselves

Floating
On a bed
Made of spidery webs
And flowing
Water
I drift into sleep
Wanting to stay awake
And finding consciousness
More and more
Evading

Harmony
Involves making sounds
In different orders
And experiences
A blending
Of the good
And not so good
A weaving of difference
That eventually
Come
Together

Helpless
I drift
In a fog
Of non-understanding
The world is in a mess
And I can’t
Make
Any sense
Of it

Sometimes
Just sometimes
My thoughts soar
And
Take over my Universe
And all that I have
Are
The thoughts in my head
And it’s so hard
To think
Over all that chatter
Sometimes
Just sometimes
I yell at my mind
To stop yelling
Inside of me
And taking away
My right
To choose
Sometimes
Just sometimes
I want
To be
In the
Silence
Without thought
Without action
Just
In the
Silence

Along the way
I found a home
For my thoughts
And some
I wanted to take back
And others
Were meant to keep

I love
Because
You are you
And I am me
Together
We make
A whole..

Life
A never ending stream
Of experiences
Which take me
On a roller-coaster
Of living
A cacophony
Of sights and sounds
Experiences
That take me
To my next destination
Always in movement
Stasis doesn’t exist
Chaos and order
And always
Love

Now locked in and  bored
This virus keeps us inside
Hoping it will end

Today is a day like all others
All things seem to meld into one
And I wonder what will excite
The spirit in me
Will love suffice? Or will adventure take the lead
What will remain important in my life
And what will I let go of
Only time
Will
Tell

Sometimes
We fall  in love
And then
That love
Slips away
And we have no choice
But to deal with it
And it hurts
And we don’t know
How to get past that
And
Maybe we don’t want to
Because
The love was SO
Beautiful

Lost and hopeless
Words
I never thought
I would speak
An emptiness inside of me
That feels like
Energy sapping fingers
Pulling at my innards
How horrible
To feel
This
Way
And not know
What to
Do
Headache starting
Looking for food
To fill the void
Emptied
By
Ignorance

There are times
When you think you’ve had
All the experiences
You will ever
Have
And then
You learn
That you have missed one
The one of
True love

Everyone needs to know
That they are loved
And that they belong
To some small space
On Earth

Everyone needs to feel
Like they’re life purpose
Fits in
To a larger
Plan

Everyone moves forward
On their life
Path
Knowing
And feeling
And living
Like they
For just a moment
Are as important
As the next

Everyone is part of a larger plan
Of existence
And
None of us
Knows
That
Plan

I wondered, curiously
Who you are
And found out
That you are
My heart stealer

I await my love’s desire
He comes to me in the night
Holding his hand out
To greet the new dawn
And I cuddle in
With anticipation
Of a new day

Sometimes
I wonder
And then
I give
Up

Awake early
Sitting at the table
With tea in hand
And thinking
Thinking can be a very
Dangerous sport
Because it causes the persona
To question
All that it is
And to feel and experience things
That are not real
I wonder, in my dazed state
What is real
And what  isn’t
And it is so hard
For me to know
The difference.
So
I sit at the table
With tea in hand
And wonder

All around me
Things are changing
And it feels
Like no matter what
I do
I
Can’t
Keep
Up

Poetry
Is a collection of words
That make sense
In the context
In  which it is written
And sometimes
The words
Mean
Nothing
At
All

I’m in the air
Floating
Feet not on the ground
Wondering where I am
I’m floating
Not feeling
Not aware of where I’ve been
Or where
I’m meant to be
Just floating
Floating
Floating

Now I lay me down to sleep
I open my heart
And into it I creep
And look around
And who do I find
A man of strength
And lustrous mind
And I say to him
You’ve found me now
You hold my heart
In your sweet brow
Please be gentle
And please be wise
Know that I look
With loving eyes
I’ll watch your step
Hold you when you falter
We'll walk our love
Right to the alter
As one we'll walk
Into what is to come
You leading me
Parts together in sum
I trust I see
And hold your dream
Walking together
As a loving team

So many days in solitude
So many days alone
Can only talk on SKYPE and ZOOM
Can only speak on the phone

I miss my social time with others
As we shared our hopes and dreams
Thought things would always be the same
And now life has changed, so it seems

My thoughts are wobbly
Don’t know what’s in store
Things couldn’t go on
As they were before

So changes are made
From the way life has been
More sensitive to
What has been unseen

We need to take care of
The Earth on which we thrive
Begin to understand
That love is prescribed

Until we make changes
Things will stay as they are
Unhappy and joyless
Was the old life on par

But now after being
Kept inside for so long
Our thinking has changed
From what was so wrong

Living in harmony
Is the way to go
Love compassion acceptance
Is the only way to grow

Into a new society
Where we embrace
All that’s same all that’s different
With love and with grace