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

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

Alone again
With the possibility
Of finding myself
And instead
I chose
To find new love

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

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

Please
Don’t worry about my health
I can
Take care of my self
I’ve
Been around the block many times
And am
Still here
The last thing I need
Is a mother
So
Please don’t worry about me
I don’t

I drift
In a swirling world
Finding that my feet
No longer touch the ground
How am I to exist
Without the grounding
The necessary attachment
To the world
And I go elsewhere
Where feet don’t matter
And love guides the way
And my heart swells
And joins in the chorus
Of everlasting
Nothingness

Sometimes, Love is all there is

Who let the virus out
It’s so much easier
To believe
That it’s
An act of man
Than to believe that
It’s an act
Of
Nature

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

I awake in the morning
With a smile on my face
And I wonder and I hope
That this truth
Becomes a reality
I’m blown over
By the rapidity of feelings
And marvel at the beauty
Of it all

I am not the only one
Who has gone through
Extreme abuse
I write
For us all
So all who have lived this
Can know
That there is life
After
Death

Poetry
A way to express
All our longings
And misunderstandings
All our fate
And all our lost opportunities
Poetry
The voice
For
All

These times are so dreadful
I want to cry
Men hurting one another
I say with a sigh

Why can’t we imagine
A world without fear
A place to grow up in
That becomes very dear

But instead we move forward
With daggers in hand
We close up our hearts
And take a firm stand

When instead we could think
Of ourselves as a flow
Of loving pure kindness
And wisdom in tow

Perhaps then we
As a world could evolve
And all of life’s problems
We then surely could solve

There is so much
Sadness in my heart
I don’t know
Where it comes from
And it feels
So real
Tears almost in my eyes
Dripping down my cheeks
Almost there
And the sadness stops
Creating dis ease
And I want to cry
And
I can’t

I want to say something
And words
Cannot express
What I am feeling
Now
I wish
I could understand
All that exists
Inside of me
And
I
Can’t

Alive
Living life
I wonder what it feels like
To be
Actually be
Alive
I try
Lord knows I try
And still
It’s a struggle
To be
Alive

Meant to be stored
The thoughts
And memories
Kept rising to the surface
And I looked
And chose
Those
That were meant
To be kept

Have you ever played the game
Of hide and seek
With
Yourself
Have you ever felt
Like you want to
Start all over again
In a different way
What would you do differently
I kind of like
My life
Even though
It can get pretty lonely
And the only one
I have to talk with
Is
Myself
If I could change
Anything
In my life
I think I would
Be kinder
And more loving
To
My
Self

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

Can anyone tell me
What life is about
How we came to this world
Conscious beings on route
To a better time
And a better place
Flowing so strongly
With love and with grace
Tell me please if you can
What path I must take
To know who I am
Can’t make a mistake
Or I’ll have to come back
‘till I get it right
Over and over again
Until I gain insight
I want to know
Yes really to know
Why I came here this time
With lots of crap in tow
And how can I move
Beyond this old stuff
So want to be clear
And say it’s enough
So I think I will pray
In silence of self
Meditate for a while
Take myself off the shelf
And get to know
All of me and no more
Embrace and with love
A pure self at the core

Spring
Where are you
Why have you forsaken  me
Snow lies on the ground
And ice glints in the boughs
Of the heavily laden trees
The sun has hidden
For so many days
And darkness and gloom
Seem to rule our world
I long for the flowers
And the growing buds
On the trees
Now hidden
Under the
Blanket of snow
Rise up dear Spring
Show off your beautiful colours
And remind me
That love
And happiness and joy
Still exist
In this
Darkness

I think
Sometimes I really
Think
About life
And about
Sorrow
And happiness
And how to find
Both
In
The same
Life time

My dog
Has a shaggy tail
And the ability
To make me love
All of life
In his innocence
He brings wisdom
To my mind
And
As he shakes his tail
I am reminded
That
Love
Is all
There is

Today
Yes today
The day I live in
Forgetting about the past
Or the future
I want to
Live in the today
That I am
Creating