This light that follows me
I love its caress
Never let me live in darkness
Bathe me until I am whole

This shrinking violet that created Man
A fragile pawn of innocence
So many years
Why must I shrivel and die
Why must this tree ravage my fruits
I'm laid bare, this visible me

Soft floral hangover brought on by beige innuendo
Pastel sobriety wanes during my chocolate rage
Overflowing burgundy mishaps engrained in my blooming psyche
This stage I perform on abloom under caramel clouds
I wade knee deep in banana flora

I stand here translucent
Shine through me sunlight
Finish my portrait, colour my grays
Until no shadows remain

Prose rattles my cage
To be the doormat of inane
Speak the truth as they dance on graves
Hollow angst will marinade, too little too late
Meaning evaporates, banal finds gray in this toothless parade

For the casket of the fallen
On the backs of the brave
Uncommon is the valor
For a soldiers final day

Cornbread is the concrete
Kentucky blue grass a fertile mane
Gravy is the mothers milk
For this bond that we share
This country music love affair

The statue of a common place
The willow supply my shade
Elvis grinning like a butchers dog
The heart of Dixie fades away

For a song of redemption
Fields of wheat and waves of grain
Tree roots caress a coffins hold
A country music serenade


Merry Christmas to the poetry elves

The ground below me whispers
Moist , subtle breath of remnants remain
This chorus , this heartbeat
It lingers amongst strangers
as they celebrate in hush memoirs
Again and again
Drinking from eternities glass
This overflowing canard as voices collide
We all just wait
"Grass is greener"  some people say


Who let the dogs out