As you cried on my shoulder,
it watered the flowers that you planted in my chest.

Lilies in the long grass
wild with tigers, striped orange
under trees, cool canopied
buds of sun blossoming
pretty cats slumber
sleek they dream.

Nights,
twitching whiskery
breathing slow
slinking low
as if to stalk
shock the sallow moon
hunt and growl
purr and prowl
animals whispering
stark the tiger lilies
glistening.

When you come home
bring forth a garden, a storm
all the colors of you
a flower petaled rain befalls me
a soaking, sweeping view
from mountains you come
calmly with rain
deep from earth's core
sweet with petrichor
encircling softly warm
attracts me magnetically
stupefies me uncontrollably
though I know the killing hour
will come crushing, empty and forlorn.

Oh these doves they are cooing crazy
a language full of sunrise colors
with a variance of blues they coo
and soon the quails - laughing
the way they do in their morning mood
smaller birds chirp and shrill
the air is melodic music filled
here amid this cactus garden
halcyon songs to the sun
and too these flowers
explode in petals pale yellow
blooming high in the saguaro towers

I woke early to silence
but for the whirring of a fan
the stillness before dawn
I wrote these words
though they never convey
the pure heart of morning
or pure the song of the first bird.

I find myself here, wild
roaming the long road home
to no one belong

Spend all of these days
together or alone

Survive the heave and cleave
the warp, the weave
of winding years

A lifetime, a spiral of
trying
flying
dying

the life in the body thrives on realization,
of the path the minds workings define
what our hands and eyes seek
our destiny set into motion
while the heart lingers to reveal
its joy, cares and feelings
the opportunity of growth  our path the rewards  
hope dreams spontaneity of life teachings
revealing our full understanding of desires
our nature yearning to be released
from the grip of Earth survival
to live in spirit of love to know
our future to hold power over our destiny
to rule by love,power or greed to inflict our seeds
onto others demanding our way of being
this our chosen life released onto the living realm
Earth in the  milky-way galaxy
traveling 1 million miles each and every day
thru the Universe a collection of elements
when joined produce life a meaning
protect the planet let us thrive
like the busy bees we are
rule your being you only know what you know
thrive.....gjmars 5/12