low hanging peaches
as the sun reaches
the windy beaches
eating juicy fruits

Listening for night
Feeling for light, the dawn sun
Seems so far away
From this cold and lonely place
My deaf, blind heart led me to

winter melt
meanders along
swelling spring

cascades
emotional mountains
flowing down

may rises
flooding rivers
burst forth

Returned pages of this worn out letter
Written so long ago on wasted paper
Yet, I read those words over and over and
again and again dying to read a different end
Always hurling around that same tired bend
Reading the same three words we always said
Whether I close my eyes or open again this sad
Tragic tale unfolded on paper long stained
The one saying I love you goodbye the end

late sun still warming
milky glacial stream slips by
as twilight life goes

shimmer a while more
such travesty fading light
life among twilight

belugas stopped by
bobbing down Turnagain Arm
marsh mellows swimming

yellow fades to brown
hinting winter's darker days
as northern lights dance

counting all seconds
sixty minutes, hours too
in waiting for you
tripping over all pauses
between ticks, when time does stop

new life starts to grow
in sediment of old floods
no rain no rainbow

trampled under foot
left behind for dead, alone
one voice to guide me
one solid rock to lean on
found peace in eternal love

Afternoon sun pops through
Golden streams between gray shades
the spring sun prevails again

embers slowly burn
pulling me ever deeper
in seductive flames

In the spring I knew it all
As Summer was a ball before the Fall
Into Winter when I look to recall

It hurts to see you
Staring at your reflection
Not seeing that smile

beneath slate grey skies
before their flurries begin
calm settles within

If forever is never
And I never stopped loving you
Then I love you forever

Steel Wheels Eighty Six
****’s head in a mushroom cloud
light dreams riding home

lights to recall you
solemn flames dancing on whispers
scenes of you, linger
fires flicker as angels dance
candles lit in remembrance

early morns better
each letter, word clear crystal
my mind unfettered

he painted today
just another masterpiece
late evening skies
beautiful blue border blurs
ominous orange clad clouds

his brush knows color
naturally gifted strokes
created with such ease
countless shades never ending
signed by artist with much love

felt, just like a breeze
from the far ends of this world
I can feel your soul

they picture themselves
reaching out for strangers nods
living through lenses

Angel dropped her sash
Pink, floating , engines roaring
The day, just starting

heard that so softly
worded, silently whispered
obeyed the warning
above screaming agony
forgive yourself to break free

Red stains on my back
dangerous passion, scars me,
same sharp clawed woman
ripping, tearing, and mending
this fragile, sensitive heart

morning cup brewing
popping bacon in mom's pan
golden grits stewing
flipping through dad's Sunday rag
saying grace for all I've had

Pretty sure I’m gonna die
Seems it’s inevitable
God, what aisle are breadcrumbs on?

early plated sky
above obsidian hills
distinction by light

sun bleached and wind stripped
Mans ill intent, sand blasted
Blinded  eyes tearing

Glacier melt to waterfall
Frozen hearts thaw with light
solid gold veins, coursing, remain

daylight fades sooner
in the land of midnight sun
the darkness draws near

wild canine howls heighten
under northern light apparitions
lean times are coming

while frantic brown bears scour
glacial streams for half dead salmon
fat reserves needed

purple fireweed fields
have turned a dead shade of brown
soon to be covered white

big game herds panic
as caribou calves snuggle close
carnivores prowl near

the falling is short
not much time to prepare
winter is coming

Crimson orange curls swirl
Cinnamon sprinkles sun kissed cheeks
My oldest beauty is rare indeed

Aging moms frantic calls
The sun peeks in going by
The chair rocking soothes me

I'd rather whiny like a horse
than die like a sheep