That sweet devilish smile
Wrapped in sweetened blood red lips
This Fire burns deep inside

filled with hope
empty glass of wine
lipstick stained

Hot tin roof rain dance
Mile long waves crashing in
Water rocks me asleep

as beauty entered
she floated effortlessly
on pure elegance

capital beauty
majestic white  rotunda
where freedom still rings

slowly dawn fades
misty valley floors appear
the morning dove calls

Contentment
In the arms contracting my breath
bating, waiting for the first of the morning light

I tried to protect you
from the heartless, dangerous
to sweet souls like you
turned me into the monster
I became, I was, I changed

caught in the dusk
where life loses it's focus
between dark and light
shades of things converge
as the polestars emerge

Bo's clay fell today
the little palm print in laid
my boy, young again

rustic sealed purses
slit open, sea water in pearls
succulent beauty

Did you have somewhere to be
The way you looked at me, I thought maybe
You’d stay, I guess you had someone else to see

Time speeding up, every second, faster
Barreling at break neck speed , recklessly
Unavoidably spiraling out of control

scene flashes, brightly, sparks
single moment, perfect, light
found you, framed you, forever

she brings me such joy
helps lifts the dark clouds and drives
stella’s blues away

They return in pairs
Great white gloves fluttering in
Nature’s horn section

bleak november skies
cold winter death soon arrives
corpses covered white

morning hue
shining silver dew
always new

I'm gonna be ready
Planning my words as I speak
when you start coming
back around again, see me
getting straight thoughts not yet said

two legs but four wheels
telling people this and that
Mother hasn't changed

black mountain wind sock
filled with the charcoal colored air
man's dark deadly mark

The salmon struggle
in the current passing me
on their own one way up
the river trip to eternity

What could they be thinking
swimming loving rotting sinking
Watching fish doing a mindless thing
Wasting struggling dying for nothing
but alas, that bright silver young-ling
so alarming to see mindful fish doing
a simple mindful thing

whispers with kisses
heating cool morning wishes
early sun rises

Yellow green pollen
Swarming  the butterfly
She brushed them onward
To there final resting place

window framed picture
pastel palette on display
god painted morning

Your mind says you can't and you so easily agree
Your heart retorts, we can, trust in me
Mind fires back, you fool, can't you see the impossibility
Your heart once proud and full succumbs to your own negativity
Defeated withdrawn cold and dark a surrendered heart for eternity

mindless imps
followed pipers south
now they burn

White feathers entwined
The universal dance ensued
Spring is love just new

new day
everything still
even this roaring mind
bodies perfectly intertwined
renewed

carny wheel spins slower now
from above, her eyes, always closer
as he pays two fairs for one, to ride again

The sun sets but never stops
Life doesn't halt when the light ends
Don't fear the dark

The carny wheel turns
Slowly as a man quickens
To get on the ride again