A thought of your whisper
came to my heart not my head
I knew it was really you

hurtin' for certain
sweating out lasts nights mezcal
mexicali blues

slow tides rise
creeps to shallows end
always on time

my dreams never died
instead they drifted on by
that cloud has two eyes

Swimming hard  for hours
Pulling toward  a far point beacon
Never drawing closer

Revolting and repulsive
words champagne sippers prefer
as he digs for food

Low flying full clouds
Heavy down filled layered
Snuggled in safe warm

Reaching up then downward
Toward earth the angle oak arm
Extends a helping hand

snow slowly melts
falls this time faster
then ever did before

                    life is always fleeting
                    counted days decreasing

take time to sip
from her swollen rivers
now in springtime flow

         along tides now rushing past
         enrich your soul in her bounty

life's quiet moments
the ones between your sips
those worth cherishing

can come in rushing tides
when you least expect such peace
on the currents of melting snow

laying in clover
hearing fall breezes pass by
winter clouds in tow

hurried drums beating
as time's tempo quickens pace
the cymbal crashes

Ive been here before
in a dream, more real than real
Am I back dreaming?

today I straighten
walk tall, no self doubt, upright
maybe tomorrow

Some just, well, must obsess
over the issues from the past
Combing over details to the last
Wishing things had been different
If they had done this with more intent
Did that this way not that, hell bent
Opening and closing this drama, trying
Again and again, crying and dying again
Every single time and again, Time better spent
On what to learn and apply Is what’s meant
Past proves present unless you love malcontent
Let the  past go. It’s so simple yet
Not many can do it takes practice
Forgiveness, redemption, commitment

This ever subtle breeze
just felt here, on it's way there
will grow to a storm

Words flow from poets
As bars from a pickers guitar
‘Ol ******* fingers
weaving musical stories
Like poets word harmonies

They are all gone now
Everyone before you, swept
away in your wake
drifting old sirens drown in
surging aqua blue currents

magic carpet ride
floating along carelessly
then the rug gets pulled

her eyes.
     ...he sighed
her eyes!
     ...he cried
her eyes?
     ...he died

mom's porcelain skin
perfect still but showing wear
mona's secrets kept
even as father time counts
strikes against ageless beauty

four toe heads all tan
launching lures and cannonballs
salts healing skinned shins

summer's grand blossoms
fields bursting in wild colors
honey will be sweet

crows feet creeping in
shadows forming where sun hits
yet I cherish life

autumn leaves
birch trees
****

her hair shimmers blonde
just as before, I recall
with a touch of grey

silence flutters by
gently upon warm breezes
spring arrival

slowly emerges
finally gains frozen ground
light defeating dark

with colors fading
everything shading gray
look out stained windows

reckoning time comes
seasons lived, souls weighed, one judge
don't be found lacking
secrets to be had for all
in unconditional love

***** getting this old
Kids ridiculing me, cause
I text with one finger

mass hive formation
minds collected for nectar
free bee extinction

falling rain again
puddles collecting curbside
hopscotching around

Illumination
When she saunters by the bed
Excited, I hit the lights

mocking birds
parrot others words
robin turds