Something haunting in the tone
of a wood pecker on a hollow drum
It echos in an empty heart

Ever felt a dark kind of aura
Someone nasty vile horrid
Always bringing you down
Leaving you caustic and bored
Life's little leeches and vampired hoards
Always take care be cautious but bold
Dont let them in to devour your soul
What you have is worth protecting
Be steady gates of oak
They flung theirs away and
Now have been told
To gather more for that evil dark lord
So, stay in the light snd
As your soul  told
Ever vigilant the devil never gets old
Always angling to give him your gold

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

final phase in life
one last stage, the sage within
concluding season

golden rays soon fade
earthly green dyed lifeless brown
dusted in fall frost

woke up to the rain
reached for my book in relief
not missing a thing

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

time lost without you
precious moments never had
seasons of love gone

Crickets warm up at summer dusk
the breeze cools the fire baked crust
spanish moss begins to wake

tourniquet tightens,
cutting valuable supply
can’t stop, my head throbs
watching you come in the room
lighting it up, strolling by

the air between us
fills with anticipation
as the heat rises

silence flutters by
gently upon warm breezes
spring arrival

The river currents heart
beats to the salmon tails
as both must keep time

Quiet lonely stroll
I stop to hear the wind blow
Even she has left me

yesterdays bounty
harvested dreams rot away
tomorrows famine

crazy life cycles
always throwing hay makers
took my shining star
shaded her heaven sent light
dimmed her, she still glows

still the same
beneath weathered eyes
your smile remains

law and order dies
chaotic times our headlines
big brother doth lie

she's a shredder
mindlessly rip you apart
crazy wood chipper

I ran into walls
I was scared and ran from walls
I stroll around walls

forests of old growth
shared ancient roots entangled
grew from the first tree

opaque moonlit sight
murky light on frozen white
illumes winter nights

thousand voices riding light
flashing across human networks
human ether connection

in my deep recess
where my true self goes to think
I take you with me

it's there and then gone
almost like light, flashing me
chasing lightening
blinding me for just moments
beautiful brilliance, blazing
illumination
glowing, bursting, glaring
dreaming in dazzling light

suicidal heart
leaving, reckless abandon
taking mine with yours

My kids think I'm rapping
When I put thoughts on a page
My kids think it's weird
How I put my thoughts on a page
My kids think it's crazy
Why I even write my thoughts on a page
My kids think I ripped
Whose thoughts on a page
My kids think poetry is gay
Until they read my thoughts on a page today

black cloud horizon
standing on this sunny side
parched leaves wave in praise

When I look at you
I don't see the hate
But, boy! I feel it, I think,
I even smell it, oozing,
from your open pores.
Thank you, duly noted.

the worst in rising up
is the coming down
and never ascending again

time lapses
old memories fade
as sun sets

life full of wonder
At the meandering ways
impossibilities
The Davids slaying evil giants
never surrender
The Alamo story not yet written
Emboldened
To never let you go or let you forget I love you

My heart may have been broken
but it never backed down from a fight
It didn't give up or surrender to fear
It will break itself against your mighty ramparts
To remind you why you chose me, love me
Trust me and need me when the tough times
Always seem to come.