time and time again
ticking away in that head
making you cuckoo

as ants just line up
carrying leaves to the queen
five o'clock traffic

elegant creature
weaving silky strands smoothly
wrapped tightly around

he did die for you
with such small earthly troubles
yet you still suffer

hollow aching heart
empty halls wailing echos
such sorrowful beats

frozen earth
hardened ice landing
bruised ego

quiet gray fall day
peace descends in yellowed leaves
cold acceptance calls

mountain top picnic
magical family place
how many more times

my heart felt compass
guiding always toward home
warm in bed with you

times grand illusion
earthly scars never lasting
staring into mine

keeping embers warm
hoping for kindling to spark
flames passion ignites

slow drips become sheets
falling ever so sideways
these storms pass as well
but their skies return clearer
deeper blue grass much greener

master gardener
pruning each garden heirloom
till ripe for picking

truth extinction
did it ever really exist
ask chatgtp

our last goodbye
tears fill these tired eyes
still

streaming information
unrequested intrusions
filters seem futile

such lovely milkmaids
nurturing those young monarchs
till they spread their wings

cloudy eyed old man
half deaf but barks to whispers
still knows it's treat time

inside asylum
fear locking your thoughtful mind
wearing masks outside
your isolation complete
total subordination

what man stands fore me
in full length yet barely seen
himself a whisper

stubbed my toe
so I stopped walking
problem solved

sabres rattling
this stolen freedom means war
Patriot Promise

she buckled my knees
glancing my way eyes clear blue
my beating heart skipped
after my feet a'flutter
her gravity pulling me

I'm the tails of this churning milky way
spinning out trying to cling on
to the center of my universe

sometimes those stars move
weirdly across the night sky
i often wonder

rustle
leaves whisper
patience

thoughtlessly living
nothing really worth grasping
blissful ignorance

frozen white footprints
heading westwards setting sun
warming light fading

circus clowns
jerking us around
fools abound

i already knew
knowing you as a dream first
then seeing you there
an angel glancing at me
our souls initial embrace

the tiniest spark
ignited fevered passion
fueling our love

forever
melting our hearts
together

racing to morning
daylight chasing forever
another day seen

something luscious near
hinted within summers breeze
my senses tingle

light surely gaining
sun's shyness waning away
yet winter flexes

death becomes some
living as already dead
never seeing life

dormant willow bloom
nestled in winter cover
aching to burst forth

within that mountain
lays gold of untold value
now get to digging

new life springs from old
growing in heavenly light
defeating darkness

flaming feathers rise
cinders among ash descends
below roots take hold

thank you for giving
in forgotten places love
such as needed most

rainy days
bring endless comfort
until it stops

scream to the lonely
your loved by others alone
together as one

stopped loving myself
sharing brought more in return
brothers and sisters

when currents flow on
fighting rips dragging them past
outstretched hands reaching

this dream came in waves
from the heat of the summer sun
on wings of pelicans just following along
as we laid among the dunes
away from prying eyes
dreaming of days
just like this
dream

she radiates warmth
among this most bitter cold
my eternal source

we danced on and on
losing ourselves in rhythm
till morning bells rang

liquid like yet dry
fluid without direction
leaving faintest trace