little gypsy rose
do you still recall the way
patiently await
been too long since I’ve hugged you
hoping your smile still shines through

my vagabond child
I miss those loving hugs
recalling their warmth
take is easy watch your step
make that turn head north to home

your life without care
those reeling from this feeling
see into your heart

universal turn
ultimate destination
destinies collide

three epic journeys
wise men head south looking east
mysterious ways
star of Bethlehem staring
led to his tiny manger

eternal bees toil
producing natures nectar
humans have snapchat
no more michael angelos
auguste rosins rodins

why do you have to
leaving my shivering cold
darkness finding fear

cosmic wheels revolve
always coming back around
smoothed by endless turns

never saw the end
just kept barreling to it
those memories blurred
savor moments  my advice
as relish for later life

peering through mirrors
finding what’s hidden inside
seeing the unseen

it just leaves
interrupted dreams
briefly seen

people who tailgate
don't like to be

she's that whisper of something real
in this world of make believe
she's that flash of golden brilliance
in darkness surrounding me
she's that feeling you fear to lose
inside such a desolate space
she's the rock my beating heart rests
steady in this unstable place

we shared star kissed light
tripped through kaleidoscope eyes
till that morning sun
highlighted my night’s vision
found my soul mate that bright night

fanning wild eyed flames
scorching cells in blinding heat
burning common sense
leaving morons smoldering
in ashes of their vile hate

evening fire burns
eyes staring through dancing lights
hypnotizing me

flames burning
melting the days pain
ill thoughts fade

watching flickers die
embers holding their days gain
it's weight still lighter

leaving ash
to be swept away
as 'morrows trash

ancient aspen king
beetle shredded armor
defiantly stands

believe nothing told
lies as truths easily sold
crap is getting old

end always looming
dark specter ever scanning
sickle glistening

rockets will be launched
on jubilee saturday
shining with red glare

cold electric stare
faceless futuristic affair
missing human care

wondrous spirals seen
heavens swirling galaxies
your eyes aqua green

tis patience testing
watching succulence collect
ever sweet reward

frozen park Sunday
snowy men waving away
moose eating carrots

I’m a grain of sand
his words as thundering waves
washing over me

broken down
seized rusty hinges
decaying
behind brown stained glass
humanity cries

arriving by twos
trumpets herald their return
nature's endless love

crossing approaching
acres away yet closing
no other way through

never really is
it instantly becomes was
now's already gone

glistening shadows
behind ever falling snow
wondrous winterscape

once young features aged
weathered under beating rays
down rivers dried bed

air is light
water is heavy
so tears fall

vastness shrinks
souls searching conclude
stars collide

people just walk by
without simple eye contact
let alone hello

formless shapes retreat
before light slowly creeping
exposing darkness

outer noise
grows ever silent
inside good books

morning peaks dusted
confirming winter descends
falls final color

movement in silence
muted rivers flowing out
time trickles away

I was twenty five
destiny’s comet shot by
so I hitched a ride

luminescent mind
overshadowed by neon
in darkness comes light

on my knees I fall
with remembrance to those lost
Memorial Day

pain never ending
riding consequences train
rain rusting my tracks

blues rock me harder
right down to my rotten core
from there I can feel

her vision my guide
drawing me ever closer
those green eyes beckon

freezing dark falling
coldness lingers eternal
outside winter fires

nothing of this world
has measure beyond today
spirits travel light

this horror so real
pulls tears from our deepest wells
leaving thirsty souls

walking darkened roads
beaten paths worn long ago
street lamps haunting me

words like light absorbed
teachings as air so inhaled
sharing his story

my dreams are the wind
trapped in my desperate sails
tacking home to you

ship in a bottle
sunset sailing forever
glassy seas surround