Heard old time jazz on
Flapper era, thought of you
how you danced to it

flapjack breakfast love
buttered up and sticky sweet
I licked that plate clean

reflecting
sunlight highlights our scars healing
finally seeing what God has been planning

that angel oak looks easier to climb now
hanging over that old street of my youth
now walking a proper shady oak lane

'save the trees!' they yelled
plastic billionaires lobbied
laughing all the way

I'm so blessed, truly
Blind squirrels find nuts, luckily
God led me to you

I just stopped caring
As the hummingbird stops it’s own heart
Then I started beating again

I only gave you my heart
Thats sad enough
But you came for another sacred soul
Thats bad eenough
I couldn't give you that which is not mine
So I said enough
But you came a lurking anyway
You never had enough
Souls are eternal gifts from above
I just wanted enough

no sounds made
watching sitka deer
tiptoeing

low hanging peaches
as the sun reaches
the windy beaches
eating juicy fruits

The clubs are my brushes the courses are my empty spaces
Coloring with wide draws and drooping fades
I sweep in a birdie as my friend counts his paces
I yearn for the roars and the smiles on their faces

When I was young and a day was thirty six not twenty four
Now I am done in nine I wish I could play more
But tomorrow I will paint on a new canvas with a new score
Some say it a nice walk spoiled, I couldn't ask for anything more

Late night wind dancer
On glass, slow shuffle juke jive
Wind gust changing time

may rises
flooding rivers
burst forth

Al's always alone
asking alms along avenues
accursed and abandoned

She came on a storm
Leaving heart break in her wake
to destroy my world

Dull moon light, parts the bed
writhing limbs, tangled in sweet scented sweat
as the stars jealously peer in

stare into yourself
beyond those familiar lines
into the hidden

If the next best thing
always your shiny new thing
Glad I'm an old thing

thunder heard in striking eyes

It’s all I can do
trying to stay in your view
losing ground to you

No dew this morning
Cold air blowing in, halting
Waters escaping
the ices winter clutches
fisherman put rods away

Oaks angelic mystic
Man's old beard hanging from his
Tired skinny limbs

caged birds
never knowing flight
swing instead

it's always been this
my first glance to our last kiss
all eternal bliss
it's always been you, mistress
hearts eternal happiness

I exhale your name
Under my arms trembling
You breathing mine back

Flat top mountain hike
High above blue sky slowly rolls by
Beauty splayed before my eyes

time blasted pine sides
sand filled yards, abundant burrs
ghost crab paradise
found among sun kissed noses
lost among high rise dollars

eyes just overflowed
caught an unsuspecting moment
of beauty unobserved

Today is not the day to see what I've seen
Not with the sun shining and everything
From the horrors of paschendale
To that cross on a faraway hill
Humanity has left quite the legacy
From blood stained Hamburger Hill to
Mastering the art of wholesale butchery
I Never wanted to claim my ancestors yokes
The things I've seen are the devils jokes
Pitting man against man and brother against brother
Our sisters and mothers weep to each other
Oh, the things humanity makes me see
Wish I could swipe right and wipe clean
These wicked scenes of humanity

beneath slate grey skies
before their flurries begin
calm settles within

In the midst of drought
Nothings right, no one but us
Your touch primes my soul

I'm alone, it's night
I'm cold, it's clear, the stars watch
As I build a fire

rushing to compete
races only rats finish
living in contests

This new heart has felt
a protective layer, if not ready
When this young heart starts to feel

She’s a mystical child
Her spirit rises with moonlight
Dancing on wishes made

misunderstanding
stinging words twisted around
baby, i'm sorry

New life put on pause
Crows been silent stalkers, not
carnival barkers
All critters take care, sensing
deaths desperate last culling