turtle eggs waiting
for the signal to begin
terrapin station

till the morning comes
when last nights just memories
making love to you

tinker tinkering
life spent keeping clocks ticking
where does the time go

blue eyed ginger snap
sixties kid in modern day
scarlet begonia

storming horizon
driving away this long sun
looks like rain to come

he grows grass to smoke
spending hours tending his buds
jack's straw is the best

hurtin' for certain
sweating out lasts nights mezcal
mexicali blues

losing sight of yesterday
as tomorrow comes more in focus
I throw out my shades

Black kites circle high
Tightening Slowly descending
Dark wings block the light

old hickory stump
provided great grand dad shade
chanterelles new home
termite trails, complete decay
rocking in his front porch swing

carny wheel spins slower now
from above, her eyes, always closer
as he pays two fairs for one, to ride again

******* laughed today
Would'a bet the farm he was gone
Sure as shoot, he's back
Swiped my springtime glee, covered
summer frolicking in snow

I said " dad, I don't wanna die"
He laughed
pulled on his menthol kool
exhaled
gulped a sip of a PBR
laughed some more
took a deep breath and said
" Son, your sixteen year old punk, still wet behind the ears but since you asked I'm gonna tell you. Your already dead, thus is a dream, so dream big, and when you die your finally gonna wake up! Now, cut the grass"
Been pretty straight ever since. Ornery ******* was right all along.

rooster crows anew
from the empty lot next door
strutting around trash
he has pecked over before
with nothing better to do

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

plastic flowers
stoic as little flags wave
across green meadows
never dying devotion
as visitors stop coming

Returned pages of this worn out letter
Written so long ago on wasted paper
Yet, I read those words over and over and
again and again dying to read a different end
Always hurling around that same tired bend
Reading the same three words we always said
Whether I close my eyes or open again this sad
Tragic tale unfolded on paper long stained
The one saying I love you goodbye the end

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

the image I hold
is still mine, but cracked, faded
when love comes to mind

The frozen rock molars swirl
Shadowy dark mist in a frenzy, collecting
Before unleashing its savagery below

His little eyes are looking up your head is down
You can imagine your smile on his innocent face
Your hands clasped together arms around
For that final mom to son most personal embrace

When you finish with me and have torn it all apart
then you will finally see what I have said from the very start
I never even had a dark side of my heart

forever alone
calls fall upon empty ponds
only wind replies

It's that hostile place
Where clouds storm the highest peaks
That provide peace here

raging whiteout winds
chaotic drapes blinding, viewing
mother Denali's
sharpened crystalline edges
framed by sprawling blue heavens

Man hates looking back
Refusing to see his errors
Repeat, rinse, Repeat

recalling last night again
Like a million nights before
The morning after, eggs in bed

bounding up rivers
jumping boulder to boulder
heart beating harder

screaming cannon *****
echoes deep off canyon walls
cooling water falls

ancient healing pools
washing away the week's nerves
nature's secret spa

You so easily drink the pain
forever basking in it's shade
no hope of light to be gained
Always this dark  masquerade
Gloom misery your closest friends

hope you shred that black shroud
I did, the sunshines bright out

Giant palms billowing up
swooning away my earthly fears
Life is not all pain

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

From the heights of ever rising tower peaks
To plummeting depths of fertile valleys below
The spring of life is always gushing forth  
From south to north deep pools to shallow
Forever in rhythm and tied by this land hallowed
revered and worshiped in her Paradise Valley home

Passing affliction
Cold sweat, shallow breath, light head
Afflict me again