breathing in her air
fanning embers, warm and sweet
flames flicker alive

frantic summer pace
fireweed bloom, but slowly!
snow quickly follows

the cold just crept in
how the fireweed shrivels
Alaskas the first

wisdom greets fifty
living half a century
arrives none too soon

taking shortcuts home
forgetting long day troubles
your smile driving hard
mindless ideas of me, you
letting your hair down tonight

window framed picture
pastel palette on display
god painted morning

yikes venezuela
double yikes for red china
lost their human's rights

corrupt governments
pillaging their own people
with just signs to fight

they let it happen
trusting in greedy humans
no one else to blame

lessons never learned
our founding fathers teachings
history repeats

thoughts drift back to you
catching hints of your perfume
as people pass through

tides' slow rise
catch you by surprise
how time flys

naked birch stripping
from sharpened brown bear clawing
alaska falling

she rises then falls
her light breaking deep cover
my morning sun comes

pondering the past
all those little troubles had
smiling at my kids

something familiar
in every coffee house
welcoming with warmth

midnight sun arrives
slowly lunar smiles recede
starry nights retire

she's  the only one
trusted to handle with care
her hands my heart beats