Ok, so.
I dream, man.
You laugh, but dreaming, man.
Is bad ask any dreamer.
They all scream the same
Reality is a dream, man
The real dream, man,
Is coming

Ive been here before
in a dream, more real than real
Am I back dreaming?

caught on endless seas
rudderless drifting  oceans
swaying, I'm slipping
beneath rocking swaying swells
sailing me gently asleep

When I look at you
I don't see the hate
But, boy! I feel it, I think,
I even smell it, oozing,
from your open pores.
Thank you, duly noted.

time and time again
you never cease to surprise
waking me again

early morns better
each letter, word clear crystal
my mind unfettered

Man, I work so hard to get ahead
I don't even have time to make my bed
Paying bills and feeding kids
Dude, I run myself ragged keeping these digs

But that dude across the street
What's he got? Seems he got it all beat
House ain't grand and cars look iffy
But he don't seem to sweat the real nitty gritty
This is a cat I need to meet!

What's up man? Why you gotta act the boss"?
He said "Brother, the secrets in the sauce"
He said " everybody got a sauce around here"
He said " but they ain't sharing what we all hold dear"
I asked " you got me intrigued, so give me the score?"
He said something so wack, I had him say it once more!
He yelled it again "LOVE!  Jack, now shut that door'!

Buried face in hands
Lions eating their own young
Oh, familiar pain

Bundled up on the Aluetian coast
On some brisk breezy Bering Sea roost
I turn my glass to a young feathered crew
A King Eider mother counting her brood
She counted once then twice
Found her missing wobbler
Fighting under floating ice
Picked pecked and prodded
The little prince finally herded
and nested warm and nice

high voltage tempest
below, they buzz, bracing, tense, alive
the current pulses thru

this emerald gem
highly prized, envied, and sought
how I love her shine

Heard that obscure song
about rooms with shadows, dancing
But theres no light here

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

I am so entertained by all this hurt
and pain slicing my heart just the same
as an arrow shot with perfect aim

I fold into you
like rose water love letters
sealed envelope tight,
ever protecting arms keep
my frayed edges from wearing

Regal heart guarding
Majestic royalty seen
Love,  Red Wishing

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

My kids buy jeans with
The holes built in, they
Think they are cool, so in
My jeans had patches sewn in
Over holes worn in, buy
Hard playin
climbing and fallin
Ripping and tearin
Flesh with denim
I earned those holes
I flaunted in

daylight fades sooner
in the land of midnight sun
the darkness draws near

wild canine howls heighten
under northern light apparitions
lean times are coming

while frantic brown bears scour
glacial streams for half dead salmon
fat reserves needed

purple fireweed fields
have turned a dead shade of brown
soon to be covered white

big game herds panic
as caribou calves snuggle close
carnivores prowl near

the falling is short
not much time to prepare
winter is coming

the brook babbles by as we watch the leaves turn
some falling midstream carried off around that bend
from the front porch rocking in our deep woods cabin

life's contrast sharpens
looking through the white birch stand
dotted with yellow

light fades faster as the sun makes it's procession
our lush green abundance from days ago now gone
alaskan seasons change with timely cruel precision


the focus complete
seeing my life's eternal mate
rocking beside me

her honeysuckle patterned dress brushing the ground  as she swings

it's all as it should be...

Mistook you, sorry
I do this all the time
You seemed the caring kind

forests of old growth
shared ancient roots entangled
grew from the first tree

I hear you, crazy black crow
Chuckling at my misery here below
Crazy black crow, I don’t fear you
this you must know

River overflow
Pools corral the helpless
The hungry birds gather

the carcass sailed in
nauseous tide, fully seasoned
frenzied ***** fidget

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

That old man winter almost done it again
Had me plumb tuckered out
Till that sun come round the bend
From his darkness  
comes life wrapped in a golden hue
In the suns early rays
Soaking up it’s morning dew
Life springs forward!
Bountiful, beautiful, and new!

I lived forty nine
from paul simon’s fifty ways
I’m a slow learner
better late then not at all
slows one thing stupids ‘nother

The lioness frantically searches the high grass
The boy scans for running late dad in the stands
The alone wife stairs at the moon folded hands
Praying for their safe return again

embers slowly burn
pulling me ever deeper
in seductive flames

That sweet devilish smile
Wrapped in sweetened blood red lips
This Fire burns deep inside