Thanksgiving 2016 Sometimes it’s simply good To relax To do nothing But listen Listen well Listen to classic Christmas songs Enjoy the sound of rain on the rooftop Hear the joys of warmth from a fire These are the things that make life, life The things that aren’t gotten with violence or storm Or…
Month: November 2016
Black Walnut
Black Walnut These trees have stood for over 100 years Growing Producing fruit Emanating a stalwart beauty Year after year they give Because year after year they take They take water in all its scarcity They take the minerals, the dirt They take the light, the dark Then give out food and shelter Beauty and…
Fallen Leaf
Fallen Leaf These water worlds Juxtaposed by concrete and infamy Often completely overridden by the modern day In our hustle and bustle we go on our way Missing the universes at our feet When will our drudgeries ever meet With the magic that lives just below us, Just above us We hover in that…
The Swatter
The Swatter Last night I swatted a yellow wasp On the curtain above my bed He instantly disappeared from my view So I assumed that he was dead Not so This morning I found him near the door Mangled, wounded, but crawling He was trying desperately to move outside Despite his legs and…
Droplets on an Autumn Tree
Droplets on an Autumn Tree Water droplets cling to the branches As the rain tumbles down from the sky They cling there like iridescent stars Lighting the path to truth Though the truth seems to stretch beyond infinity Such small worlds in such small spaces Crystal clear, luminous, without any traces Of this angst I…
Slug Trail
Slug Trail I was walking along today Quite consumed with myself My needs, my wants, my lists As I stepped along Almost oblivious to all I saw a shining random chaos Atop the beige-white sidewalks Serpentine, candescent Reflecting the sunlight from above In no inapparent apparition This glowing wandered everywhere Fantastic Otherworldly Unending, eternal Beautiful…
Simply Grateful
Simply Grateful I could sit here in this pendulum hammock Staring at the sky I could sit down with my profound philosophy books Asking the questions why I could sit in front of my television screen Watching touchdowns and interceptions I could walk around like a homeless man Seeking everyone’s perceptions I could go out…
Diamonds and Trees
Diamonds and Trees I’m a whisper on this planet Earth Here for a breath, then gone So why would I want to be placed In a rigid and frozen plot A place where memory fades? I would much rather be found in A place where the blues and jades Greens and hues Continue on Bringing…
The Deserter
The Deserter (of the American Dream and more) I can only describe what is going on within as a Civil War Bloody, tortuous, hand-to hand combat Me against myself Not knowing who is who Bayonets fixed A full head-on charge Fire, smoke, death, chaos A battle hymn A rebel yell And all of this for…
Tilt the Universe
Tilt the Universe (A tribute to the artists) Sometimes a person simply needs a pen A blank page A sound A silence One might write a novel One might write a word One might paint a masterpiece Another might sketch and scribble Regardless, there is life released A living dream penned on lifeless and silent…
Songs From the River 