Still he comes with a whisper
All his demons before him,
And he begs consolation
As he stands at my door.
In his eyes there’s an angel
And an ocean of sorrow,
While I scan his horizon
For the opposite shore.
Shadowed smile curving tender,
Keeps on pulling me deeper.
It will brook no resistance
As my door opens wide.
Manic arms reach to hold me,
Lips devour [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Floating On the Tides of Sorrow
Posted in Poetry on January 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Only All
Posted in Poetry on January 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How I love your smile-
Whose eyes dance with a boys’ grace
On a shadowed stage.
Let your laughter soar,
To chime like a sacred bell
In monastic dreams.
Offer me your mouth,
Taste and whisper quelled desire,
Pressed at swell and curve.
Claim me as your own-
Consume with primal fierceness,
Never relinquished.
One…and Every One
Posted in Poetry on January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One lark sings for me
amid the feathered chorus,
throwing voice to sky.
Notes as pure as rising light
born anew from aching night.
One rose lifts its scent,
carried on the morning air-
fragile in your hand.
Fragrant blossom still imparts
peace upon impatient hearts.
One tree offers shade,
throwing shadows on the wall,
filigreed delight-
willow weeping welcomes bliss,
expectant press of your first kiss.
Running Toward Night
Posted in Poetry on January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With one last glance I close the door
leaving my life behind me,
drawing the hood of my cloak up close,
going where none can find me.
The fading green by the lintel stone
where summer splendors cling,
draws my heart in a last embrace
as the stars and the night birds sing.
Far from this cottage, greenwood clad,
away from love go I,
where [...]
Tibetan Monks
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was blessed to attend a performance of sacred dance and music by the Tibetan Monks of Depung Loseling Monastery of India this weekend. Some of the instruments they used at first sounded discordant to my western ear but they soon melted themselves deep into my soul. I am always so humbled by what I [...]
Lullaby for my Little Girl
Posted in Poetry on January 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s another day-
one on which I’ve lost my grip,
reality’s fled.
I’m a great talker
as I wind myself around
all my fragile truths.
How is it I’ve learned
to talk myself into lies
when real can’t be heard?
My sorrowed girl child
claws her way from caverns deep.
Dark is not enough.
I forgot the pill
that keeps her safe from daylight,
behind barracades.
So she rends her [...]
Tree of Life
Posted in Poetry on January 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He climbs the tree whose roots reach to the core
of every earth-bound hope the poet dreams,
and from his perch he sees them washed ashore,
each maiden voyage leaking at the seams.
The mirrors that relfected every breath
stand shrounded by dark clouds as sorrows dance,
an ache within the soul envisions death
as simply the rebuke of life’s romance.
Above the [...]
My Only Blue
Posted in Poetry, tagged Audio on January 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I won’t forget the days
When winter lost her touch,
And sneakered feet could
Feel the reverent hush
Of grass and snow
Beneath my feet;
The softening ground
Of spring so sweet;
When dreams were wrapped
Up tight like bubble gum;
When I knew summer days
Would always come.
I recall the times when
Waiting there at dusk,
The crickets sang their song,
They sang for us.
Along the hedgerows
Tiny flames;
And [...]
Waiting for Light
Posted in Poetry on January 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Woke up wishing for the sun
Instead I met the rain.
I closed my eyes, I hid my face
I thought I’d sleep again.
I knew I was not ready for hours of dismal grey
When all I really wanted
Was the sun to light my way.
As I lay silent in the dark
I heard the faintest sound.
I threw the covers from [...]
Consigned
Posted in Poetry on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tumble me over
the swollen-belly moon,
hang me on
its raw and arching curl.
Sink me under
ocean’s teeming currents,
lift me, let me rise
as waves unfurl.
Cradle me, held
in arms of burnished umber,
protected, stone-cleft
sanctuary found.
Christen me pure
with sky, with dark sea water.
Bury me deep
within your sacred ground.
