(2014)
After hearing a favorite song and remembering a difficult time, a poem came out
Pink hues from the west Filter through Snow covered boughs Leaving, The evening light
Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.
As we shared stories, The warm hum of voices heard, A cup of love spilled.
Old friends walking on the beach, the waves bring in, memories, of carefree days;
Summer is near it’s end, I regret not visiting my childhood home, near the gulf, where the sunset
What is truth? It’s a changing sky, One day clear, The next, cloudy, Holding the blue and grey,
Blue star behind tree branch. White cloud passing half moon. Black space surrounds like a
On this New Year’s Eve Direction lost Drifting like blowing snow To and fro. A freeze comes
The wind went through me, it carried the yellow, orange and red leaves lightly on the air. Another change is coming,
In the rustle of leaves the wind plays a tune, the change of season is on the horizon. It asks permission
If we could embrace our sorrow and surf on our tears, surely our hearts would grow wider to hold the years
Life is a day dream So they say, With every beat Of my heart, The gate to love
Looking at my journal’s Blank page While geese fly by and honk A greeting. The red cardinals
In the blink of an eye It’s a different scene On the big movie screen So easy to get absorbed In the story line of time.
Time passing by now In a blink of the eye, In the clap of a hand, In the chirp of a bird, In a flash of light