For Bede
(2014)
For my love of 36 years
Tonight, the wind whistles as it rushes through the atmospher… Winter’s bare limbs of swaying trees, dance in the shadows.
The gift of summer Is the sound of a Creek flowing through Rocks. A blue bird perched
Thoughts flicker like twinkling lights, ride them across the sky. Embrace your dream,
What is the happiest moment of the… When I make someone laugh When I am of use for the good When I show kindness When I hold a hand
Geese are honking As they fly Across an orange colored Sky. My spirit soars
Ambition seems overrated at this time of life, effort seems more like strife. In my youth I was motivated by a hungry desire
Some days you’re in bliss, Some days you’re in pain. Some days you’re up in the clouds, Some days you’re down in the flame… Some days you get what you want
Her smile was like gold, Her lines were often bold, Her stories of wisdom told, In books that are now sold. She has left the earth,
In the dead Of Winter, I long for Spring. In the rains Of Spring,
Looking at my journal’s Blank page While geese fly by and honk A greeting. The red cardinals
You may not know what you’ll do next: Hit the open road With your thumb stuck out. Give up all you own
Standing at a crossroad Between this life And the next, Heart in hand I knock on that
One lit candle burns brightly As I make a wish upon it’s Golden aura, that Humankind May learn to caress the earth As the wind does a field of flower…
Walking on the beach of long ago, the constant roll of the gulf, it’s sound, like a lullaby.
Cool breeze rustles through the tr… drifting into my open door and leads me to the window to see leaves falling with abandon. Highlights of red and gold lace