(2014)
Orange full moon with a half smile, a hanging lantern, lighting the way, through dark streets,
Oh hummingbird Where are you now? Have you taken My courage with you? Oh hummingbird
Lately, a sadness pervades, I mourn for youth, perhaps passion of younger days. With age, some of that passion
My spirit communes with the four directions: To the north are in-laws, our aging mother, her last
Not sure where we are headed, Could be a long ride, Keep your heart steady, Open wide your eyes. There is something to learn
Remember the night we took your mother’s car and drove over the skyway bridge? The moon was a bright light to show the way.
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.
Great scientific minds Working for cures Of terminal diseases, The clock ticks... What is the cure
Unable to be all things For all people, Perhaps at one time, I tried. Those days are
The birds flock to the bird feeder, some with black, capped heads and others with
An owl hoots on this cool, crisp Spring night. A sound that’s distant yet echos
Blue star behind tree branch. White cloud passing half moon. Black space surrounds like a
Twilight slides in quietly as birds fly to warm nests. Pink hues of evening reflect in the clouds. Soon the moon
Standing at a crossroad Between this life And the next, Heart in hand I knock on that
Squirrels with bushy orange tails leap about the deck. Crickets hum, confused that it’s not dark yet. The caw of a blue jay