(2008)
I wish I had the words to describ… the quiet of a sunrise, the softness of rain on my arms, the fascination of a child with he… the liquid silver of morning dew o…
She asked me, “Poppa, What is love?” And I thought and then said “Love is what you need and want it… She thought some and said,
From the sky They come– The geese fall to open-armed earth.
I held the rose So long ago, Held it tight, too well, And still, the thorn lives Deep 'neath the skin,
It snowed again today, That may be insignificant In a place already white. It was quiet again today, That is never insignificant
Sun on the water, The surface looks like An old woman’s skin, Delicately wrinkled by time: The time it took for
Listen when the butterfly Settles onto your hand, Feel the footsteps. Marvel in the paper-thin Jewel that has flown to you.
I walked on the same path With Pablo and Gabriella Last night. It is possible, too, That I heard their music,
Driving in the dark I saw diamonds, Diamonds in the air, Diamonds everywhere, I’d have been wealthy,
As i walked across a field today in the afternoon winter-light I saw a fox, red fur afire, staring back at me. As I walked across a field today
Thirty miles to the west, sleet an… thirty sleeps the bay, temperer of… While snow and ice chill the west,… up to our chins. Here by the ocean… Instead of the sound of waves grow…
A green, glass bottle Carried a message Across the sea, Carried a message Across time.
Change is a-coming, And it’s a-stayin’ Change is a-coming, Goodbye.
Dirty hands clasped in prayer, Dusty fingers raised to the sky, Pleading for the same blessing. It had been weeks since the last r… leaves folded upright keeping thei…
Click: the saddest sound. The door closing on another Moment of my life.