(2009)
Icy needles Stabbing at the skin, Razor winds Cutting through Layer upon layer,
Lay me down Beneath the forest floor Between holly and oak. Lay me down Where snow and rain
From the sky They come– The geese fall to open-armed earth.
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…
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,
I held the rose So long ago, Held it tight, too well, And still, the thorn lives Deep 'neath the skin,
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
Change is a-coming, And it’s a-stayin’ Change is a-coming, Goodbye.
The snow slipped in (we watched for it all day long) Like a secret lover slipping out o… All that we saw (when we finally s… Were the footprints showing where…
Driving in the dark I saw diamonds, Diamonds in the air, Diamonds everywhere, I’d have been wealthy,
Sun on the water, The surface looks like An old woman’s skin, Delicately wrinkled by time: The time it took for
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…
Little puts a smile in my heart mo… it’s one that I have woken early t… on my early every-day drive to wor… of time. I look in the mirror and wonder at…
Click: the saddest sound. The door closing on another Moment of my life.
for you who toil, Rest. for you who grieve, Comfort. for you who hunger,