(2007)
Driving in the dark I saw diamonds, Diamonds in the air, Diamonds everywhere, I’d have been wealthy,
I walked on the same path With Pablo and Gabriella Last night. It is possible, too, That I heard their music,
A green, glass bottle Carried a message Across the sea, Carried a message Across time.
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
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,
The blue of the sky Meets the green of the sea In the white of thousands of years… Frozen in a two-sided mirror of ti… You look back to see the past reve…
Listen when the butterfly Settles onto your hand, Feel the footsteps. Marvel in the paper-thin Jewel that has flown to you.
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…
for you who toil, Rest. for you who grieve, Comfort. for you who hunger,
Icy needles Stabbing at the skin, Razor winds Cutting through Layer upon layer,
When you look at the moon I see your smile. When you speak to the moon, I hear your whispers. When you cry within the moon’s sig…
Rain has been falling for two days now, The dry soil finally quenched after the long, hot dry. Ditches, ponds and guts
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…
From the sky They come– The geese fall to open-armed earth.