(2009)
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…
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…
Lay me down Beneath the forest floor Between holly and oak. Lay me down Where snow and rain
Click: the saddest sound. The door closing on another Moment of my life.
Listen when the butterfly Settles onto your hand, Feel the footsteps. Marvel in the paper-thin Jewel that has flown to you.
Driving in the dark I saw diamonds, Diamonds in the air, Diamonds everywhere, I’d have been wealthy,
Icy needles Stabbing at the skin, Razor winds Cutting through Layer upon layer,
A green, glass bottle Carried a message Across the sea, Carried a message Across time.
Winds swirl around me In their familiar way, A touch here, another there, They move me along. I’m like a leaf:
to be remembered by someone younge… people to be respected for who the… what they have. spring to last a few weeks longer. to always be thankful.
Rain has been falling for two days now, The dry soil finally quenched after the long, hot dry. Ditches, ponds and guts
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…
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.
for you who toil, Rest. for you who grieve, Comfort. for you who hunger,