written 1998
Thoughts, Swirling like mist, Obscuring Reality. Marginal distinctions
The wind is the tree’s very breath… Grand branches undulate Back and forth across a cloudless… Leaves flutter and shine like diam… As the tree continues its dance.
The trees are silently weeping, Love only knows what secrets they… Tears, pain & fearfulness seem to… Of people who sit under her branch… Listen & hear her rustling, like t…
Spine of this landscape; this moun… Bathed in hot September sun Live with lizards They let her join them for a bask. She sits and savors this
Behind unseen in shadow wise, Stands tall the noble King. While on throne in full light, Cavorts in regal mockery the Fool… Hard it is to Court to peer,
Each morning when she wakes up, She knows that there will be A rose on her kitchen counter, That you have picked for her. She knows many wives get roses,
Working in the fields, stopping To rest in the shade. Their son four, asked his Dad. “What’s the Best Drink of All?” “Son, I don’t know.
They were lying side by side In the mud, in the foreign mud. Listening to the music Of fire and steel, and jagged stee… With fear squeezing their hearts
Why do the birds sing, Those beautiful happy songs Is it to proclaim that, Today is a joyous day Or maybe to announce,
He will always be there When you need someone to care. He will always be there When you are in despair. He will always be there
The brightness of the waves in thu… Pushed his feelings far unto the s… As inward to the deep he made his… Living in his path, were deeds apa… As freedom rang, in hunger, of his…
Escape from the past, To set your self free. She wonders when that time Will ever come to her. Escape from the past,
“Change? Got any spare change? 10, 35, 40, 90, A dollar and 50 ce… Not bad, sometimes I get more, bu… Hey, who’s that? He looks weak an… Maybe I could help him. I’ll see…
A splotch of veridian, A hint of cerulean blue. One long streak of burnt sienna. The painter dabs The palette
The Truth as she sees it Is not in the past A dance that stepped The Truth is Dancing and singing