Poetry

OUT THERE The quiet Still & Infinite Holding The scene Together With divine Timing Arrays of Lighting bursts Flashing One after another Across the sky Throwing Luminous streams In, out and through The dark clouds

QUIETNESS Seeking quiet I hear you Whispering Seeking light I find you Glimmering Seeking love I feel you Breathing Seeking clarity I see you Smiling Out of the Corner Of my eye I barely Notice

MISSING AGAIN The tenderness I feel for you Is so deep My heart Is filled With Softness Longing Vulnerability I never imagined I could miss You More than I missed you Before The missing of

ASKING I ask because I don’t Want to do Anything That impacts You Without your Permission I ask because You deserve Complete Free will And a say In your Life Always I may not Want

NOT MINE Gripped by a fear Washing over me like Black ink Thick Tangled Terror Out of nowhere It rushed in And covered me Infiltrating Every molecule In me I know fear I do not

THE WARRIOR VS. THE SURVIVOR Sunrises Sunsets Moonrises Moonsets The days run together Minutes turn to hours Hours turn to days Days turn to weeks Weeks turn to months Time slows down Bending in waves

MUDSLIDE   Racing through the mud To get nowhere except Out of the mud Sliding down To a new bottom With familiar twists I have slid so many times So many ways I am shocked

ORANGE IS JOY   Spinning through Soft Orange mist Slowly rolling Gliding Weightless Not in this world Not outside of it Everything sensuous The visuals The sounds The smells The textures Accentuated As if I