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 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
wondering if
maybe
just maybe

this heart
might
just be
softening a
smidge?

long long
months
of great
disappointment

long long months
of great searing
sadness

long long months
of raging
anger

long long months
of sweetest
love


long long months
of  finding
the best

in those humans
at times
i say
i hate so much

but how can
i hate
all those
others

who are only
me in different
covers?
 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
why'm ah ma embarrassed by
you rgalumphin'?

wud i care what
yo luggage do?


that didn't work,

why am i embarrased by
your....insert word here with
proper tense and conjucation

why do i care about what other people think???

still not workin,

jes put
stinkin "galumph" in the sentence...
and see how it works?

~~en fin fer sure with this stinkin mess of poem
~~~~~ n ya'll better really like this... at least lie a little to make my tender heart feel the light..

sorry lil word you aren't stinky , well not quite yet.




\guh-LUHMF\
verb
1. to move along heavily and clumsily.
Quotes
It is at this point that one begins to feel embarrassed while other passengers galumph by with their luggage.
-- Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Flying Deluxe Domestic Coast-to-Coast for Around $1,000,” New York Times, January 23, 2015
Origin
Galumph is a 19th century invention from the mind of Lewis Carroll, and is perhaps a blend of gallop and triumphant
wise question posed to me at the young age of 14....and why did i?  oh i don't know... karma...samskaras?
 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
I
standing on the edge
of the abyss

dark chasm
choking my soul

complete utter
dark
void
of
flat
nothingness

II

standing on the edge
of the abyss

dark
silent
peaceful
alive
bliss
utter freedom

my heart
sings
my heart
dances

III

standing on the edge
of the abyss

jumping
falling
surrendering
letting go....

into
the Mystery
into
the Way

ever in,
and
ever not-in
the Tao
 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
six bees
and a butterfly

a daddy long legs

...the neighborhood is improving.
 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
morning
 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
morning hike
face full of spider webs

box turtle wanders slowly
through rain drops clinging
to parched earth and plant

puppy tongue laps
creek water
quenching thirst

tiny fish dart to and fro
frog leaps
with a big splash
 Sep 2017 Koggeki
am i ee
owl hoots
one lone hoot
dusk

owl hoots
four times
pausing long
between

a lost soul
comes back
to
say
hello
time passes swiftly... 11
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