I noticed her fragrance first
like a rose without thorns,
had she noticed me?
had she seen my pages torn?

We walked to a small stream,
where the heron stands
and tender leaves move unnaturally.

I noticed her ancestral hands,
strong, with immaculate structure
like the temple of Artemis.

We talked and her eyes seemed emboldened
and trust me, I noticed.

I am not your enemy
or the aspect of energy.

late bloomers in small rooms,
rumors seemed humorous under dawns moon.

Now we hate to listen-
even over the complex transportation systems,
glistening in the distance
no love
no friendship.

Life you have sunk in
Life I am the heroic one
life I am the only son.

Hoping for some truth,
alas thy craving subsides
and hope turns to faith
as I crawl out of self-hate

No kingdom comes without pain,
No empire last without suffering
No man leaves life sane,
at night asking themselves
"Look what I have become"

Life your skies remain airy
life made me out of sun
Life I am the only son

Gnarled inside.
attempting to sign his name atop discharge forms.

The doctor arrives with exactness and measurement
trying not to ambush sensibilities.

He needed no ceremony- no wine-just miracles

When rain like birds fall to earth
and mild dreams wake me
I think of you
within our assorted palace.

I enjoy staring into the divine
and listening to the empty spaces of time,
fossilized under the ash of ages.

Valleys full of silver and gold
a world to innocent
and old.

I've tried to convey my fears,
afraid of how the future will feel-
will that word "feel" be extinct like a High culture from antiquity?

Will feeling be past its prime?
perhaps only in mine.

In Silent Hours
what powers hold me here
Near the sway of daylight?

Eternal Sun
Such Southern Hues
Lifting Thy spirit
Becoming a Pastoral muse.

Measuring time
by how the leaves lay,
the Prophetic years will never leave me.

Oh, heavenly bodies
when shall I be anointed?
I've watched you beam for so long,
and so long a life can bend bodies like light.

The admiration for the surface
a global love affair,
let us share it
let us break bread
another year.