am i ee

am i ee Jan 2016

Maintain always serenity under all conditions and circumstances.

-- Sri Swami Sivananda

Ah, but if only i could?
should i?
would i?

what does spirituality look like when it manifests here?
taking form....must it look calm, peaceful? stormy times re-pattern a life,
who is to say whether it is good or bad... it simply IS.

Jan 2016

Samuel Hesed

Suicide Note

She stood on the edge of a cliff,
Looking out to a world that didn't exist,
Waiting for the winds kiss.

This poem was inspired by: Langston Hughes, "Suicide Note."
Copyright © 2015 Paul Forbes All Rights Reserved

#love #suicide #poem #poet #sad #original #hellopoetry

am i ee Jan 2016

nocturnal fox

was it you who visited
the yard the other day?

out in bright sunlight?

tonight you sit off
the side of the road

catching sight of you
my heart soars with
delight

wild creature
you bring
nature and
all her healing
into my life

lost for many moons
you
and all the other
critters kept watch
over me

waiting
waiting
waiting

until i
would return
to all of you
again.

the mad tectonic shifts seem to have abated...
life settles into new patterns
where will it go next?

am i ee Jan 2016

night drive

3 am

waxing moon
high in sky
growing each night

empty roads
passing lights
cold frozen water
covering asphalt

water main break
a sign of cold winter

a fox sits off to
the side of the last street
eyes ablaze
yellow

hunting
watching
being

when will i
simply
be,

devoid of
the
mess
of
modern
civilization?

am i ee Jan 2016

untitled om

Om came in on the dog's nose

Jan 2016

Joy

funeral tunes

Stopped moving, final twitches -
****** dry -
Colorless -
Eyes still open, tongue hanging free -
"Dead as a dog" -
just cold.

No I don't want to linger on the cliche of death
But I still wonder how the life ebbs away, silently
How it unsticks itself
How the limbs, once stiff with life
Resign into the shadows
With that final sigh.

January, 2016

am i ee Jan 2016

owl hoots on this winter morn

morning coming
owl hoots

in the woods
out back in a tree

first heard
since puppyhead
died

been moving too fast
not stopping to pause

dear owl
how happy it makes
me to hear
your call