you are speaking
but I can't grasp your meaning
slippery words

What about love
what about independence
what about dreams
what about the universe
what about the big blue sky
what about coming over
what about it

I honestly doubt
that he is capable of
love or compassion
if you could only just see
what is apparent to me
you would be running away
so my lady please beware
at this moment what you see
is all his best behaviour
for his eyes are on the prize
jockeying for the big win
Oh, and could you please give him
a little message from me
that if he ever harms you
in any way big or small
I will wring his neck

we shared our stories
every little detail
and i embraced yours
my heart opening to you
but perhaps that frightened you
this intimate exposure
for you ran away and hid
refusing to engage me
and now i see you sliding
back into that dark prison
and the arms of your jailers
from whom you sought your freedom
not so very long ago
our profound and tender love
strangled by your fears

paying life's toll
its' joys and its' pains
a pilgrimage

loving without strings
living it with all your heart
demands inner strength
you cannot and should never
blame your love for not caring
they are them and you are you
sometimes what feels forever
is not in the cards we play
the queen of hearts gone missing
though you were sure you held her
so shuffle the deck again
pick up your hand and play it
someday you may win

beautiful woman
you gave me your heart once
but then took it back

your education
has given you a certain
refined crudeness

he is wealthy
and a complete boor
but he has you

my heart leaks out
crushed by your three words
i am engaged

recently
but i don't know how
i lost you

inside a bottle
a spider spins his web
wind and rain outside

your eyes
always your eyes
aglow

Her tears like petals
softly falling to the ground
loves' blossom dying

Your face in my hands
i look deep into your eyes
and kiss away tears

beautiful child
i gift you this world
sadly broken

if your God asks you
to ****** and to destroy
he is not a god
instead, he is but a man
twisted, thirsting for power
at others expense

your God is not great
in truth he does not exist
just liars and fools

it is so sad that
you are so full of yourself
nothing can get in

A flash down my spine
a nether ending story
your voice on the phone

winter thaw
sunny and warm
unmade bed

so distant
so far away
in my arms

autumn wind
branches clattering
leaves desert

autumn rain
dark brooding clouds
where is she

poppies in the wind
symbols of those forgotten
and lifetimes stolen

complex, beautiful
as deep as i and deeper
beloved lover

sooner or later
we all wither and die
like summer flowers
and blow away forgotten
or find immortality
of questionable value
pressed between pages

the eyes of the eyes
keepers of the inner gate
editors and chiefs

flash, news bulletin!
you know that primal Eden?
we never left it!
and soon, if we do not change,
it will become a carcass!
yes, we need means of commerce,
a clean environment too.
there is one other factor
as important as those two
and that is social justice.
add these three parts together
and you are on the way to
true sustainability
and healing Eden.

looking in your eyes
i can see the beginning
of that laughing smile
and familiar sparkle
a decision caught in flight

a child crying out
for their mother in the night
no one else will do

a dark silent night
stars ablaze in black velvet
a fireball arcs down

the rain falls in tears
for the innocents now lost
slaughtered by our gods

he was dilgent
in painting his sugar pills
with a bitter coat

he was researching
the bottom of the barrel
when he fell right in

cuddling as night falls
venus on the horizon
celestial love

Sometimes i wander
head down hands in my pockets
through the cold wet autumn wind
to where the sea meets the land
then sit upon a worn log
on the ragged pebbled strand
and listen to the waves pound
and hiss all along the shore
alone there with seals and gulls
i think and dream and ponder
my memories a midden
full of triumphs and failures
growing behind me

always give respect
everyone deserves it
listen, be open

blood red rosehips
sway on thorny bushes
petals in the wind

wading through tide pools
full of green anemones
******* at my toes

as breakers crash in
along the blazing hot strand
Still tidal pools wait

you here beside me
the soft sound of your breathing
fills my night with bliss

The touch of your lips
those sweet silken rose petals
sparks an inferno

lying on the couch
the sound of passing traffic
infests my music

i plan to invade you
marching to your very heart
then surrendering

early evening
small shops with windows aglow
brake lights flash across

i love when you smile
with that bright look in your eyes
amorous playful

raindrops on spruce leaves
beneath a flourescent sky
midday silhouettes