Cannot see your
Flowing dress
Dancing in
The Summer's
Breeze
Nor hear your
Steps
On cold concrete
Echoing in the
Dreary night
Cannot  taste the
Freshly brewed coffee
Steaming from your cup
But can smell
Your fresh perfumed
Hair permeating
The Darkened sky
Reminding me
How good it is
To have my friend
All around

Today I take pause
For all the people who died
Always remember

Please don't use my words
For I have nothing to say
Let silence remain

Silence can be loud
Noises can be magnified
Heard for the first time

Sometimes I sit, stare
Empty paper before me
Waiting to be used

I am here
Dazed
But am here
Tormented demons
Circling around
Vultures greedily
Circle by
Hoping even for
Crumbs
From a restless
Soul
Light has dawned
Yet darkness
Awakens
Will a pathway
Be cleared
Through the
Muck and mire
For glorious days
Ahead

Stray dogs
Stray cats
Stray words
Running wild
Looking for a home
To lay
One's  head
Stray dogs
Stray cats
Stray words
Waiting to be
Nourished
Stray dogs
Stray cats
Stray words
Waiting to be
Set free

And You are myGod
A Friendwho will
never leave
You created me

Oh warmth of the sun
Casting shadows on the ground
One of them is me

Sun atop my head
Warming me fromhead
to toe
It makes me smile

And I'll sing to you
A lullaby of soft words
And hush you to sleep

Have a cup of tea
We can share our
deepest thoughts
Want another cup

So many Teardrops
Hidden way down deep inside
Now carpet the ground

I will cry the tears
Of sadness and loneliness
And you can dry them

Morning has come
Hot tea
Milk No sugar
Afternoon following
Chai tea
Warm milk No sugar
Evening comes
Mint tea
Warm milk No sugar

For those who grab
A tissue from
A box
Handkerchief from
Sagging pants
Gum in crinkled wrapping
Hot chocolate steaming
In paper cup
An ear to listen
When no words
To speak
Just a knowing
Presence
All is well
All is well

You were there for me
Just when I needed you most
Thank you Mom and Dad

So quiet the night
My thoughts dance in the rhythm
Making my head spin

Here I sit
Pen in hand
Paper stacked high
In mountains
Waiting to be tossed
Until the next mound
Of broken thoughts
Appear
What happens next
Depends upon the
Arrival of empty
Thoughts
Made Full

I tend to think
Of you
Not through Flashy
Clothes
Perfumed air about
You
Polished nails
Painted cheeks
Instead I think
Of you
Through words

A boom fills the air
The dog runs under the bed
Hoping for coverage

Lollipops across
Love down
Reminds me that
This is no longer
A game
But a thing
Called
Life

All there is
To share
All there is
To do
Let's complete today
Tomorrow may
Not come

Such a lovely day
Such a peacefulness
Around
The world stands so still

Felt oh so empty
With Your Love I am
Fulfilled
I have been made whole

Life is a kaleidoscope
Each turn, a new twist
Full of brillance
Light shines through
Even in the darkness.

Waiting for a sign
Knowing it really won't come
Just around the bend

Don't go back
To s
         l
            e

               e
                  P

It's not a dream


It's  reality

Warm sun dancing upon
my head
Droplets of sweat cascading down
Cool breeze from
Trees nearby
Whispering past my cheeks
Oh how Glorious it feels
As nature surrounds
me
Songs of birds
Flying by
What a morning
To take a walk

Dog ate my poem
Or could it be bad gateway
Poem non existent

Cold winter colors
Grays and whites
Marshmallow pinks
All frozen in time

Don't have my glasses
Looked like an alligator
It's only a stick

Words never spoken
No not even written down
Poetic limbo

I wander for words
Through hallways of
Humanity
Where words are
Easily found
And sadly displaced
A dictionary cannot
Describe
But perhaps feelings
Can

Words that go
Flooding through
My weary body
Creating storms
In my restless mind causing me to toss and turn

Till the crack
Of Dawn
Hoping for words
To cast a spell
Into the light
Of a new day

Silence surrounds me
Words are drumming through my mind
Just to break the spell

Read between the lines
What is really being said
And what is written

I write when I'm sad
Just chasing my blues away
Waiting for the sun

You could not bother
Just to say it all out loud
So you wrote it down

The beauty of you
Erasing ugly in me
Like fresh falling rain

You are a minute
In the hours of my Life
Sixty beats per second

You're a poem
Within a poem
Sometimes hidden
Deep within
Other times
Ready to
Explode
Ready to share
Ready to keep
To hold deep
Inside
Or release
To the Universe
Only time can
Tell
When to