That peanutbutter sandwich
Looks so good
Oodles of nuts and crunch
Seeping out of homemade bread
A glass of cold milk
To wash it down
Celery sticks and carrots
Green as grass
Orange as the sun
A Shiny red apple
Looks like it's been polished
And ready to bite
Napkins for sticky fingers
And juicy hands
You said you would share
I didn't have to ask
You already made it
Just for me
Let's eat our sandwich together
Drinking our milk
Crunching our veggies together
Letting the juice
Drip down from our chin
Wipe off our hands
And share our time together

What do I know about death
not much

except that I almost died
three times

the first time was the hardest
the other two were pretty easy

ghostly pale wide-eyed with a lanky face
nocturnal and it hunts

on buoyant wingbeats in fields
and meadows

so what do I know about death
not much except that I almost died three times

Whit Howland © 2020

Our love is a river of fire
I am here on this shore
and looking for an affair,
You're standing there far
on another risky shore!

If we wanna be real lovers
We'd be good swimmers
of this river of dangers,
We shouldn't care about others
If they mind us, it's theirs.

No worries, no dangers in love
Let's play with what we have
and swim with a quick weave.
Love can make us fly like a dove.
God knows about us, he'll save us!

Where are you my sweet darling?
I miss you this rainy evening,
I'm still feeling up and down
Lately, I have lost my sunshine!
I don't wanna touch the moon
I just want to reach your hand again!

Please, please, don't get me wrong
This morning is fresh and young
I want you to enjoy this nature
My wish we will walk together
beneath the dark sky, on the beach again!

I just wanna see you my sunshine
Oh, come back to me, you're mine
Touch my cheeks and get my eyes
They still feel you like snowflakes
Darling, make me melt with you again!

I feel so much love, feel for you
Oh, I just cry alone, cry for you
The morning is smiling
Smiling for you, just for you
And the sun is shining
Shining for you, only for you
But I just could not say yet
How much I have loved you!

If you walk in the early morning
Then I will be rousing ray for you
And if you sleep alone at night
Then I will come in your dreams
You just look into my eyes
See, how have I been sacrificed!
Oh, I just could not say yet
How much I have loved you!

When you walk alone on the beach
and then my soul makes you feel shy,
When your thoughts reach my heart
and you smile at the dusk sunlight
with the black and white cloudy sky,
I feel so happy, but I cannot say that
How do I feel, how much I love you!

Greeting me in the morning
Warming my shivers
From nightmares all around
Rays of hope
Promising a new day
For a fresh new start

Her wardrobe an
Array of colors
Translucent  for each culture
Flashy colors and sequins
Pale and simple
What she wore
Didn't matter
The message was the model
Only certain people saw
And would acclaim
Mary^s beauty in
Her native dress
And tongue
Mary is our Mother
And Jesus is her Son
We worship not a statue
Nor a picture painted
On canvas
But we are reminded
Of the Mother of God
We hold gently in
Our Heart

I will wear garlands on my neck
of flowers you've given
To reach your lovely eyes,
I will forget myself in this garden.

Suddenly on the pathway
if you meet me
Then you'll throw out flowers
with your shy face
and then to win your heart
I'll pick those flowers up for you.

When you'll walk across me
to the edge with a shy smile
Then I will take the smell
of the flower
that you've worn in your hair.

When you'll turn your face
back to me
to melt me into you again
Then my thirsty heart will be filled
with the tide of pleasure.

From that day on,
you'll think about me
and I will come in your dreams
I know you've been don't forget me
since the day we met on the pathway.