Transience
encroaching midnight-
the doomsday clock poised to toll
humanity’s dirge
–
pools of red wax-
guttering candles
cast their meager light
Category Archives: Light
Age
honeysuckle wine-
content letting the front porch
host my slow decline
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passing cars-
an afghan shrouds
her empty rocker
Sky
lost amid the clouds-
the afternoon sky whispers
my name to the wind
–
wistfully blue-
dandelions
in your hair
Interruption
warm sands and tropi-
the cat yowls and paws my face
demanding breakfast
–
morning zoom call-
for the love of god
mute your mic
Vampire
a cold night’s work done-
the creeping light of daybreak
seeps into my tomb
–
guttering torchlight-
weary of the death
that slakes my thirst
Freedom
‘neath a festive sky-
cold ashes rain down upon
old lakota land
–
beneath the stars-
none of us free
unto the last
Peace
seeking inner peace-
silently blessing all those
who would do me ill
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approaching dawn-
tea and birdsong
refills my soul
Ghosts
milkweed in the wind-
beside the ancient live oak
I bury our bones
–
a lonesome gong-
pale wisps of trees
fade in the mist
Dawn
lavender shadows-
flowers from a tuscan yard
in a patch of sun
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cardinal songs-
a sun flower
turns its head
Stonehenge
the dawning solstice-
children of the earth and sky
taste the rising sun
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pheasant’s eyes-
ghosts of stone men
herald the sun