Summer Solstice restless nights the sun woke up on the wrong side an invisible cloud shields the sunshine scorched grass the Night cannot be shorter than it is tonight the days are black and nervous no hand to hold on to but if one concentrates on what one lacks--- the day is long |
Selective Attention The moon exploded into a trillion shards of greyish-white It went unnoticed. The world kept turning. Frogs were spontaneously renamed 'dogs' Day still turned into night. A spiderweb, thinner than a dream and more real, Someone blinked and missed it. And so the world spins 'round the sun, Does it make a sound? (05/05/92) |
Nightmare The tick-tock clock clicks against my skull |
Random Thoughts of the Heavens Night falls like a feather on a still day The moon is the most common of heavenly obsessions The earth shines brighter from the moon |
Swinging Moods Little legs stampede through the sun-baked dust Little legs strain to reach for the treetops, for the stars |
Fallen With Pride Younger trees held the wooden corpse aloft A jagged scar marred the trunk's end No, eternities might pass before the elm is a memory; I looked to the ground beneath the floating elm I followed the leaf-covered path out of the woods |
Aftermath of Romance Midnight, and the mangled smile still lies awake Fairer? Unfair is more the word When so much is given Escaping emotions Use or abuse the word if you must |
Scattering (for the Class of 1991 at Roncalli High School) The field had lain fallow this past year On the bank of the creek stood a tree of solid strength The sun lost intensity as time passed Weeks passed and the wind marked the season And the leaves began to fall An arrangement of blackbirds ascended through the cascading leaves |
An Eighteen-Year-Old Contemplates Unattractive backdrop Painted into a corner Nothing is The child stops being a child I need my own four walls. |
Ignorance of Bliss A china doll wears an eternal smile, illustration of contented spirit, Ignited by unusual flame that cannot consume that which it touches. Children forget the magic of a china doll as they grow older As the flame cools down, dust settles and time fleets, |
Attempt to Justify the Death of John Brayman In my thinking, the yardstick of age The enlightened accept this as true His years of EXPERIENCE outnumbered Methuselah's He made knowledge as golden as Midas made his daughter Until we lose all who he touched |
Time Spent Apart There were two birds who became accustomed to flying together After reaching such heights together One swooped from the other in a wide arc, hesitantly, and they parted The birds' keen eyes were somehow different They danced in the air, swooped joyfully, as if to say Can a wing, a hand, reach so far? |
Thoughts of Shoveling Silently snow flows to the surface From a distance the white seems alike Keep knowledge in heart that a greater crystal |
Daybreak on Interstate 90 The fog blankets a restless horizon |
God and Other Misunderstandings Nobody can know what He means "Do unto others" is more than just those words I'm sure He wouldn't lie to us But He remains the same Nobody's perfect and no one is perfectly wrong One can't misunderstand |
Wings of a Dove (for Chris Gabriel) The Lord would raise you up on eagle's wings We release your memory in tears |
Lightning Without Thunder How can you make love stay? Love is mystery So much fear A beginning can be an ending The world would keep turning Love can only bring freedom Red, like fire Green, like life itself Time is not our master Time is a lie Again, how can you make love stay? How can you make love stay? Love will only stay if it is protected from fear Yet love without fear is like lightning without thunder But the gunshot door-crash rumbles through the darkness From a distant vantage point Watch for the flash of light Never say never |