ORIGINAL POETRY
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Dancing Among Stars
Dancing among stars, pirouetting, playing, waltzing across space, on thin air, ha!
turn on a dime. Head frames up. Where is up? Stars surround, whirl around.
Stepping on moons. Moonshine stuck to heel, spitting like a sparkler for all to see.
Painting the heavens, sketching constellations, romancing imploding black holes to explode,
spinning planets to align. Fireworks, red, purple, blue, orange, snow white delights.
The universe quakes, in slow, steady rhythms. sonic boom, boom, boom.
Catch my breath. dare breathe and risk the moment?
One day, God danced and the universe began. I want to dance like that. ha!
Where Blue Meets Purple
When I dream, I dream of love and family,
of riding horses on mountain trails, camping in the forest,
listening as wolves howl at the moon and owls hooing,
with gentle rustling of leaves and tree limbs.
I dream of love with my beloved, beyond measure,
where separation serves to heighten
and tighten bonds gracefully joined,
amid traces and glimpses of furtive, joyful tears
I dream of love with passion,
that endures and grows with seasons passing.
Of meeting my beloved in our dreams,
while we lay embraced, in faraway places.
I dream of respect and adoration.
of love making so profound that apogee is
severe and jolting, surpassing the physical
yet unable to touch the depth of the experience
I dream of a place where blue meets purple...
that place is my favorite color,
where real man meets loving woman,
where hearts melt into one, where blue meets purple.
Inner Chambers
Am I fodder for your projections?
do you even know love?
can you separate them?
are you keen on what i mean?
to love is to hear my heart
not the beat, but the pitter patter part
that which swells as goodness dwells
and stings on wings of sadness and madness
that which warms as children swarm
and fades when danger raids
oh hear me everyone, there is life in here
charging out in oneness with the universe
that feels the breathing in and out
of a world hyperventilating, choking on its own air
searching for sanity in places of vanity
running from tents of peace
Slow down, listen to the heart
not the beat, but the pitter patter part
it matters not whether yours or mine
in inner chambers they sound with rhyme
hidden glory, furtive kindness, wild gentleness
they speak with tongue of a day yet to come
that honors the weak and holds in esteem
those rejected and harmed without alarm
this announcement finds pronouncement
the Kingdom of God is within you
waiting, gently waiting, for its day to reign
clear the storm, heal the forlorn
if you listen, truly listen
to the inner part of our beating heart
you quarry beauty, and then and only then
can you love me surely
Reaching Rose
Life is beautiful, don’t you see?
Among the thorns, a rose breathes free.
It stretches past these points of pain
To find a place, a path, a reign.
Shine on me, Oh vast Light
Let me bloom and give fine sight.
For one is coming with eyes perceive
To see, to smell, to hold my leaves.
Oh vast Light, let me bloom!
Among these thorns, give me room!
I burst with beauty that can’t subsume.
If I slow, I will explode!
Shine on me, oh last Light
Let me reach before the night.
Dogs and Cats
I was lying down
and a dog came
and licked my arm,
uninvited
I was sitting
and a cat came
and jumped in my lap,
as if he owned it
I was living my plan
and suffering came
and it hurt too much
for me to deny it
I was struggling
and questions came
and answers slowly
as if I did not need them
I was searching
and touch came
and changed me
because it does that
You were sitting
and I came
and you touched me
so I felt love
I am sitting
and I am aware
and I experience love
that tames me
Liberty
I am free, free, free
Free at last, I am free,
Free to be,
Free from we,
Free for me,
Free to see,
Free with glee,
Oh, thank God,
I am free indeed!
Goodbye, condemnation,
Hello, liberation.
Accusers are gone,
the wave of a wand,
I am free, free, free
Free at last, I am free.
I am a Tiger
I am a tiger, who walks his own path
Carrying love, not vengeance and wrath
Saunter the jungle, study the strange
Discover dynamics found on the range
Clap loudly with soft paws, retracted claws
For someone transcends their normal blahs
And finds a way to honor this team
God, you and me, and whomever will dream.
Shhhhhhhh…
I am a tiger, who walks his own path
Finding God’s way, a bird in a bath.
Adventure is mine, look what unfolds
Why should I fear and miss all the gold?
Surrender the outcome, sounds very bleak
But now it’s become that which I seek!
Strange places, odd faces
Sackcloth, silk and laces.
I am a tiger, who walks his own path
Not afraid to climb a giraffe.
Around the tree might be a bee
Or a flea waiting for tea.
Whatever it is, we come to believe
The unpredicted seen in tea leaves.
So hold to your hats, watch for the bats,
Release the fat cats to chase the scared rats…
I am a tiger, who walks his own path
Figuring, dithering, adding the math
Out of control, face the unknown
Perhaps we'll reap that which we've sown
Sometimes
What do you think about love?
How do you feel?
Sometimes love is kind words,
Sometimes love is romantic thoughts,
Sometimes love is a simple, long hug,
Sometimes love is a sweet kiss,
Sometimes love is an act of grace,
Sometimes love takes a turn,
and does something deep,
spending time
thinking, thinking, thinking...
feeling, feeling, feeling...
until all paths of heart and mind
converge to a perfect bind
that soothes the soul
and steals the wind...
sometimes love is breathtaking