The season that calls us to be patient and vigilant, reflective and awake, peaceful and deliberate, gives us a child as a symbol of this season’s spirit. This is quite interesting given the observance of how short the attention span can be for a child! …
I Should Tell You…
…..I should tell you….
But you wouldn’t hear it as it was
Not because you didn’t want to
But because you can’t
I have wanted to walk with you
On the stage and in your heart
But the lines of human yearnings
Don’t allow the intimacy
So many journeys alone
The tellings never capture all
Hints of glory and of rapture
Circle in a swirl of smoke
None too clear but always precious
Come the moments of the dance
Many make the steps together
Yet the distance marks the gaps
Loneliness is locked within us
None the lacking for a breath
Gasping for the true conveyance
Seeping round the corners gape
Yet we feel the shared dis-ease
There is a love…dis-covers it
Sharing seems weak consoling
Taunting debts of dignity!
…
Angels in Treetops
I now know from whence the wind does blow
And to where and for why it does drive forth!
‘Tis naught but graced wisps of refined commotion
From the fluttering wings of angels in treetops
Loved ones alighting on branches of berth
Look down from above and quiver in delight
They laugh in the air as the wind they create
And hurl us along in the flow of the Spirit!
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Late January 2007
We countdown to nowhere,
Still-life air to breathe….
Time Traveling in a blank stare
Seconds, minutes, hours, days,
Creeping and Strutting…
Seasons feign change,
But there is no movement
What is this cool cruelty?
A smoldering Phoenix?
A rehearsal in annoyance?…
Sauntering Saints
They close about me like a cloak;
Rapturous winds of whim and courage.
Protecting, caressing, coaxing and cooing —
Is it butterfly wings or laughter I hear?
Sage-wise and new-born, they encircle,
Touching my body lightly
As they glide between heaven and earth…
What news do you bring me this day?…