Wheatgrass and Ocean

He tells me about the bounty of wheat
Flats of grass
Squeezed
Green liquid quickly chugged
Bringiton!

Dylan
Roams the waves
Tunnels
Arms slice through salty arrivals
Bringiton!

Clear thinking
Mind opened
Wheatgrass and ocean
Beginnings are thoughtful
Bringiton!

Deep down pillows of peace

For so long....
Sleep elusive
tossed and turned
hair lopsided
eyes puffy
Whoever looked back at me
from the mirror
in the morning
was unknown
What up?

I woke up today
With a breath of peace
It lingered long and low
from within
Deep down pillows of peace
A gift from a brother
Who reminds us of who we are

I made the bed
Quite as usual
Arranging those pillows with care
and a toss of joy.

Greet the Day

Wake up
Get up
Hit the bar bells
Lift, one, two, three
Lift
Up to twenty

Make the bed
Toss the pillows
One teddy bear from Sedona
lands on top
always

Say a prayer
A decade
or two
Give this day to God
lay out all that is to be
Before Him

You are my anti-inflammatory
my right hand man
my sanity when insanity lurks
my lifeline
my hope against hope
my anti-depressant

Hairspray flies
A dash of sweet cologne
Which shoes to wear?
Toast pops up
Orange peeled squeezes into the morning hour
A handfull of books and papers
And a quick homemade lunch

Out the door
Into the world
Rain
Windy
Patchy
Filled with people to love

Greet the day
Amen

I'm Not Giving Up

I'm not giving up
No
I am living my style and way
Yes

I am more focused than you can imagine!
My voice resounds
God's Word
Yet, I am humbled, speechless
At times
When it is quiet
And I watch the trees catching glimpses
Of rain, of wet, of ponderings

I'm not giving up
No
I am living my style and way
Yes

Courage overcomes fear
Love drowns out tears
Wisdom comforts thinking
A blanket warms me
Cancer has opened me
To who I am

Yes
I am living my style and way
No
I'm not giving up

A Definite Possibility

A definite possibility
Maybe so and only if?

We walked the creekside
Heard the bucket drummers
Climbed a mountain
Scanned the surf along the coastline
Wandering the art show
Pick of the day
Three out of five Thai spice
High five for Evan
Madonna sweets

On solid ground
To be with you
On a day like this
Is definitely more than a possibility

Only if's and maybe so's
Are laughters along the way.

Dancer on the Beach

She
cast off her skirt
running down to the shore
balancing on rocks
while the waves shuffled in

wash away
splash
wash away
dance

Her bathing suit glistened in the light
of the day
throwing arms to the sky
round belly swayed
hips moving in tune
invisible music
horizon blue

wash away
splash
wash away
dance

While the waves shuffled in
She danced.

Fallacy

thinking beyond the stars
grabbing onto the edge of the table
fallacies disintegrate
a clearing

dylan explains

philosophy enters on cat's feet
leaving impressions
gentle footsteps in time will fade
steps taken ahead

a clearing
fallacies disintegrate
grabbing onto the edge of the table
thinking beyond the stars

Time

Beginning tonight
Setting up a place.
It's time!
Poems still.
place settings
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