A Long

A Long

A long long long

time ago

When I was young

I liked the long

of it best of all

When making it

with no help at all

give me anatomy

A long long long

time ago

Where are you?

Where Are You?

I can't find you

you've slithered

through the door

I'm left alone

Where echoes 

     where

          where

               where

Where are you?

you've slithered 

through the door

I'm alone

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

I am pruned

new green

as I purple

All Hallow's Eve

All Hallow’s Eve

In caves they dwell

silky black hanging

from their feet

They drop down

silky black suits

they go to work

to take us down

robbing us of our

enfranchisement

anyway they can

It has become ok

no offense to bats

Wind Rage

Wind Rage

roars

valleys

thrashes

rises

rages

mountains

circles

around 

comes 

down

Art

Art

I created art tonight

     flung my aqua slip

over light brown leather

     it looked fine

over light brown leather

Sitting in the chair 

king pillow in aqua slip

over light brown leather

     looked fine 

A squall crossed 

     over the horizon

aqua sky pink clouds

uncontrolled tears

wet me down

Growth

Growth

I am growing
not physically
I've done that

I am growing
accepting me
for who I am

forgiving

Joined

Joined

Umbrella shades deeper

inherit excuses stand

Vowed thunder

light shifts

in childhood hands

Umbrella

Killer Canasta

Killer Canasta

It was an exhausting day

job interview, killer Canasta

stress sizzled in my brain

silly that I let it affect me

interview encouraging when

I hoped I would be convinced

or she would be convinced

that I wasn’t the person 

I hoped I would remember

the rules for Canasta, but

the rules had changed and

there was so much more to

keep track of and once I said

to a player, “Don’t yell at me”

that was an eye opener since

I hear that admonition often

A learning curve, what I do

that I was now receiving

she wasn’t yelling but she

had irritation in her voice

I got it, time well spent

which left me spent and yet

news, our daughter has

thyroid cancer, we are far

away and pray it is not bad

one of the good cancers if

ever there could be good

she was offered a place 

to repair by her Dad, but I

doubt this is a repair place

for her, since her Dad can’t

remember to be comforting

It was a day I took too seriously

I need to even out and be me

as I am, without fear of anyone’s

appraisal from where they

come from, which is different

than where I come from

to be open to different views

to grow with involvement

For now, I go to sleep 

perchance to dream

scenes of things I need to learn

or scenes of escape from stress

to lilt like a butterfly over pollen

rich flowers there for the taking

where I bury my nose  and then

sneeze, and sneeze, God Bless

God Bless

Raptor

Raptor

His false charm

Willow’s her in 

to his crustyness

He is brittle

his gem sheathed

adonis fever

There is rustle

unbearable desire

exploding

Gasping for breeze

she is recovering

mending

Its Been OK

Its Been OK

It's been Ok
almost relaxing
too, too fine

Wind has been
is raging
too, too fine

Heard the Owl
early morning
and again tonight

Its been Ok

Crazy

Crazy

Crazy always

held together

by sheer will

shaking times

not falling apart

close

Too close to

crazy always

I held on to me

held tight, held

refused

to fall apart

Still holding on

crazy always

yet quite sane

in my insanity

it works

for me

Written for Marian's  music prompt at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads