Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Resolutions

Resolutions

For the sake of life
I have them in mind
though to resolve is
fraught with failure

I want to live better
body first which leads
to mind for we are
one body mind

I’m stuck in a rut
of daily demise
letting  myself dwindle
without care

I just want out
its not healthy
I have resolutions
that might save me

I will go to the gym
I will walk and walk
I will swim and swim
I won’t talk


I will meditate

Opposites

Opposites

I AM STRONG
I am weak

I AM BRAVE
I am cowardly

I AM HONEST
I am a liar

I AM SMART
I am stupid

I AM AMBITIOUS
I am lazy

I AM HAPPY
I am  sad

I AM FUNNY
I am maudlin

I AM CONTENT
I am restless

I AM PROUD
I am ashamed

I AM ALIVE 
I WILL BE DEAD



Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas Past

Christmas Past

Christmas past
tree still lit shines
on lifetime treasures
ornaments of meaning
selected gifts from friends
handmade treasures
memories of years
sharing love

Christmas past
tree still lit shines
on thoughts of
so many gone
either by death
or different paths
so many memories
sharing love

Tree still shines
on Christmas past
on Christmas now
so many memories
stories to tell
so much love
there and now
woven into me

Christmas tomorrow
add one more year
of joy, love, sharing
light the tree
live in the glow
presents past and present
give and grow




Lonely

Lonely

It is my fate
though I never mind it

I am okay with me
yet it would be

nice to have someone
I am okay with me




Sunday, December 8, 2013

I Think

I think I'll sleep
on my couch
that couches me
yet I'm never allowed
he comes calling me
insists I come to bed

I think and think how
will I make it work
for both of us so we
can be delightfully
free to be individual
each onto their own

He is melded into me
I like to be free and wish
he could realize his own
separation
his separate personality
not he and me

I want him to fly
on his own careening
sailing in the sky
skimming ocean
heady and free
alive

He hunkers down
minimalist he lives
in a shrunken world
digs in to a bunker
hides his head
refuses sun


Tonight

Again the fury
I cleaned shrimp
marinated them
cooked quinoa
set the skillet to
melt butter saute
garlic with lemon
he was to cook
he couldn't so he
yelled at me and
went to bed while
I write poems
if that what they be
Pacifica

Waves pound steep shore
bleached skeletons of trees
nearly buried in sand
wind keeps them visible

Sea spray salts my skin
gray whales crest and spout
I watch them again and again
how do I describe my sense

There are no words except
the overused ones again
and again as I dream of waves
bleached skeletons of trees

 

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Owls

Who Who Who Who
they answer to and fro
Who Who Who Who
one lands on the pool cage
yellow talons  cat ears
big golden eyes
interest in our little dog?
Who Who Who Who
they ask at dusk
they ask all night
into the light
Who Who Who Who

Owls

Great Horned Owls

Who Who Who Who
they answer to and fro
Who Who Who Who
one lands on the pool cage
yellow talons  cat ears
big golden eyes
interest in our little dog?
Who Who Who Who
they ask at dusk
they ask all night
into the light
Who Who Who Who?

Monday, December 2, 2013

Autumn

Autumn

I miss the early gentle days
after the heat and excitement of summer
the haze, the lull, the relaxation
the gentle lap of the lake
no motor boats, no pressure to live summer
to its fullest for it is gone
a time to unwind, reflect, enjoy
smell, see, revel, pick apples

I miss the leaves
crimson, scarlet, burgundy
orange, yellow, bronze
maple, oak, popular
that set the stands ablaze
detach on breezes
cradle down on buffeted currents
raked into piles, then burned

I miss the nutty smell of fall
the chop of fallen wood no longer green
loading logs in chill blue air
to keep us warm
through the frozen season
of black and white, wisps of smoke
warm inside
I miss the Headless Horseman