Amaphora

What healing do you hold for me
is it olive oil to soothe my skin
or great wisdom I see within

What gifts do you bestow upon me
I am here and ready to receive
abundance for which I will dance
and cry for joy

Oh Goddess grant me rest
a deep sleep that will revive me
energy, joy and glee abounding

Let me wake refreshed or forever
soar in that boundless sea free
of worldly strife and misery

Being

Today was Thanksgiving
the turkey moist and succulent
tender

Can’t say much about the rest
mashed sweet potatoes that
could have been better

A splash of maple syrup or
some honey perhaps
missed out on cranberry sauce

No pi
we did not
bow our heads

But we loved one another
felt easy and free together
enjoyed good food

We parted bathed in love
we will gather often
to be free and easy

Outer Hebrides

One Hundred Nineteen Islands

there must be one perfect for me

though I do love my island here

where I still have contact with

many I love who also love me

Escape always sounds free

not fraught with various misery

but, misery can spring up

like a sponge collecting water

anywhere at all

It is within that we escape it

it takes desire  discipline and

courage, I don’t need to go to

The Outer Hebrides, I can just

stay home, relax and enjoy

War

I do not understand war

killing, maiming, loved lost

be they killers or victims

I do not get weapons used

by armies whatever the 

grievances must it be blood

Can’t there be counsels to

etch out plans for how we

can all live together in peace

This warring world makes

me cry and horrifies me

WHY do we kill one another

The killings seem to be mounting

in the name of religion and I can’t

see anything religious about it

We began together yet separated

into three tribes all not that different

so why are we killing each other

Why can’t we make peace and raise

up from horror and bloodshed 

raise our children free from war

Raise our children not to war

when will we respect differences

which are not so different

My heart breaks this bloody world

so many lives displaced so many

lives unnecessarily lost

War

I do not understand war

killing, maiming, loved lost

be they killers or victims

I do not get weapons used

by armies whatever the 

grievances must it be blood

Can’t there be counsels to

etch out plans for how we

can all live together in peace

This warring world makes

me cry and horrifies me

WHY do we kill one another

The killings seem to be mounting

in the name of religion and I can’t

see anything religious about it

We began together yet separated

into three tribes all not that different

so why are we killing each other

Why can’t we make peace and raise

up from horror and bloodshed 

raise our children free from war

Raise our children not to war

when will we respect differences

which are not so different

My heart breaks this bloody world

so many lives displaced so many

lives unnecessarily lost

Do I have a Poem in Me?

Is what I write poetry?

I think I might fail before

those who are brilliant.

I need to be a better student

verses writing off the cuff

then not editing.

It just comes to me

but can definitely be improved

my poet friends all revise.

I just send it out there bold

and perhaps too much ego

revision is tantamount.

In This While

I prefer to sit outside
listen to night sounds
that thrill me

Life precious sings
in my Cypress Swamp
where birds call me

I love this while