The flowers are blooming and tall in the field
For the sun and the rain have their petals revealed
But it’s her in the shade with the raven black hair
Who makes the whole journey a worthy one there
Key Holder
There’s a little rack by the door
where the keys are supposed to go
but mine are always in my pocket
with everything else I’d need
in a moment’s notice.
I stare at the key holder, blankly,
wondering why such a thing
is necessary at all
when the other set of keys
is yet to come home
Topsy Turvy
You’re a sight for sore ears,
the music to my eyes,
when I find I’m downside-up
you turn me upside right
it comes and goes
peering through the cobwebs
each swiping motion
gives way to a new outlook
ones left behind ones saved for later
but never nothing new.
i must have looked forever
and a quarter past 3
but i never did find
what i was looking for.
Environmental (Contaminant)
When the dust settles (from all of the fighting)
When the smoke clears (and shows us the writing)
A cough tries to loosen (the walls never lying)
A lung full of fears (our words, clarifying)
Do-si-do
and when the sun sets
and the world keeps turning
our hearts will still beat
and our souls be yearning
I Just Wanted to Say . . .
hello, hallo,
wie geht’s, jambo,
hola, ciao,
bonjour, nyob zoo,
namaste, konichiwa,
anyeong haseyo,
merhaba, salve, gya,
molo, privet, szia
Everyday
I want you to feel loved
at least half as much
as you truly are,
I want you to feel loved
like you may have been missing
out on it all this time,
I want you to feel loved
so that you can
begin to know
the same old love
in a new way
everyday.
A Recipe for Disaster
A little bit of you
A little bit of me
Three-quarters of a dream
A dash of guarantees
A pinch of doubt (or two)
Mix low, going faster
Serve cold on shattered plates
This dish we call . . .
Sweet Deserts
the desert air tastes so sweet at night
when the electricity
kisses the nothingness floating in the air
illuminating the dark skies
with sporadic flashes of brilliance
and when this empty land beneath
welcomes something
it doesn’t know the name of yet
but it will know it when it sees it
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