Birth I can feel the poems Some are like angst and depression Some are like joy and peace Some the words flow like the winds Some refuse release I think those are the best ones The ones that stay locked in the womb Awaiting just the right moment to be birthed Crying, gasping for…
Ocean Walk
Ocean Walk I’ve reached the midpoint The place where I have to turn Going back where I came from My way here was wondrous Boisterous, powerful Alone I walked away from my childhood home Until I could walk no further I’ve reached the midpoint The place where I have to turn Going…
Microscopic (Infinitesimal)
Microscopic Most of the time it’s easier to do the “wrong” thing It seems like holiness, perfection Are just much too high I can’t reach it I can’t jump anymore The pains in my feet go screaming galore So I just simply sit down and stare Then my head goes down I look toward…
MishMash
MishMash My logic and beliefs have worked me into a place Where my own life is totally meaningless I felt the inky black tar pulling me in A small black hole here in the arms of the Milky Way Small, but still no light could get through Somehow wakefulness pulled me out of its throes…
Traversing Oceans
Traversing Oceans Often I’m writing poems Even I don’t understand The words just seem to flow from me Like water from the hand Though there is some deliberate direction There is always also splash The life seems just to splatter It stains the crimson sash I often love to drift along Sail the open seas…
Windowsill
I usually don’t explain my poems, and this one today may seem so trivial and simple, but I must explain it. I live in Redding, CA where we just experienced one of the most devastating fires in California history. Entire neighborhood blocks are gone, burned to nothing but ash and rubble and chimneys. Burned…
Perched
I hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July. I’m going to keep it short today so as not to distract from the celebrations. 🙂 Perched It must be nice to be a bird Always able to change your perspective Always able to fly over obstacles Always seeing from above Like love
Against the Currents
Against the Currents I have never felt so much like a salmon As I do right now I realize I am always going against the current I am feeling the strain Always, always feeling the strain I am closer to the end Wondering just what is the purpose of this journey Is it…
Writer’s Block
Dedicated to all who are right in the midst of the struggle between life and death… Writer’s Block I haven’t written Sometimes creativity sits Like a dark black molded growth Against the side of a dead tree stump But even that tumor is alive Even that blotch of ignorance Is living …
The Guardians
The Guardians The guardians tower above They’ve stood here for millennia Silence, stillness, stalwart Awe The oceans have smacked persistent Never stopping, never wavering Yet still they stand their ground Keeping watch, their beauty abounds Keeping watch with their peaks in the mists I’m not quite sure I’ve known such bliss As being in…
Impossibilities
Impossibilities It is nearly impossible For a poet to walk by a flower And not be captivated Captured by beauty To pause for a moment Or for maybe almost an hour This brevity tends to be the normal for me
