i watched the trees shiver
as spirits fled them;
and i shivered –
and my spirit left, as well
the trees shiver
Soft The Rain Falls
Soft the rain falls
On a little girl’s dreams
As the windows streak with tears
For the mother and father she barely had:
The ghost of her Mama, the voice of her Dad —
Before she came here to be told, “don’t be sad”
In this impassive place
Still the rain beats
On the roof overhead
As her mind jumps past the years
To a festive wedding with her the bride;
Lovely, with her Daddy there by her side –
But she can’t make the face out – the love, the pride –
Nor see her Mama’s tears
Sad the wind blows
From the far mountain streams
To join with her in her plea
Soft the rain falls
On a little girl’s dreams
With nobody there
To see
To share is human:
My Heart Belongs With the Lonely
My heart belongs with the lonely,
It’s where I’m meant to be –
Not in the thoughtless crowd, or off
Among complacency
My heart belongs with the lonely,
And will to them be borne –
For while I still have eyes to see,
I’ll comfort those
Who mourn
(“My Heart Belongs With the Lonely” – 7-15-2015)
To share is human:
Lightning On The Lake
There’s lightning on the lake tonight
The world is dark and wet
This house is full of memory
That I’d as soon forget
With loud crashes of violence
The sky attacks the earth
But can’t drive out the eidolons
To which my mind gives birth
This house protects me from the storm
The wind howls fruitlessly
There’s lightning on the lake tonight
And no one here
But me
(“Lightning On The Lake” – 8-17-2014)
To share is human:
By The Waters of Loneliness
It’s cold out here but worse inside.
And I have got no answers –
I hurt for you, my love, my pride,
But I have got no answers.
Still —
I wish I was a healer who
Could mend relationships, and do
A magic spell to patch our past
And you and I would soon outlast
The couples passing by, who’d see
Our open suitability
For long-time love, and long-held dreams –
That wouldn’t end in heartbreak.
But here its cold, the sun’s gone down,
And I have got no answers –
No questioner nearby is found,
And still I’ve got no answers.
Yet —
I wish I could bring back the days
And nights when you and I would say
That everything we’d ever need
Or want, our covenant and creed
We’d find in one another; where
The starlight meets the cool fresh air
Our love would last, and never die,
And wouldn’t end in heartache.
But cold and lonely flows the sea
The spray kicks up and covers me
And I have got no answers
(“By The Waters of Loneliness” – 12-4-2013)
To share is human:
silent morning
she wakes to the silent morning
slow hears the cars as they pass by
struggling to move pillows into place
now she recognizes
the sound of the furnace
and memories burn into her like
coffee on frozen lips
alone
with her thoughts
in the silent morning
(“silent morning” – 11-27-2014)
To share is human:
murray river basin
the earth is thirsty so am i
out past where we all come to die
alone and without celebrant
a wastrel bard irrelevant
the half-cocked eye the shaking lip
fair captain of a foundered ship
the desert plain of fated need
to thirst to ache
to drop
to bleed
To share is human:
An Echo In The Forest
An echo in the forest
From across a far ravine;
The last words that you said to me
In memory still green
An echo in the forest
That my lonesome ears discern:
The sound of your departing
Knowing you would not
Return
To share is human:
Once Upon A Moon
He told her, once upon a moon,
That “love’s a true-and-always thing” —
They watched the curtains turn to night,
And heard the song the first-birds sing —
She wishes now, upon a star,
That he’d float back on some balloon;
But all is loneliness, and cloud,
And once, was really once
Upon a moon
