Poems

a true friend will never leave you forever
resting beside you as the tide ripples in
inspired by the greatness of you
my friend
in sickness and in health
batten down the hatches
in self-protection
catching her breath
forgiving with grace and depth
the furtive rivers flow away
to find a lesser death
dear friend i do explain
i was a loose cannon firing pain
casting away the moments
of such beauty in a flame
left with loneliness to claim
inside a troubled brain
in one’s own hell
fraught with fire yet brimming with gem stones
that cool and calm the raging storms
pools of daybreak tears have shown
a life-time of friendship i atone
your laughter fills this lonely guise
when i am so alone
I feel your presence gentle one
much gratitude promise so much feeling
unlike a bitter end
that seems forever long
may we be blessed
the right to be reborn
thankful for the time we shared
in solitude please hear my prayer
a chance to begin again.

overwhelmed by spells
quell a realm bring rings as worn
by trees in the center
where the heart sleeps

waiting for an answer in fall
often watching the moon
I think of you

celebrations run the year
we try to hear the underlying
undying word of love as clear
as a fantasy forgives forever

cool and crisp windy ground
whip and chill the dirt to flirt
leafy crinkled crunch snap
branches bending low
half asleep we wait for snow.

the sun gives way to cloudy day
a cold inhospitable rain and wind
to let you bring a nights warmth in
I dealt a depth of sorrow
mingled in a murky mess
to rip the tips your lips addressed
a coward will die a thousand deaths
your someone confesses most depressed
less is more more or less
I cannot trust myself I guess
lady you are
as translucent as a morning star
making heaven on earth
in the wake of your abundant sea
for the sake of your devotion
I wade through tides cupping my pride and left your side
to be carried away by emotion of my
selfish fantasy.

tumultuous winds
setting off the sirens
tousled leafy bundles of tundra
bottomless boisterous burdens blown to bits
Sandy swings from left to right
caught in the middle of branch and sticks
like a crazy monkey
faked out by eerie shouts getting closer
rumble a pea soup sky tumbles
humbling to say goodbye
crumbling
like a faith in despair
I see a sea of trees
fighting a rabid breeze
that takes them to their knees
defenseless as the reckless wind
may seize
from the confines of my chair.

december moon
egg-shell-bright sits assuming
in moody black sky brooding
a streak of metallic threads streaming
her outstretched arm golden, reaching
across dark naked waters running deeply
in a fervor to keep from freezing
waiting for tomorrow’s solitary sun
to warm the depths from chills to win the frost
a winter’s bitter cruelty alone and lost
the moon does not see nor does she care
for anything beyond her brilliance fair
reflecting her glory in the night
the world a backdrop to her light
as all the seagulls and the fishes catch their cold a fright
and lovers holding hands under a moon-lit sky
kiss and say good-night.

to see you in the morning light
or afternoon shades of gray
after all the Fall will go
though warmth somehow will stay
i love you as the ripened fruit
the pangs of patient days
and i will only hurt you so
were i too soon to fall away
don’t fail me now even when
the pain is raw too stark the fright
i tell you this my sweetest friend
let night slip over you gently as a song
praying for you so difficult the words
save this sonnet for a quiet heart
i cannot write to save my sight
for bark upon a tree would give its greenery
legends made far weigh a wilderness
you aren’t less yet so much more
than this
i ask you for deliverance
too much want the lady carried to other responsibilities
she is a willow weeping tears
the toll taking pain staking hero
the energy is clear
a wake
sustaining ocean
rush in blue coldest depth
powdered sugar sands
without caution.

a chorus fills the air and fills her mind
rehearsing for the strength she needs to find
and flying to jamaica to leave new york behind
to bathe in balmy breezes with pleasures to design
she stirs the auditorium to make our spirits climb
to send the senses reeling as the diva is divine
they throng to hear each melodic tone
in every foriegn tongue and moan
where tears that fall for one and all
from heart and soul and drive
in the act of making magic come alive from pages in the score
welling up with feeling born deep within the core
she stands so elegant and grand above the foot-lit floor
and always leaves the audience enthralled and wanting more
her voice is heaven sent-the singer at the met
her friends and family worship and adore
saught by lucky students at her door
the lady has a way to make their spirits soar
and needing time to rest and to unwind
to find what the true meaning of life is for
to grow in her awakening
while strolling on warm golden beaches to renew old energies to store
when back from favorite haunts and hide-a-ways refreshed
to begin again once more-to greet the city lights that shine in eyes so bright
illuminating through soft celestial nights
from head to toe to reach the very heights.

east hampton rocky beaches lead me there
upon a cliff the swelling sweeping breezes air
fill me with calm
a place without harm
dreaming by a fire warm
in denim for weekends delight
our little beach house creaking in the night
in summer hear the crickets laugh
the pool and bay we take a bath
grilled tuna, rice and salad
and time to roam
in early morn to be at home
immersed in the splashing waves and fog
and putting on another log in winters white and me in togs
a lucky day to spend this way
the vase still full with summers weeds of gold
here’s where we hold
the happiness nature unfolds
all around us
horses cows and fowl young and old
wavering grasses in the mighty coastline wind howling
whipping across the frost covered earth this to remember
a hideaway on eastern shores
to feel the comfort of those wide planked pine wood floors
a favorite time when flowers in a summers bloom
to sleeping till it’s half past noon
into september’s looming sky a harvest moon
end of summer’s summoning autumn soon
and all the while
across the bay our visions every mile
to visit driftwood lane and live the laid back style
a family haunt to wile away the hours for the sweetest of memories to file
to get that old certain feeling and for all a contented smile.

elegant gaunt mist
sunburst joy
kissed epitome

strings knotted
tapestries floral throws
wishes welling woe

your tears are mine
in sync in kind
melancholy fits the crime
you are yours
I am mine

blue star shining
in orange sky
sheer red clouds pass by

a rainbow glows purple/yellow
rest your weary head on my pillow

birds fly nearby
the silver moon sighs with
merry mellow eyes
no regrets

night expressed relies
drawing between the lines
coloring her objectivity divine.

keep cool in schools like fishes swim
feel the coral reef beyond belief so thin the fin
there is a bond to dive from
the surface
fathomed far below found
fondly underground
to neglect the one pure love suits harm bemoaning odious
a karmic mental bar an obstacle superfluous
of charms to throw away on a
dalliance my insignificance
to survive with not a husband nor a wife
but the childlike things I say and do
have a gravity pulling me through-tell me about you-as for me I
haven’t got a clue without the closeness, sad as a mad strain of peace
and karats
to drown my sorrows in shiny objects
to let go of the pain, to fight for
the fire
my eternal flame.