love – Page 2 – June Kaplan

tell me do you love me?
Byjucasso
tell me do you love me?
after all the road is cold narrow
hearts are scattered
believe old beliefs meant in the moment
shallow course to know divorce lost causes
walk in a world held long ago
in tears to show you
the orchestra my significant symphony
sing through the trees indefinitely
windy vibes chime in syncopated time-
tell me
do you love me still?
my soul wears a shroud
takes me out of reach proud pride
pray on bended knee to be alive
wish to see you
standing in front of me
tall as the trees swaying
to some funky jazzy jive
happy as a melody.
the seldom love
Byjucasso
the seldom love
most sorry
cannot bring to carry
kept the stressful day
oceans emotion
stall tall squall in doubt of dawn
red lines streak black sky with gray
silver moon slip through crack in cloud
wind blown winter score the Ice
pelt the earth to her inner core
a darker dimmer beam
from shooting star recede
angel hitch a ride
trip where dipper lie
let spirit be your guide
an easy peace of pride
extreme release unwind the night
complete a kinder mind
the sign of the dove.
the distant summer
Byjucasso
the distant summer
aloof in winters bare
fallen snow follow
soon left the swallow
bird of flight quiet night
sky violet light cool blue azure bright
mixture rain and ice
the fragments of a fixture triangular angular suffice
spare change the faculty cries
mammoth hysteria the autocrat experiential
mental prowess experimental
illumines potential
be well the time elemental
glow ever gentle reverence The Messiah
shy away the dependance survival
semi-conscious streams realize dreams
chase tomorrow looking back archival
notes sing of spring sanctuary
every living thing in memory
find fraternal favor a humility
bear roses in-enmities
recite sweet sentiment
play instruments of merriment
regard the cold with wool and glove
forgive the world with love.
a duty to beauty intuitive
Byjucasso
a duty to beauty intuitive
resume the aspect of gratitude
felt the thoughts revolve
around the hands of God
driven miles taken
a world of time alone
from ocean to the sound
the dunes are quiet now
heartache put to bed
that pains a wound embedded
amend the time resolve
I am her lamb
wish on star she is my heart
stick and mud a dam
water rushes swept away
sleep deep till break of day
December morning
a moment like a chorus sing
sentimental in her merriment
I look to you ever well
sound church bell
chimes bright as sun
morning nightfall
seems the freeze will never thaw
pray for peace nothing more
live life like you’ve done this all before
familiar with love a stranger to war
the heart may fail
as cloud may pale a sunny day
enter in your magic grin
windy as a gale
happy as a reign deer
love you so
like
fallen snow.
His Will
Byjucasso
sustenance
stem a pitcher of ice water
extend an hour glass form
clear as rain from translucent sky
angels try to catch their mindful arcs
listen to the sound of hawks as smooth moons glisten
currents abrupt wind pulls from a distance
into vast pools cast a world magnificent
humbles introspection
need not hesitate God is great to win His love exceptional
negate poison reiterate storms of reason
rekindle the heart a warming symbol
to appreciate the time it takes
by starlight breaks for heaven’s sake
a sign inclined to signal
the appropriate associated mingle
in the middle of a malleable festivity
to gain kindred kind
I love you more than I love myself
it’s not myself I wish to spare
it is you lovely angel prepares
despair is a rarity in your makeup
charity tells me your view
Chabad the reservation
a temple in the trees
in silent prayer I meditate on these
whatever frees won’t kill
may God bless us with His Will
this time upon the Earth of love and peace.
Happy New Year.
Amen.
where we walked
Byjucasso
to love so much
would make you weary
a pearl in the shell
to dwell in the heart
of resource
deeply felt the depth of help
a walk with wonder
from last glance of summer
raise the tumblers
reflections of great feeling
mirrored by give and take
if not for the light a heart might break
to see the vulnerable dawn
escape the invinsible night
birds take flight
to the irrepressable sky
the sun expands in waves and bands
to touch God’s hands
in ocean sands as white and pure
as golden waters implore
east coast friendly town
where we walked before
a kind safe harbor found.
a hungry place
Byjucasso
the sun shining
amber as maple syrup
sticking to twig and stick
grateful to be able
in the years of fable
blindly going forth
waiting for a renascence
fine art at your table
since first you cradled a ladle
and I the lady with a bagel
promise anything
but give her salami and cheese
while you whip up your liver pâté
in FILO dough you know
would be as smooth as Peter Pan
but then
the world is a hungry place
but I grew up
with broiled lamb chop
all over my face
and there was nothin’ finer
than Queenie’s apple pie
second helpings on my plate
date nut bread covered in cream cheese a fave
we didn’t know how to run the
microwave
meat would come out gray
my Twinkie for a Hostess cupcake!
to thine own Milky Way be true
I wanted food all the time
I couldn’t get enough
it was my significant supper
i guess that’s why I love you
like a Jewish mother.
the wake of dreams
Byjucasso
an empty canvas blank page
egg wash rages on a stage
in the mist midst twinge
singed leaves fiery sun
left to die enflame the sky
never ending
cold August nights forget
to remember
hot July sparkles
flags waves dust particles
hit the road going back
to the first moment I saw
the overall overalls
purple bandana
write overtures for you
you paint fingernails blue
want to hang a portrait of you
in the Parrish museum
read a thousand sonnets
in your night
watch you bloom
dig deep in your beloved soil
heal yourself while helping me
and in
society gain a sense of mastery
over authority in compliance
self reliance improves your diet
you speak candidly
I accept your privacy
a mood in tune with June
and all you may access in the
courage to successfully discover
beauty hiding in the wake of dreams
what you are is what you seem.
patch a fallen tie
Byjucasso
You are the paper sky
you are the pencil shade my eye
hold my hand I cry your tears
she is the cradle in my sunrise
the stranger of my surmise
too quick to say goodbye
patch a fallen tie
gold-leafed charm
a calming heart
why wonder we cannot see
the Earth in all her finery
grateful for your gallery
reserve the rite to be
among her bless-ed best
a summer rosary
rise and shine she calls upon request
love not wavering
those humble sweet seasons
for savoring
sought of give and take
children born for humblings sake
a keep sake for safe keeping
Gods gift to win
a smile for your grin
good fortune’s Phoenix
center ’round the ring
pray for strength from weakness
to happen the day
daughters and sons
catch us in His arms
hugs till day is done
regard the setting sun
without harm for anyone.
Amen.
in my memory to bear
Byjucasso
eons ago I walked with you
frailty seemed frivolous
encountered the rounder points
the universe exclaimed
to question the exceptional
our tears identical
in the Cabernet of rain
there is a moment
in my memory to bear
bear hugs essential
from tremendous endless care
it is the wisdom I hear
out of the mouth of fear
that grips the lip
to shift into the death of us
holiday spirit there then gone
to think of God a winter long
in hopes that He will save the world
in summer for a freedom found
that I may feel again to find her
safe and warm and sound
where graceful love rebounds
in ocean sea river bay
the daughter of the water play
swim lake stream pond
nocturnal in the elemental bliss
covet the quiet kiss
that led a girl to this
to shed a tear like skin
that begs for bells to ring.