Perhaps…
June 28, 2006
god
needs us
as much as
we need
god
once young blades
June 27, 2006
young blades
who once ripped
through life,
cutting from
infinite possibilities,
now rust in a heap.
They long for the grip
of hammered hands
to spray
fine sweet dust
into the day
like mighty whales!
Love Left Behind
June 18, 2006
How I wish to have him back –
even for a minute.
(We can give a lifetime in a minute.)
2006
The night Joe left
June 16, 2006
Joe asks me
to stay,
to keep
the earthly vigil
into this night.
He speaks no words;
nor do his eyes
look upon me.
No one knows
except he
and I.
This dad cannot
take leave of his family
while lying helpless –
unable to whisper
“don’t worry”
unable to say
goodbye.
exhausted,
the others begin
to go home.
It will be better
this way.
I the sentry
who falls asleep,
He the spirit who sheds
this breaking body.
this sweet life…
Joe continues to stare
at a ceiling he does not see
while his inner core
prepares for
departure.
Across the hall
irritated alarms tweak
the midnight silence
as some poor soul
gets up to
wander.
tell him
he can go – it is okay
to go.
Sitting in the visitor’s chair
at three
a.m.
I fall
victim
to
the
mathematical
drone
of
the
oxygen
machine…
Soon
after,
he touches me.
I awaken.
He is gone.
Missing Him
June 14, 2006
Let’s work backwards:
First, I will miss him just sitting in his chair
content to smile as if he had no needs –
connected by spirit, happy to be.
I will miss the shuffle of his brave feet
planting the walker ahead like an ice axe;
climbing mountains we could not see.
I will miss him presiding above the fondue
a sorcerer in the candle light,
stirring up batches of yuletide glee.
I will miss him saying grace at the helm
from which he would love, work, and lead
a life of no regret – a life of family.
View of Life Time – with a forever
June 7, 2006
TICK TOCK
TICK TOC
TICK TO
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TIC
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TICK TO
TICK TOC
TICK TOCK
(REPEAT…)
View of Life Time – with an end
June 7, 2006
tick tock
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.
When
June 3, 2006
I frown
I react
in fear
I smile
I react
in love
The marketing
geekdom
will not rest
until every
inch of earth and sky
is covered
with corporate logos
like a NAS CAR:
This oak tree
is sponsored
by Viagra
Miller Lite
and Little Debbie
That cloud
by Marlboro
Nicoderm
and STP
This stream
by Jim Beam…
qazse 