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Lonely Bard
Her heart
beats in time
to funereal drums
The pyre of her love
burns
quiet ritual
of loss
out to sea
again
How many
strains of lamentations
will she write
in one lifetime
words
spill like tears
alkaline white
drying in splotches
In their grief
she listened
now in hers
she sees their
backs
The lonely bard
dips her pen
and finds
her own
solace
open
Take off the blinders of your expectations
for in each moment awaits a hidden treasure
beyond your wildest imagination!
Discombobulated
flying forward
looking back
where ya headed girl?
nothing back there’s
there no more
so give your head a twirl
eyes closed tight
don’t see so good
I know you’re terrified
of all the things
you cannot do
your struggles make you hide
when one step
is just too big
a baby step’s enough
if that’s too slow
for all the world
don’t let ’em give ya guff
listen down
beneath the fuss
find that child within
then come back up
tie your shoes
and take her for a spin
looking forward
not too far
just ride your little bike
pedal fast
or pedal slow
just take the streets you like
Possibility
All night I poured over it…
As if through a nick in my armor
in came the images
tormenting and tantalizing
It poured over me
Possibility
Too wild to ignore
All the ‘what ifs’
conspiring
to make a cogent reality
My eyes opened
out of fear
hoping to stop the merry-go-round
but the finches’ morning song
did not drown out
the calliope
Back I went
to sleep’s basin
dipping like a thirsty cat tongue
in and out of a fresh pool of rain water
spinning, mulling
brooding, puzzling
madness?
providence?
A single idea
so provocative…
so life changing…
so terrifying…
so inconvenient…
too bad I can’t remember what it is
Look Forward
look forward
imagine many roads
each one a possibility that can bring a smile,
then start walking
look forward
breathe in hope
share every new smile, even if it’s too new to trust,
someone may need your leadership
look forward
knock on a new door
even if you haven’t prepared yourself
just reach out and do it
look forward
go into the city
smile at strangers
each person is a window to a new universe
look forward
write a poem
using new language that will overcome all darkness
with just your brain power
look forward
venture outside
to dig a weed that bothers you most
the garden will surprise you with it’s gratitude
look forward
call someone you forgot about
stir up something in old still ponds
and feel yourself come alive
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