Poetry

I sigh drop my shoulders open closed fists shake away the worry of the world I acknowledge I cannot stop the earth from turning the moon’s cycles or the sun from rising I relax float like a butterfly full of faith in the flower

my chatter mind speeds along the highway of my rushing thoughts here – there this – that up – down each concern creating a bonfire of thinking I surrender to my breath following its flow from fast and shallow to deep and slow I trust my inner peace soft open spacious a universe of contentment

for Lorraine What! She says she keeps all my message. Does she store them in cookie jars? Or cigar boxes under her bed? Perhaps in the laundry room neatly stacked with the cleaning supplies? As the sun rises in the east over her house I imagine my messages in her pantry tucked between the honey […]

You are so beautiful I acheSomewhere All overI cannot take my eyes Off of youTrying to memorize Each wrinkle The smell of youWarmth of your skinI ache with our history 44 years this summer Memories dancing Some in stepOthers so far out of lineI ache in the memories In the momentIn our unknown future Whispering […]

amid the coos of the White-winged Doves the chainsaw in the distance purrs on and on I’m focusing on the presence of birds pecking on the seed cone that hangs by the mesquite tree the wee peeps and twitters in the bushes serenade me as I practice radical trust and a Song Sparrow lands on […]

like a seed that is ripe slips from its case and drops to fertile ground, we change in our own time

I pause relax listen sense feel smell intuit watch as my true nature grows and calms my anxious mind

my chatter mind speeds along the highway of my rushing thoughts here – there this – that up – down each concern creating a bonfire of thinking I surrender to my breath following its flow from fast and shallow to deep and slow I trust my inner peace soft open spacious a universe of contentment

flow in the direction of the wind no resistance to its currents and constant change enjoy soft edges and flexibility create beauty in enthusiastic sunsets and hallelujah choirs in morning songs move with the herd or saunter along on a solitary stroll bring rain cover the sun dance to the universal drum SDP 2024

silence invites me into her kitchen for a tea ceremony not a word passes between us the sound of tea being poured more than enough SDP 2019