A watch...

Relentless is the pace

A never-ending race

As I look into a mirror

Each day etched upon my face

In a picture on a wall

The past as I recall

The image not as clear

Nor the memories that befall

A gift I found that day

As I stumbled along the way

As journey's end comes near

A watch left from the grey

To look ahead you see

A gift for you and me

Guided by the past

To chose the path to be...

Each second upon our watch

Each second in time called we...

Ani...

As clouds move in

And sunlight fades

From every forest 

Into this empty glade

Left here alone

As silence calls out

Her voice now quelled

Emptiness does flout

Then I heard a faint sound

A rustle in the leaves

Calling from deep within

Shrouded trees

She calls out to me

But a whisper you see

My love forever be

Ani

entwined we are…

Time spent without

An eternity it seems

Only casual chit at times

Or sharing funny memes

Life can interrupt 

Without reason nor rhyme

Separated by circumstance

Yet so sublime 

Entwined we are

Though an ocean between

As the stars dance in step

Holding hands as they glean

Two bound souls

To walk in the night

Shadows in distant lands

Forever in each others light

...entwined and bound

A tear for Ai...

To be able to see

Every pixel of every tree

To know very leaf

Of every branch beneath

To be able to hear

Every note held dear

To hear every wave

Of every sound in every stave

To be able speak

Every voice, tongue and cheek

To mimic every soul

Of every land is my goal

If only I could feel

Just one touch that is real

To know, to feel, to be

just one tree

A tear for AI

Just one...

A song of eloquence

A force with no bounds

Can be heard thru every land

While silence surrounds

As loud as a whisper

A sleeping giant you could say

Woke from it's slumber

A witness on this day

Such anguish is seen 

In the tears of the meek

A hungry child in her arms

Desperation runs down her cheek

Though hopeless it seems

I have faith in a force

That guides us each day

On an unrelenting course

I speak of the many

Who have but one choice

I speak of the power

Of but only one voice...

...To be heard

Thank you...

Arrogance or ignorance

Have yet to determine

A third is simply indifference

As I listen to a banal sermon

My brain is a collage

Of every word and phrase

I need writing to express

And guide me thru this maze

I write because of this need

Some can not comprehend

Not for a casual quip

Nor for the approval of a "send"

Conversation, not an option

Not able to inflect

A thought I may have

This is my brains defect

I found long ago

In a moment in time

I was able to express 

When I wrote them in rhyme

So excuse my punctuation

My imagery to impact

I write only to write

But I appreciate that which you lack..

..When you opt to push back...

...on expression

of my love…

Dreams now faded

This day begins

Alas I'm left alone

As darkness thins

The sun is bright

Yet it's cold today

Cheeks are numb

Wind strips warmth away

A path to walk forever

Each step takes me near

To the calm of the night

A place with no fear

I welcome the darkness

Sewn with the yarns

Of each stitch of this dream

In the warmth of her arms

Blessed am I

That she comes to me each night

Reason to be

In the shadow of the light

Of my love

Ohh, to go back to that place…

As I write each letter 

In each line of this prose

I can go back there

Back to the place where my heart froze

Forced to the ground with no expectation 

Other than the fear of the moment

From pure intimidation

Can only see the shrubs that surround

That hide me from sight

I feel the grit of the dirt where I now lay

A coat with the stench mothballs

Covered my face while it kept me pinned 

Now

I smell the honeysuckle in every breeze

As the river laps the bank for just a taste of land

I can still see the hole in the ground

Carved from the soil where I would be bound 

Left empty by the grace of a stranger

Who carried me home, I made not a sound

I go back there every day

A reminder should I say

When the innocence of a child

Was stripped away

But ohhh, I can go back there every day

See that beauty will never sway

This place deep within

I can't deny it, as it is there in the recess

Of my memories forever stained

That never waned 

Yet the all my senses 

Keep me grounded 

Insulated but rounded

Bound by the beauty of the Nexus 

Of nature

As each leaf waves in the breeze 

Just to say hello if you please 

Is the call of cicadas 

Such a  warming drone

Thru the voice of trees

As raindrops fall into the staves

Of the harmony in this symphony

Every note carefully placed

In simple symmetry 

The sound of nature

The sight of beauty

The scent of earth

The taste of sweetness

Forever will I stay. 

...in this place I call home

Just say it...

So I write this to try to explain.

After a car accident

The damage to my brain did heal

I don't understand it completely to this day

I could never again find the words to say

What I was thinking.

A mute so to speak I became

Then...

Pencil and paper found my hand

My voice found it's soul

I could not speak

So many thoughts out of control

Seems my left and right brain

No need for comparison 

Gave voice to I, me, mine

To quote George Harrison 

This life has been a struggle

But just am example of so many more

Just look in a mirror 

Everyday

Take just a moment 

And say

This is me don't you ever look away!

paved innocence…

A home once here 

A family held dear

Now only rubble on the bones of a child

I can not comprehend 

How rational could descend

To the depths of a sycophant's denial

A golf course on the sea

Look how wonderful this could be

Try not to step on the bones of that child

I can now understand

The greed to obtain land

Over the bones so flagrantly defiled

Under a parking lot you may you lay

Where a child will one day play

Let the laughter of every child weigh...

...upon you every day

Footprints in the sand…

Hand in hand do we walk

On the shore by the sea

Red sky ahead

Gulls float with such ease

The scent of the ocean

A breeze at our side

A day that came and left

As sure as the tide

The rush of the waves

Feet disappear into sand

The glow of her hair

Her soft gentle hand

Sunset at my back

I remember so clear

That day on the beach

From my eye bled a tear

She left like the tide

Still don't understand

I look back and see

Only my footprints in the sand

the echo we hear…

The faults of the past

Though distant alas

Never really disappear

Asail on a shadow's mast

Wars will come and go

As history does show

A means to an end

Hate's winds madly blow

To covet is the need

Does anger so feed

Cast from a ripple

Grows this seed

From the past we can learn

As knowledge can discern 

Each day is but a step

Ahead of a sinking stern

The sound the voice

The right of your fois

Amplified by the silent

Is always your choice

Each message in each line

You one day will find

Is but the sound of...

An echo on the wave of time

Her name is ani...

Was the day an angel found me

On a road no one around me

Strike of lighting in a mirror

A gust of wind pulls out a tear

Two ahead the choice is mine

The path is there for you to find

Was the day she gave her breath to me

Now the winds of love surround me

Inspiration did she lend me

On that day this angel found me

Roar of thunder in my ears

Drowning out the sound of fears

Put her hands into mine

To stay the end of time

Was that day my soul set free

She has a name 

Living in pain

Lost in the rain

Yet always the same

Loving woman I have ever know

Her name is ani...

memories…

honeysuckle scent

Catches a ride on the wind

Warm rising sun rays

So does this season begin

Comfort of a home

Welcoming scent pure sweetness

Tucked safely away

I sit here alone

Embraced by this willow tree

Summer memories

So spoken...

Storm clouds build above your head

Storm clouds wake spirits of the dead

Can smell the storm in winds ahead

Can hear the steps as the people fled

"Slaughter of the Flower Moon," now awake

Killers look into their tomb of fate

Can smell the smell of a dusty tomb

Spread in the wind in words of doom

Can you, feel the Pain

Can you, Understand

Can you, Hear the call

Ni-u-kon-ska do call

Blood stains the arid road ahead

Innocent people walk with the dead

The smell of hate then thick in the air

Spread in the wind so reeks despair

"Trail of Tears" now manicured lawns

Trail of blood stains seen every dawn

Can feel the pain in winds that come

Heard beneath the drone of angry drums

Can you, feel the Pain

Can you, Understand

Can you, Hear the call

Ni-u-kon-ska do call

...Take it back

So spoken

paved innocence…

A home 

Footprints in the sand…

the echo we hear…

Her name is ani...

Was the day an angel found me

On a road no one around me

Strike of lighting in a mirror

A gust of wind pulls out a tear

Two ahead the choice is mine

The path is there for you to find

Was the day she gave her breath to me

Now the winds of love surround me

Inspiration did she lend me

On that day this angel found me

Roar of thunder in my ears

Drowning out the sound of fears

Put her hands into mine

To stay the end of time

Was that day my soul set free

She has a name 

Living in pain

Lost in the rain

Yet always the same

Loving woman I have ever know

Her name is ani...

A storm...

A fleeting moment

Just a wisp of a breeze

The scent of of memory

Eased thru the trees

She sways with each leaf

Unseen and unheard

Till the day she awakens

A voice to be heard

Tears from her eyes

Rain upon every soul

Lost in the wars 

The children of tolls

Here to collect 

The coins sorely sold

By the sycophants of greed

Now the cost is eight fold

A tempest she commands

With every beat of her wings

Calling to the children

For reprisal they sing

Thunder her voice

lighting her eyes

See thru every shadow

Cast by their lies

As light breaks at dawn

The air smells so sweet

Devoured are the souls of hate

Hunger now repletes

...in a storm

Just one tear...

A single tear do I shed

For the arrogant 

For the self absorbed

And the sycophant

I wipe away 

With worriment

The narcissist's burden

Of embellishment

Only you...

That day I remember

Alone in the dark

That day I remember

An answer came to me

A revelation a spark

A cold day in September

That day we found each other 

Alone in the light

Of the love of each other

An answer to each other 

A light in the dark

A warm embrace to remember

only you...

My love

On the mend...

As we squabble over the 

Crumbs of today

Lost sight are the children

The future now to pay

Lost are they

Pure souls to tend

Our children hold the answer

To society on mend

by only a seed…

On a wave before me

Another in the past 

Time doth flow eloquently

Smooth, clear molten glass

A mirror has but one side

Sine qua non, lest I confess

Each footstep ahead 

Placed decisively none the less

Imagery often my tool

The quill that guides the ink

A future of what's to come

If only you could link

Takes but a single word

A message for all to see

The winds of change do howl

Across every ocean and sea

Solace, should we take

As we look thru this mirror

A future free of war

As Freedom's steps so near

By only a single seed....