from this
forever falls
without regret
to intercede
doubt to play
fears to guarantee
a bitter end
was never meant
would make of us
a fault
were love the
righteous choice
to risk it
all
. . .
falls ~
26 Tuesday Sep 2023
Posted in Poetry
Category Archives: Poetry
left to love ~
20 Wednesday Sep 2023
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however long
forever
saved itself for thee
to learn again
the depths
where love was fated
come for me
and i for you
i for this
when years were long
and cold
i dreamed beyond
the reach of dreams –
beyond the weight
of woe
lest prayers revive
the wonder
of more than once
enough
time is resurrected
by a promise
left to love
. . .
the ways to home ~
15 Friday Sep 2023
Posted in Poetry
were there
another
much like this
days where darkness stood
years when not a word
was made to breath –
i was yours
if nothing else
i remember yet
the same
as moonlight
through broken shards of pine
as dawn
against a canyon wall
this i carry still
the ways to home
a map
within my soul
were there another
i was waiting
for your lips
against my own
for a morning bright with dew
you would come
were there a time
before i dreamed
a light before
was made
eternity
stretched
the calm between
. . .
burned sweet ~
02 Saturday Sep 2023
there’s a point
where words have no memory
no rush to confess
what was found
a fire burned sweet
petals retreat
retuned as a moment
eternity kept
apart from the sinner
devoid the saint
with only the heart
to remember
. . .
stirring ~
02 Saturday Sep 2023
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pressed into shadow ~
30 Wednesday Aug 2023
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take
of this
whatever you need
the blankets
the morning where coffee
is poured
where every scar
to the table
is mine –
a day when i judged
not the coming around
or the reason
the moments
you stay
pressed into shadow
whispered
i will
make of your kiss
a memory sweet
as any i dare
to remember
. . .
beyond intention ~
29 Tuesday Aug 2023
Posted in Poetry
had i days
a million more
– words
to stretch between
nights without
the need
or want to dream
storms to shake
the rafters
gold to press the morn
coffee resurrected
by your love
had i truth
beyond intention
lies i could not bear
so much of me
with nothing left
to share
til you were come
amazing
– a sun i failed to see
how sweet the ways
the distance
became of love
you gifted
me
. . .
smaller now ~
22 Tuesday Aug 2023
Posted in Poetry
evening waits
in shadows
where once the orchard stood
i close my eyes
and granny calls
my name
another place
of just beyond
i’ll get there when i can
seems smaller now
weeds beneath
the boards
save me back
take me here –
wherever lives ten thousand
i’ve forgotten now
how i knew their ways
press your words
against my words –
your sigh
a mystery
breathe me home –
a map
of memories
. . .
Author’s Note: Sometimes I linger over words for no reason, so when I’m done (close enough), I read them aloud. If my hand finds my heart in the process, I know I’ve chosen well the words that can’t be said.
the ways you came ~
17 Thursday Aug 2023
Posted in Poetry
solve me now
this mystery
of where and why
you came
when years have passed
– no one speaks
my name
but out beyond
the cedars
far beyond the dark
twilight rains
and i become
your touch
something more
than everything
for something more
i prayed
would find my wanting
met –
some other day
while getting on
getting older
lest i grieve
a moment more
to learn the ways
you came for me –
to understand
how far
. . .
from none to forever ~
14 Monday Aug 2023
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come
let us find
graces remembered
a dark stretch of grass
old souvenirs
we made of believing
sat me down this
by your side
in the shade
to wonder
as i
how you love
when all i hold
is your hand
your heart
counted me back
from none to
forever
come
let us find
rivers where stones
used to be
. . .
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