beginnings ~

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I have not breath
to give you –
no tears beyond these few
I have no words
to will you understood

of ways I was
when none would know
to see in you
my morning –
rolled against the sunlight
of my dew

without the say
to know you now
or where tomorrow
glistens –
her skirts of almost life
above the rain

of beauty
I am nothing more
than ashes blown to autumn –
a song no longer sung
forgotten tune

of melodies
you gave to me –
when thought no one
would notice –
when wandered back
my wilderness to know

chance the morn
to find me here –
and you my one for keeping
photographs
remembered as
we were

still the light
of dawning blessed
sighs of everafter –
when called by name
each star along my brow

fill this page
with lonely lines –
write again tomorrow
tell me
when again –
and I shall wait

tired verse ~

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as daylight creeps
where words concede
and I shall wait no longer ~
for thought to form
alliance with the page

grant for me
a moment true
when fingers gently folded
to still the pen
from breathing ~
tired verse

as one no more
than these to know
of hearts to ache
with sorrow ~
would be my final choice
to grant them peace

as echoes to the ages
vowels misplaced til then
and someone
not so lost
shall find me gone

replaced by verse
made different
without my thoughts to rest
denied the place
wings are lit
by word

thought ~

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thought I knew
of distance ~
thought I knew of destinies
words I might not
ever hear were tangled
in the trees

forgotten
what I meant to say
remembered where we were
when for a time
forever left a stain
upon my heart

thought I was
as none could be ~
grace much more than this
whenever touch
my own was come ~
was proof of more
than bliss

of lifetimes passed
as whispers
of the future to unfold
was meant for love ~
and came to be
the only thing I know

of hurricanes
and dragonflies
into a northern flame
thought I heard you coming back
thought you spoke
my name

forgotten ~

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of the truths
forgotten there ~
and words were never ours
when sought again
the need to understand

the mystery
of magnitude ~
the first
was last
to ever
and chapters fell
as flutters to the floor

a name or two
we trusted more
for keeping real our stories ~
when gave us all we’d need
for getting on

traded down the line
for love ~
spoke when none
would listen
and set the rights
of solitude to stone

red to grey
these lacey lines ~
trials and trails
and treasure
grace surrendered more
by shifting light

babies cry
while mothers pray
tomorrow will be better
when comes the son
another savior one

leave us not
with these to keep
show in us your presence ~
find us near
as prophecies revealed

in books our charge
foretelling ~
were not as pages sewn
but word becoming
more than word ~
when written
to the soul

….

traveler ~

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a moment more
than meant to take
and smiles were left to carry ~
the music of a smile
upon the line

unaware of wondering
blessed breath forgotten ~
was all at once
a moment
kept from time

if years would be
a slow repeat
of lives I passed in silence ~
don’t call me back
with whispers of goodbye

twas all for one ~
and such as this
when came the choice for choosing
returning me as morning
to your night

sweet the strain
of violin ~
lullabye of locust
stars compete
I loved them every one

so still my will
to wonder ~
of mysteries made over
where every might have been
is still to come

storytime
of midnight rhymes
hands are almost touching
a sudden grace ~
take me back sometime

to dream again
of crystal shores ~
messages awaiting
the music of forgotten smiles
ringing down the lines

thorns to blossom ~

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of silences
unbroken
by the restlessness of truth
~ fingers curved to pieces
of my soul

where feminine
these ashes blow
around my thoughts to gather
breathed into the places
I am whole

as given name
another one
as Mary came before
and swept the corners clean
of circumstance

faith beyond
her grieving ~
still her fragrance looms
as secrets spill the night
with tenderness

in cords of white
the willing page
awaits the gentle hand
as strained
between the brothers
falling down

if ever this
the moment was
to understand our ways
~ as thorns were burst
to blossom
in our stead

of the sweet ~

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how fragile now ~
this fleeting bliss
was passed
as once before
a kiss

as whispers gifted
words so clear ~
are ringing now
for all to hear

the glory come
from sweet amen ~
forgiveness undeserved
til then

when longing stays
the whole night through
will none forget
the things
you knew

for none can ease
the ache of gone ~
or pay for all
each righteous wrong

would e’er for love
a tear be spared
or moon concede ~
the night to share

don’t worry this
for moments passed ~
as smoke against
a looking glass

as stars made two
upon the sea ~
asleep in nets
of destiny

e’er page confess
this mortal song ~
shall wait my love
but not for long

I am ~

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of verses
I can find no place ~
no course of understanding
would still my beat
or bid my breathing slow

nurtured
by my father’s winds
reliving now the promise ~
fell to me
tis something more
I know

tis there beneath
the robin’s wing ~
there atop the rapids
flush with stone
the proof is come to stay

pages
met with pages
lines between the lines ~
would e’er I stand
and will the ground away

breath
as I was opened
face to face
with heaven ~
paradise in everything
I see

bite my tongue
and swell my tears ~
with memory of becoming
a love (as love created)
let there be

of all I know
tis more I feel ~
miracles becoming
stretched beyond the reaches
of our rhyme

of other
places given truth ~
rivers neath me rolling
meet me somewhere
I am now ~
warmed against
the light

there to hold ~

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as one
a wave of ribbons
spooled cross
and down the valley ~
where there with open arms
my spirit danced

as quietly
where none could see ~
held with one to wonder
and swayed beneath
a canopy
of lace

knitted cap
of wren and wasp
layers thick with mayfly
crisp the folding up
to fall in prayer

as soon
by daylight entered
to nurse beneath the rafters
for one more dream
another time to love

fancy this
the reasons come ~
in silence of remembrance
of who I was ~
and what was meant to be

amazed for roads
these hands to carve ~
as poems never written
were stitched into
the highest bough ~
were heaven there to hold

still
within this moment
light surrenders living ~
and breath is broken
somewhere
out beyond ~

the lean into
uncertainty ~
as loosed these fragile fallings
leaves are counting
yesterdays
again

read me ~

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share with me
the warmth that is your
days upon this earth ~
shade my path
and guide my feet to home

lay with me
when nights are chilled
and wake me with your stirring
forsaken not by love
I waited on

tell of me
some other tale ~
and tary with the turning
of pages to the weathered spine
bending unrehearsed

barter not the price
for days ~
far more to one
I cherished ~
sign my name
as practiced once
with yours

the faded face
of memory ~
the plea without the prying
folded more than chance
into the dark
pushed aside as wishes
would this weary heart
reveal ~

read me
til these ancient lights
are gone

know me
as was never known ~
tho sworn there was another
when paths were new
as cool the dusky day

feathers floated from the west ~
eastern this horizon
warmed your breath
as day broke ~

red against the clay