indigo blood ~

19 Friday Jun 2020

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leaves, life, love, pages, poetry, rhyme, verse, what a poet knows, writing

whereIamyou

I have not
permission –
this breath to allow
visions
how sweetly
they come to me now

when I had
forgotten
the warmth of your hands
– the touch
of your fingers
to mine

pages and pages
scattered by rhyme –
letters like leaves
falling down

love resurrected
from indigo blood –
thought
seldom spoken
aloud

. . .

retraced ~

18 Thursday Jun 2020

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closer than the stars, death, life, longing, love, memory, moments, resurrection, sometimes, soul speak, time

just such

was once before
my heart was filled
and I could not resist
a moment more
than what was come –
as words
within a kiss

was once before
I memorized
each line upon your face
what tender worlds
my hands have known –
each mystery
retraced

was once before
I knew you now –
a memory dispersed
by life
by death
by roads between
the last kiss
and the first

. . .

never mine ~

18 Thursday Jun 2020

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blessings, grace, life, love, offerings, time, truth, what we keep, wonder

into grace

of these
small bits of wonder –
how many shall I keep
how many shared
beyond this fragile sleep

what bliss
was come to give away
what joy
was ever mine –
held the daybreak
years before my time

what laughter
lingers sweetly
as music down the hall
– poetry
I never knew
at all

never mine
else love become
anchored to a place
fell from these
two hands –
into grace

. . .

still now ~

17 Wednesday Jun 2020

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goodbye, life, love, memory, moments, poetry, sometimes, soul, still, trust, value, words

remember this

let these words
embrace your soul –
as once before
goodbyes
I lived as moments
burning in your eyes
I knew of love
do not deceive
do not deny
tis so
where once I lived
within your heart
still now –
I long to go

. . .

now as then ~

17 Wednesday Jun 2020

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kiss, life, love, measure of the heart, memory, promise, returning, spirit, time, truth, words unspoken

to this

from this beginning
now as then
we guard the truth with love
forgetting all we knew before –
were life
not full enough

as once we were –
a promise made
sealed within a kiss
forsaken all the days
between –
returned the heart
to this

. . .

rush ~

10 Wednesday Jun 2020

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blessings, family, grief, home, honor, joy, legacy, life, love, memories, remnants of a life well-lived, sorrow, time

beyond the rivers edge

too soon
the rush –
of stars to flight
of lullabies
rehearsed –
warming how our hearts
were broken through

beyond the bend
a river flows –
in rifts of joy
and sorrow
lines are stretched
to frame an endless blue

there you are
awaiting –
with wishes for us here
where love remains
with every thought of you

. . .

for daddy
four years and counting
the days between

closer ~

09 Tuesday Jun 2020

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all I really know, closer, destiny, life, love, remembrance, time, touch, truth

softly

near
this breath
as near enough –
yet closer I will plead
for moments
yet to span
eternity

near
as touch
not near enough –
forever this the same
ten thousand lives
to wonder why
we came

near
as love –
I have no choice
what choice is destiny
nearer – not yet
near enough
for me

. . .

what is ~

09 Tuesday Jun 2020

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feeling, just so, night, poet, poetry, truth, verses, want, will, without rhyme, words, writing

whereIamknown

foolish fall
of lust to line –
jealous need to write
perilous the pen
within the sanctity
of night

verses
left to meaning –
dare the heart to feel
words without dimension
for what is not
and what is real

. . .

when comes the time ~

09 Tuesday Jun 2020

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blessings, heart, journey, life, love, mindfulness, open, shared intimacy, the way, time, truth, we're in this together

somewhere south

the road
however lonely
becomes a place
where we belong –
a storied recollection
of other days –
another song

as sunset gathers
gently
to the edge of evermore –
we are carried
by the journey
down roads we knew
before

let me know
if you are wanting
of hands
to share the load –
arms to rock you sweetly
when comes the time
to go

. . .

the very best of all ~

05 Friday Jun 2020

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beyond the fall, life, love, resurrection, soul memory, spirit, surrender, truth

Willmeremember

there is a fault
aligned with love –
a crooked tear within the fold
what with eyes
the mind might wonder –
won’t be measured
to the soul

a moment
resurrected
time and time again
a willingness so easy –
the very best of all
the truth
o’er which we linger
despite everything we know –
held within a memory
of the fall

. . .