e’er i decide
some solace to take
in a memory
ten thousand lives old
in the crush
of winters
pressed to my heat
a fire burning
still
where my heart
used to be
. . .
crush of winters ~
21 Monday Feb 2022
Tag Archives: comfort
sideways glance ~
05 Wednesday Jan 2022
secreted away
as the eldest daughter
of a favored son
a will that gave
away the farm
was never mine to give
how much of these
were pardon
for the ways I am
with you
how much I gave
without a thought
of all there was
to lose
morning sits
beyond the frost
as sure is warmth
to come
carried by
the wondering of
who was I before
a sideways glance
to alter fate
a cloud to hide
the moon
more than this
as heaven here –
evidence
of truth
. . .
storm of wings ~
04 Wednesday Aug 2021
Posted in Poetry
Tags
comfort, for only this, home, life, love, nature, porch pleasures, seasons, silence, southern, summer
summer rests
in humid slumber –
the soothing drum
of ten thousand bees
lone cicadas roll as shadow
against the heart
a storm of wings
silence sweet
her music rocks me
as evening falls
and lights come out
witness feels the soul
with pleasure –
the proof of love
we dreamed about
. . .
the heart where I am moored ~
12 Monday Jul 2021
Posted in Poetry, spirituality, verse
Tags
another life, assurance, comfort, dreams, life, love, morning, sleep, that thing I do, truth
careful
lest the dawn arrive –
shall we linger
with our dreams
decided not the weight
for days ahead
let us languish
still unknowing
as one with all
we keep –
safe within the breath
of words unsaid
undeclared
the portion
if you must go
then go beside –
leave the heart where I
am moored
the sanctity of home
a velvet understanding
forgiven to the light
pressed against
the certainty
of morn
. . .
nothing but your silence ~
26 Wednesday May 2021
fabled by bees ~
25 Thursday Mar 2021
Posted in Poetry
Tags
comfort, little river tennessee, lover, memory, mystery, nature, poetry, soul, spirit, trees, wild
would that I know you
as I know the trees –
as a wind rushing warm
from the south
your sigh as of honey
fabled by bees
as solace when words
no longer appease
would that your hands
be as birds coming home
and liquid as water
flowing wild
over stones
. . .
let me ~
22 Monday Mar 2021
Posted in Poetry, spirituality
Tags
a name upon my lips, blessings in sorrow, burdens, come around some sunday, comfort, divine truth, intimacy, moments, protector, stars
let me mend the part
which hurts the most –
and love where needed best
let me whisper
when no other vow will do
let the essence of my promise
be enough to calm your soul
when I speak of love
you know I speak
to you
let me ease whate’er
needs easing –
let me bear what dreams can’t keep
I will hear without you saying –
I will feel what I can’t see
let me take of all
and take some more
whate’er you have to lose
I will guard the night you sleep beneath
and brave the stars
for you
. . .
when I am here ~
30 Friday Oct 2020
a moment more for me ~
03 Thursday Sep 2020
Posted in Poetry, Rambling, spirituality
when I’ve forgotten
will you promise
to carry all I love
into another day –
another life
when I’ve let the image go
of the oak
outside my door –
the smell of wood smoke
drifting through the pines
will you carry
will you tarry –
a moment more for me
when I’ve forsaken
every proof
of time
will you reminisce
as I have now –
on places I was loved
on dreams
I hope you dream
enough to find
a place apart
from everything –
a light where there are none
solace in these
memories
of mine
. . .
of every moment made ~
02 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in Poetry, spirituality, verse
Tags
breath, comfort, counted days, love, memory, moments, sometimes, soul, spirit, story, surrender, time, truth, why we came
mercy finds us
sorely tempted –
at the end of letting go
clinging
as the final light
to fade
tis then
within our darkness
we remember why we came
and what is left
of every moment
made
regardless
our surrender –
or the lack of one to give
days are counted
back to us
the same
as keepers
sworn to memory
gifted us this way
as lifetimes
recollected
by name
. . .
tornadoday 