we were ~

23 Sunday Nov 2014

Posted by tornadoday in a time for telling, Poetry

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a moment of holy
sacred divine
as light thru the memory
of windows
we were
remembered another
thought we became
a star not yet fallen
a wish not yet made
a beginning more tender
than words could endure
or touch
could be trusted
to keep

. . .

not for counting ~

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by tornadoday in a time for telling, Poetry

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you told me
(just today) you cried –
one night while I was gone
you cursed the moon –
for hurts (we felt)
alone

familiar
this returning
to questions unconfessed
dreams are
calling softly –
(dare I rest)

with verses
once I wrote
(I saw you on the lawn)
and fell asleep
your name
upon my tongue

secrets
not for counting
– blessings
(more than these)

you said
you cried –
for moments
(caught between)

. . .

lilac o’er the sun ~

13 Monday May 2013

Posted by tornadoday in folklore, Poetry, Storytelling

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when summer rains
are drifted
further than the moor –
into the place
where night
grows shorter still

into a favored lullaby
passion pleads replay –
silent notes
are written
as balms to yesterday

purple blue horizons
are feathered
past our stead –
as early now the autumn
twilight glows

against the torch forgotten
– a starting over come
wings to paint in lilac
o’er the sun

souvenirs of living
stories catch the breeze –
as daylight glistens softly
on the lawn

angels dance
atop the bloom –
winter kisses swarm
pouring light into us
– shine the ways
to home

. . .

against forever ~

27 Wednesday Feb 2013

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how many times
the questions pressed
for where and why we came
– something more
than fleeting happenstance
some sacred sign
was more divine
than e’er for understanding
lips to hear –
speak my name
sometimes

of moments
I’ve protected
as light within this light –
don’t know for much
the way tomorrow goes
– but have I love
and nothing else
shall garner me the more –
when held against
forever
by a smile

names forgot to praying
times I fall apart –
tears have been
forgiven long ago
the breath I am
tis more than just for longing
into life –
was for
the briefest answer
– eternity I knew

. . .

the whole of one ~

09 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, verse

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loose the leaf
that has not love
would scorn the bitter ivy
to thrive within
the autumn wind’s distress
take of hands
the soft heart
feathers
round the damaged soul
when mattered once –
the whole of one
to love

bless the wrongs
of suffered right –
wisdom surely come
to claim
the lowly wanderer again
bear the wings
of angels –
to fly our spirits home
forgotten now the leaving
to atone

dry the tears
and heal the hurt –
bloom these gardens new
with flowers
of remembrance to our name –
sprouted from our sorrows
nurtured by our sins
forgiven us the weeds
that right
our stone