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one more place ~

06 Tuesday Feb 2018

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beyond

beyond the dusk
where dying sleeps –
and promise lives unspoken
love remains
though silent now its verse
cold upon the lips of faith
wrapped in weary hands
chiseled to the stone
wherein we pray
for one more place
beginning
another time to grieve
the passing of a moment
into grace

. . .

it won’t matter ~

25 Thursday Jan 2018

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justthis

will come a time
when it won’t matter
what I wrote –
stories
given place
with another

my name
a distant musing
words where there
are none
what solace found
beyond the reach of soul

it won’t matter
how I loved
or how deeply I endeared
the colors
of each season
the taste of cappucine

it won’t matter
where I found you –
or where we were
when first
we knew

it won’t matter
that my laughter
carried more
than all my tears

that my song
has found its rhythm
in the rain

. . .

worn to rust ~

05 Friday Jan 2018

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Willmeremember

the mail came
and the walk –
not much further
than before
when scented pages
threw a kiss
across the landscape
never threatened
by the rivers
or mountains drawn
between

a whisper spawned
of poetry
feelings
worn to rust
rhyme we never
claimed to understand
the way it was
forever
pressed into the fold
ink became
the memory of dreams

. . .

songbirds ~

03 Wednesday Jan 2018

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softly

ten thousand songbirds
swim amidst the trees
echo their songs

a million tiny voices
stir with longing
sympathy
a quiet place where none
exist

so many shadows
forgotten by light
and that which shines
still
cannot hope
to save the rest

starlings soar
music
once an orchestra of many
flutters from the
silence

a cacophony
of trees grieve long
the beauty
was once the song
of songbirds

. . .

~ and still he sails

28 Thursday Dec 2017

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notfar

along these shores
forever walks
a sailor not forgotten –
strands beneath a winter sail
make his passing true
stories of deliverance
tales of wealth and sorrow
dreams to sink beneath the waves
the rest to float away

but on another bank
there sometimes stands
a maiden gift with promise
words worn through
by circumstance
I swore I’d never cry

life is passing slowly
the waves of time are falling –
and he still sails
come home
remember this –
remember me
the keeping of your compass
grains of sand adrift upon the sea

come again
leave her arms –
returning to the river
the ocean cries –
o please return to me
cast aside your tired oars
and step out on forever
I’ll watch the tide –
and walk the shores for you

. . .

Author’s Note:  Originally written in 2009 but lost in a folder of drafts (and waves).

winding roads ~

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

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leanback

turn
as I the pages
of a story
last you wrote
of home
and winding roads
to bring you here

truth
as I remember
were days a chord replaced
snow –
along the fences
left to clear

light
retains a memory
of breath along the way
wonder sits
as empty –
shadows
fall

trust
was I a moment
or more
than words can find
of choices
I am whispered –
I am all

. . .

eulogy ~

01 Friday Dec 2017

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surrenderme

what silent
loneliness could steal
the mysteries of life
solitude
where joys are known to play
who says we shan’t remember
or think beyond
to this
another time
some other sunny day
for all is well
we carry on
and take with us
our lowly best
of love we’ve given
love we’ve known
our eulogy –
our rest

. . .