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12 Saturday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Soapbox

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e’er I warn you of the truth
and beg you heed my telling
of what remains to living –
where the turnaround (is not)
and changing into something more
than bitterness (revealing)
when taken rite of passage
a place was not your place

to break apart
as consequence
were wrong the right (remembered)
when come again
to make amends this way
repeating every season
as writing on the waters
tides implore you (listen)
will you hear

the lowly cries of innocence
a choice for passing over
without a thought –
the judgment of a fool
knowing not
of days removed –
or stones were laid upon him

ashes rained
from wisdom
recall a deeper thirst

ancient skies the broken mourn
yet other sorrows save –
redemption for the one
who will not see –
bless the soul of he who falls
yet gathers for another
redeeming now the promise
was made to love (again)

hands to my heart ~

11 Friday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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becoming, cherokee, connection, death, destiny, dreams, faith, fearless, forgiveness, grace, life, living, love, memory, nature, restless, self, spirit, strength, truth, wandering, wisdom, woman

gather the crops
and lead me to pasture –
long woolen coats
and hats on the nail
sing me our song
to remind me of breathing
take me to meeting
where the creek
dries to bone

walk with me now
through the pain of becoming
what I feared most
when we parted that day –
a longing to fill
and woods without conscience –
carved our initials
much deeper
than ache

some faraway
somewhere –
the geese are returning
spread ‘cross the dark
til we can’t see the night
and fashioned their moon
from something
less shining –
was a moment we held
to forever this way

scatter my bones
as proof of submission –
but tell not the others
I was destined to fall –
read every word
aloud at my passing –
warm
let your hands
to my heart fold around

to hold this – the last
of my fragile intentions –
will you worry
for places I’m not
when darkness remembers
the breath of surrender –
long woolen coats
and geese on the lam

star gazing ~

11 Friday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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assurance, bliss, connection, destiny, dreams, faith, grace, gravel roads, life, love, nature, reason, restless, self, spirit, strength, truth, wisdom, woman

often at night
I stand in the drive
and look at the world anew –
watch as the life
of a star
flickers out
reflecting on moments
with you

the sound of your voice
alive on the wire
the joy that rests in your smile
echoes of moments
shared with a friend –
allow me to breathe
for a while

returning myself
to the places I keep
light from the night burns within
touches my life
with cool winter truth –
waiting to know you
again

of butterflies ~

10 Thursday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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beyond this breath
before our death –
returns a brighter dawn
lives can change
the universe responds
caught in recollection
a reflection weaved of faith
fleeting as a sigh
beneath the wake –
ethers churn
as mountains move
much closer to the storm
spirits caught in shadow
shift the light
planets move
and souls confess
to other lives remembered
time is lost –
we dream
of butterflies

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

Author’s Note ~ There is a Native American legend that says, If you have a secret wish, capture a butterfly and whisper your wish to it.  Since butterflies cannot speak, your secret is ever safe in their keeping. Release the butterfly, and it will carry your wish to the Great Spirit, who alone knows the thoughts of butterflies. By setting the butterfly free, you are helping to restore the balance of nature, and your wish will surely be granted.

The universe responds.

gonna ~

10 Thursday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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bliss, connection, destiny, dreams, fearless, grace, gravel roads, life, love, old maps, reason, relationship, restless, southern, spirit, strength, travel, truth, wandering, wisdom, woman

gonna leave this place
in pieces –
like some other dream
(I dreamed)
gonna turn around –
tho who will notice me
gonna shake it off
(and not look back)
on where I was that day
gonna drive all night
to nowhere (I can say) –
til the road turns dirt
and empties (every care) onto the breeze
gonna change my name
and pen another verse
gonna leave a sign –
that only you
can see

ungraceful me ~

09 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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connection, destiny, dreams, fearless, grace, love, memory, nature, reason, relationship, restless, spirit, strength, truth, wandering

 

turned as I was leaving
caught a glimpse of something there
the girl I was –
for a moment so familiar
an auburn tress –
chestnut eyes
a smile
that said ‘I know’  –
met myself as I was walking out
and warned me not to go

take of this
take it all –
the golden with the brass –
such perfect imperfection
I’ve become –
bury me where ivy climbs
to drink the summer rains –
where blackbirds swirl as circles –
drunken flame

take me down
another path
I never walked before –
and let me plait
of orchids – in my hair
would that the earth remember
where I left my yesterdays
folded soft beneath
the jealous pine –
where once I lay
where once I dreamed
of love (the sweetest kind)

was given this
a piece – some other
longing broke apart –
and I was left
holding to my heart –
but still it was to beating
forgotten what had been –
another still to know
my lowly drum

let not the dance be waiting –
for shoes I cannot wear
I’ll come alone
barefoot to the lawn
raise to veil –
ungraceful form of waltz
against the dawn –

dance with me
the band has come
to play

innocence for trading ~

09 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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connection, destiny, faith, fearless, forgiveness, grace, life, living, love, nature, passion, reason, restless, self, spirit, strength, truth, value, wandering, wisdom, wonder

before the proof
was come to be
our faith was in forever
gave our glory to the heavens
our longing to the lake
spoke in tongues
yet never knew
the language that would save us
whispered from the depths within
as love we pushed away

quiet as a choir rests –
innocence for trading
the river for a seat beside the shore
lovers moved in perfect time
but swore the night was different
forgotten now (a time for sleep)
the dreamers couldn’t rest

prophets came
and placed the blame
on politics and passion
believers lined the eager banks
and fought the urge to curse –
thought became so tangled
we scarce could find the meaning
carved into the cedars
every evidence of word

as birch to dry
and songs where men
had never learned to listen –
sparrows stood atop the violin
and gave to these
(the worst of those)
lessons in surrender
gypsies rode an ancient flame
to resurrect the sun

beetles marched
beneath the blade
with katydid and weevil
bespoke of war
(and rumors of)
dignity and truth –
soldiers slain with harsh disdain
of what (it doesn’t matter)
reminders of forgiveness
fell in colors –
warm and green

then burned to ash
the testament –
was never ours to utter
oceans rose as rivers raced
backward to begin –
sworn to grace
each warm embrace –
would lend us back
to love

wherever ~

07 Monday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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becoming, bliss, connection, dreams, fearless, grace, gravel roads, living, love, memory, old maps, passion, reason, relationship, restless, spirit, strength, truth, wandering, wisdom, woman

what will be left
when my wondering stops
might I turn from the light
(you were gone)
what will be left
of pieces to memory
change come unchanging
my longing to own

when nothing could keep
an answer so sweet
didn’t know
it would will me away
succumbed to the shadows
dark – unremembered
how it was then
for a moment (always)

pretending a time
lives before living
touch before touching
however to know
was madness the reason
we rushed from the darkness
to follow this light
(wherever it goes)

lulled by the sound
eternity pleading
come with me ~ stay with me
 live in my soul
– who I am now
there can be no illusion
fall as I might –
(once more)
let me hold

to the place we were going –
for a moment so sure
of the map we had found
in a chasm of sleep
penned to an evergreen
told to a river –
placed in a bottle
and sailed out to sea

written in blood
conceived by a promise
words uttered softly –
their echoes to fall
down through the places
I’ve searched (in becoming)
a moment eternal
this path to recall

let me love ~

07 Monday May 2012

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becoming, bliss, connection, destiny, dreams, faith, fearless, grace, life, living, love, reason, relationship, restless, spirit, strength, truth, wisdom, woman, wonder

within these walls
of living
the lure of something more
than ever was
might come to me
for taking hold again

dare I close my eyes to hear
echoes of the promise –
warm these restless hands
to touch the soul
when laid upon my beating
to still the ache within
forgotten now the wonder why
love returned for me
forsaken not the bliss
before I dreamed

was never meant for knowing
yet I feel it just the same
a melody remembered (how)
to play
holding on with all I have
another place I am
renewed in me the faith
I need to see
the path to home (no faraway)
delivered me again
to love (I am)
warmth beyond this sun

of all I know
I know much more
in ways I cannot say
in choosing life
you choose to let me love
to touch you as
the first sunrise spills
light into the canyon
truth beyond this wonder
was there I loved
you first

rest on sundays ~

07 Monday May 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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connection, destiny, dreams, faith, family, grace, gravel roads, life, living, love, passion, reason, relationship, restless, southern, strength, truth, value, wisdom, woman

 

born into this land
of southern
between a wielder and the thumb
to rows forgot
no seed was planted
barns were built to block the sun
and measured
were the miles from worship
counted lives as souls to save
washed our feet in dirty buckets
swore to pick
before the rain

no sin confessed
could steal the harvest
lies recalled of summer sweat
locust swarmed
July to August
seven years (‘lest we forget)
I couldn’t say
of rest on sundays
cut my legs on splintered rails
broken beans
of string and strummer
bushels filled by pint or pail

heat burns patient
into evening
settles just beyond the fence
wonder waits
where none was planted
southern born
my lone
defense

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