2002-2005

[perhapsimdreaming]

“A new poem for a new life”, 2002

Two whose feathers melted
While flying for the sun
As they fell, discovered
Beneath the sticky mess
They had grown
Wings
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“You and I”, 2002

We used to speak in whispers
Upon new fallen snow
When there was just the two of us
And no place else to go.
We used to speak a secret tongue
And hushed in voices low
Tell where little tufts of spring
Hide underneath the snow
Back when the whole flat world was still
Beneath the blanket white
And there was only
You
And I
And what we thought was right.
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“A year from now”, Fall 2002

A year from now
I’ll be ‘long-gone’
And you ’ll be ‘who-knows-where’

And that’s alright with me because
At this point I don’t care

We’ll draw a dotted line for now
And you’ll stay on your side

We’ll only meet in waking dreams
Now that my pillow’s dried
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“Open the window”, Fall 2002

I ran out of gas today
I lost my keys again
I drove on auto-pilot
To the place I used to live.

Then someone opened up the window
And I breathed new life
So, I’m not fumbling around in the dark
Looking for you anymore.
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“Just Stop”, 2002

Have you ever wanted
Everyone in the world
To just stop
Stop moving
And be still
For one minute
And look around
In silence
And stillness
And then maybe in waiting
We would realize
Who we are
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“Simple love”, 2002
I love
kitty paws on my windshield
I love
that you’re bigger and stronger than me
And butterflies on my paper towels
I love
Green and raspberry
And midnight blue
With a whole lotta stars
All peeping through
And love,

I love you
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“Dear old oriental woman”, Spring 2002

Dear old oriental woman
How kindly you peer
Over the soft headed youth
Thinking pleasant things that curve
Your peeking smile

Oriental woman
With your bright orange-red
Thank you for brightening the room

You are an O’Keefe in a background
Of t-shirts and jeans

Thank you for coloring the future
With your lasting rays of sunset
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“Oh how good it feels”, Summer 2003

Oh how good it feels
Just to be
And not have to be
Anywhere but here
And not have to have
Anyone but me.

I feel like singing
With my heart
To myself
A song of peace
A song of reconciliation
And answering back
With my soul

“I accept”
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Fall 2004

I.
Autumn turns her shy side of cheek
Beckoningly,
And I
With leaves for fingers
Try my heart to grasp her meaning.
Rustling, she stirs her skirts
With sounds of silver
Threading leaves of gold
And her turning,
Turning,
The whole Earth with her
Glides deeply into time.

II.

The autumn leaves smother warm affection
to melt away green,
with the fire of their love.
(the lovers weep
Flooding the Earth
With hot, scattered tears
Which dance, and dry,
And are carried long away)
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“Of heat and brilliance”, Spring 2004

Where I come from
We have big skies
Supported at the base
By hugging arms
Of small green
Rolling hills, and
Larger
Purple
Mountains.
We have push-up lizards
On stones in the sun;
The shy ones peek though
Shadowed hollows
Where rock
Meets rock
And they kiss
Everlastingly,
In the shade
where the sun
Draws her line of heat and brilliance.
And they dance
In the shade,
Everlastingly.
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“Held”, Spring 2004

Here I hold you, all around
As the dark hold the moon
through the long shadowed night
I carry you
I catch you,
fall on me

You are always in my arms
Fall
Fall to my heart
So wide , so deep, so near
So deep , so near, so wide
Slumber sweet ,
sleep in peace.

Let the beloved of God rest secure
For He shields him
All the night long

The one the Lord loves
Rests between his shoulders.
So wide, so deep, so near
So deep , so near, so wide
Slumber sweet ,
sleep in peace.
Let the beloved of the Lord
Rest secure
Between his shoulders,
evermore.
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“Beneath the Great Sky: a response”, Spring 2004

I’m only a speck, God
But I’m your speck
And even a glimmer can shine so bright
That it pierces the eyes with its all-pure light

Non-refracted
Un-distracted
Straight and narrow light

I’m only a speck, God
But I’m your speck
Shine upon me bright
While I walk through deep, dark night.

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“Reflection”, May 2005

In the reflection of your glossy face,
I can see the door.

Your smile lies,
By your shifting eyes
And itching feet,
And fire burns from under you.

I reach
To kiss your charred hand
You’re reaching for
Goodbye
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“Return”, Spring 2005

When grace is gleaned
False ministering ended
By masterful love beyond
Power of pain
Our battlefield hearts
Return
To touch
Compassion
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“Year of Jubilee”, Spring 2005

When the land has no shadows
And the roses need no thorns

I’ll bear my heart wide
I’ll rend my heart open with joy

And drink of life with gulps and gulps
Gathering arms full of pleasure

All to you
To bring to your feet
In the year of jubilee

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