through the twilight...

encounter
over the mountains
a full moon swollen with light
rises to meet me

finally, some words...

there
close your eyes, listen
the air is alive with words
endless and silent

linger
I take a deep breath
the air sparkles in my mouth
tasting your smile

out of the abyss...

a piece
the blue, cold, large, clear
swallowing sadness and fear
my indigo soul

joy
like the moon rising
certain, but wondrous still
my eyes unveiled

on meteors and souls...

dark matter
expanding to fill
every moment before me
I become endless

vivid...

season
the sunlight is sharp
its clear gold edge cuts through me
scattered burning stars

landing
the air is strange
on this new alien world
cold, full, and empty

weave...

inhale
air thick with felt words
the space between us simmers
a world of its own

desert
the quiet enters
slowly sliding up my skin
to fill lost places

news
stopped by a word
when a child faces life
the burden is ours

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How much can we take?
More than I thought it seems.
It rolls over us in unseen waves.
And we wonder why we can't catch our breath?
Blindly smiling into the deep green water.
We stretch to catch the sun in our teeth.
to slide like honey over our tongues.
Sweet, burning, full of life
the other side of pain

also...

changed
quietly scheming
sunlight enters my grey room
and I remember...

to be...

complete
turn and come to me
walk together down this path
leaving fear to want

too...

spill
a slow spreading pool
see my blood, my words, released
to be transparent

please stand by...

patience
entering the void
I come out the other side
and you are with me

sorting it out...

My Mom passed away on October 25th. I wrote this in Connecticut the first time I was alone in the house with so much of her around me.

embrace
memories surround
they clamor for attention
I touch each gently

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It comes in waves, there is no stopping them. I just hold on.

misplaced...

align
found in the desert
flowing down from the mountains
the calm I had lost

almost...

contained
images explode
to wrap around my body
barely held in place

tenuous...

hush
trying to focus
I fall deep into myself
and fade with the light

loudly silent...

quiet
words I want to say
still my throat and fill my mouth
burning through my lips

wire
I walk the tightrope
half-way between you and I
holding out my hand

nautilus
echoing softly
it spirals through my chambers
deep inside my shell
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Many haiku on my inner wanderings. Soon they will be more evenly mixed with words from my physical wanderings.

now...

elements
refusing to close
my eyes, wide open windows
I fill up with life

filling the spaces...

These are from various times and places. All tapped into my phone from parking lots, bars, lobbies...whenever/wherever I had a few minutes and was inspired.
(Thanks Paula and Daniel for giving me the place to finish them.)

notes
quiet energy
the air vibrates with colour
sound frays the darkness

submerged
they swirl around me
voices like water, I drown
slowly drifting light

wall
nothing left but I
fixed in a wall of sound
removed from the world

vital
so easy the known
so hard to look beyond it
my sky reflected

crowd
faces on all sides
their lives forming waves of words
crashing over me
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An exercise in concentration while waiting for my car...

creation
words flow like water
filling the space between us
filtered blue sunlight

unseen
I sit motionless
invisibly vibrating
I slip through the air

drift
gently the day flows
I skim the surface like foam
to go where it leads

on-going...

filled
silent words spoken
pulled slowly from deep places
they come in soft waves

rolling and building
I swell to the horizon
to burn with the sun

still here...

merge
I let go and fall
slowly melting into you
the world fades away

afternoon walk...

aware
the air thick with heat
I walk to the sun's white heart
warm blood on my skin