Seasonal Tides

Seasonal Tides

Memories well up

pressure of past

As release again

son and daughter

In late summer

Season of letting go

Each time reality

when time gone

Instead of months

only days together

As launch out

On their own

Cycles of life

rise and fall

On life's ocean

blessing the tides

18-230x

Seasons Wrestle

Seasons Wrestle 

Fall's chill touches
summer refuses to yield

Once again seasons conflict
steamy fog as they vie

Curtain veils
green and brown struggle

18-232z

Drifting

Drifting 18-235z

Fragments float easily
bobbing on the surface

Caught in undercurrent
pulled below by murky flow

Stuck in mental snags
trauma's force holds

Bobbing again
sputtering breaths

Ravenously feed lungs
alive, finally free

Drifting again

Wyandotte

Wyandotte 18-232y

Today lifeless, mortally wounded
Feathers black and white
Just a day ago wandering yard
Scratching dirt

In a box it sits
Waiting for me
after work
Alone I carry it

Walk with a shovel
Down the hill
I scratch in dirt
Peck the ground

Where daughter requested
To put the hen to rest
Hard soil
In a hole two feet deep

Thoughts

Thoughts

All that has been

All that is

All that will be

Born from a thought

Up from the heart

Artesian thoughts flow

Into the mind plant

Slowly they grow

Seasons pass slow

Then there is fruit

Good or uh oh

Aware one must be

18-223z

Redemption

Redemption 

Redemption is the story

God's grace wraps 'round

You are my beloved

Reclaim your beauty from all the ashes

Redemption for the desires of your heart

18-222y

Simple Joy

Simple Joy

Stillness wraps around
Gurgle of water
In ditches it flows
Pinto beans and corn grow

Before me they stand
doe eyed ever so close
on the ditch bank
encounter again

Smile crease lips
joy in untamed elegance
lissomely hurdle the ditch
gracefully bound away

(18-222z)
Note: Joy in encountering two young does today at the break of day.

Day Fades

Day Fades

sun teases
behind foliage
blazing tangerine

seduces the eye
moment of reflection
in nature's mirror

quieting self
in seasons
of transitions

in gentle breeze
sweeping mind
peace engulfs

(18-221x)

Static Builds

Static Builds

Lightning creases blackened horizon
sky bleeds from jagged cuts
Bipolar wrath rumbles
anger rattles windows

Violence approaches
rushes in upon its victim
Harsh blows gust
calm settles after storm

18-197x

Silt

Silt

Life flows down
from mountains
hard concrete ditch
in eddies silt collects
in the murkiness
memories wash
further down
'til finds its way
onto the loam
softened gumbo
mixing together
beneath feet
nurishing the prairie

(18-219y)

Wildcat Hills

Wildcat Hills

Shear mist
canoodling the escarpment
hugging tight and low
femine contours

Summer's burnt prairie
grass green, tips brown
droplets hang heavy
surrendering to delicate brush

(18-219z)

Turbulence

Turbulence 18-218Y

Horizon black
debri whirls
unstable thoughts
air swirls

Regurgitation buffets
replay the memories
palpitations toss
puke anxiety

Pockets of stillness
heart drops
roiled again
roller coaster emotions

Subsides as
quick as
it came
peace