Looking
Looking out over the shimmering desert
Through the sun burnt mirage
I wonder if I shall see you appear,
Walking to me -
Looking into the dark depths
Of the rolling sea
At the furthest distance, hoping to catch sight of you,
Swimming towards me -
Looking up and out
Into the night sky of endless space
A distant star twinkling and moving,
Is that you, coming this way? -
Why do I beleive?
Why would I even consider
With all that you are,
That you would be returning -somehow- to me (of all people) ?
Why do I
Endlessly, everywhere, in everything,
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Silent Sound
What is the sound of silence?
-the Colorado Plateau-
-desert alive-
Quietly hear
The color red
Land
The Anasazi southern sun
Native blood
Peace
That surpasses all understanding
Beauty in
Rocks (slick and hushed)
Birds (serene and high)
Plants (sustaining and swaying, quietly)
Sky and clouds (inaudible and covering all)
- Life then, now, always
Soft sweet reassurance
Wind whispers of
Endless, eternal echoes,
Ancient singing.
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Thin Air
The air is thin
at 34,000 feet
where the old man left the plane behind.
He flew on ahead,
far, far ahead,
to the one destination
that all are helplessly bound to find.
Without a heartbeat
his face finished smiling,
as if once again a young boy;
perhaps death shall be - and is -
the last and greatest
enduring joy.
Every bird that has ever flown
by it's own weight
comes back down;
every vapor that rises,
by lack of weight,
is never again earth-bound.
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Gone
The black-eyed Susans
are gone,
the question of fall
has begun.
Winter will arrive
at last,
the scarlet summer
is past.
We've filled our sacks full
of spun gold,
and been enraptured by the tales
of fantastic stories told.
Now outside the window
of our heart,
we see
the cold snowfall start.
Friendly fires
fade,
as do the plans in youth
we once made.
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Natural Beauty
Sunrise to sunset
The fullness of beauty in life
Scarcely have we seen as of yet -
Salient the sky
With the inherent intensity of merely being,
And the penetrating pleasure of simply asking why,
Why, oh why
Do we live... into
The day we die.
Life's wonder lies in the passion
Of its open heart,
With loves natural beauty
Its greatest art-
So many poems
And songs to sing,
Portions of God
Grace to us does bring-
Obvious or hidden
Shown or unshown,
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Song of the Desert
The desert's melodic call
echoes forever
off umber canyon walls.
The fiery sun in hymn
at a high-fever pitch
joins right in.
The cougar, coyote, scorpion, rattler and javelina too
all stand dazzled by the music
floating upon the vast empyreal blue.
Out there even the air
dances and prances
without a worldly care.
It all begs: Come see, listen and hear,
let this ineluctable song
bring you in, and draw you near.
Once the melody your heart has found
nothing else will ever satisfy,
no, not another sound.
So come out and sing along,
let your soul be caressed
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All, Alone
All is not after all
So worthwhile
In fancy feathers fraught
And golden glowing style,
Tis better still
To lonely scale the darkest night
Naked 'cept thy own will
With none other than
Creations single guiding Light;
For the gates of hell
Look so sophisticated and swell,
But tis only in Heaven
Where the greatest riches stored
Shall forever be given.
Swim now in champagne pools alone
While just beyond your gilded-gated throne
The 'lower-ones' die diseased of thirst,
Yet one day
You will recall what God did say:
'The time is at hand mortal man
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Good-Night
The ocean swallows the sun
In this moment of dark fun,
While the night, drinks up the last light
Leaving the day done-
The mountains fade into an evening dream
As the world asleep becomes a sureal scene,
It's time to go to bed, and rest our weary heads
Let sleep gather about us like a thickening cream-
In this poetic way
I describe the end of day,
Though my message could've easily been heard, with far less words
Had it simply been 'Good-Night' I did say-
So to every true friend
A nights blessing I hereby send,
Praying your dreamy visions, bring wisdom
And the morn brings the sun shinning once again-
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A Chance (and Hope) For All
The cow died
When the rooster crowed
All the seeds were planted
All the crops sowed;
No more land of milk and honey
No more selling forgiveness
For the proper money,
The Rose bloomed
With singular salvation
Upon the sunrise
That alit all creation.
Peter cried-
Judas died,
May both by God
Find forgiveness,
In a Land
Far, far away
From mankinds mortal mess...
For, I have been with them both,
In my own way;
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Musing
Conversing with myself over thoughts of 'home',
I ponder me, lonesome and alone,
Wondering... If I saw Heaven
And Heaven saw me
What then, would each of us truly see?
And moreover, which of the two
Would find the better view?
If I spoke what I thought to God
Could, possibly, He think it wise,
Or just all rather odd?
For whom would say anything to Him
That He had never heard before,
Time, and times again?
-Even so,
With all that God does vastly know,
I still must consider - for at least just a little while -
There certainly must be some words
That give Him cause to pause,
And even most likely, smile.
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