Fear’s Surrender
Flipping through choices
like a rolodex gone awry
Amazed, eyes glazed over
overwhelmed by abundance
Scared rabbit
deer in the headlights
surrenders
In that moment
peace rises to the top
Precious Weave
An old yarn dyed and tied
in knots anew
knitted brow expressing
heights and dips, ins and outs
The fabric of our lives
intertwined threads
laughter and friendship, sadness and joy
woven together in patterned colors
You are precious to the weave of my life
without you, the cloth would be
weaker, less intricate
With you woven in
my colors are complemented
Beauty Is
Mist covered mountains
eyebrows of the Earth
rise up and dance
Mother rolls her
loving eyes at us
Beauty is…
A Foundation of Integrity
A promise kept, even to oneself
like steel girders
a strong skeleton makes
With flesh of love
and sinew of courage
how far a trek one can make
Traversing any sullen landscape
with passionate heart
and sustained encouragement
in perpetual motion
Friends
Friends once met
trod upon the new found path
stepped light and joyous
twinkly
Frolicked as young animals
thoughts bantered about
mutual synapses made
Years and years following
weighed lofty, stark, or frequent
familiarity springs deeper
Appearances only gently hide
the depths of love
intricacies of
our friendship eternal
Mustang Spirits
Hair flying, wild as crows at twilight
children alive and adventurous
played soccer with no rules
Every part of their mustang spirits
leapt over ravines of ignorance
mottled the field with
a compelling variety of life’s expression
• • •
Run wild for the exhilaration
Seek joy with open arms
Keep peace within the pounding heart
And, know that you are loved
Heart’s Courage
The machinist wept organically
having fallen from eagle’s grace
Bravado continues to control things
instead, fell on his face
• • •
It’s tough when you think
you know stuff and how
to put them all together
To instead allow release in surrender
letting God make it better
Vagueness of obstruction
an aspect of disconnect
Clarity of purpose hinged
on actions of the heart’s courage
Permission to Play
Little one
inside of there
Know that you have
permission to play some
every day
And, that you are loved
beyond measure
Courageous Love
The toughest part
of soft velvet nights
when stars multiply
the senses?
The awe burgeons
chest feels as if
it will explode and
cry forever in spicy joy
Can taste buds ever forgive
sweet yearning curls?
as one more baby arrives?
yet another fragile blossom unfurls?
Courageous love rears
and stands confident amongst the stars
Juicy Day
Fuzzy-wuzzy
Was a peach
A tasty peach was he
Rich and ripe
And full of
Luscious juice
May your day
Be absolutely juicy!
Let it drip down your chin!
Mmm……………