An inaudible promise and sigh
The most solemn tears
Necessities thrown to the floor
Secrets exposed now to light
Because of the understanding reach
A moment with heart held in the hand
One hesitant step as if to make sure
The thought to retreat
A kiss where fragile greets harsh
Eyes bowed in great honor
This presence
Lone Sway
I polished that brass
With each ounce of me
Certainly
That saxophone spoke for us two
Now long since silent
At some point it stopped
Abruptly
Tonight it told me dream anew
Called
There is, after all, this calling
Yet I am excited for something
The noise from the Nations
Will order my steps
And drown out delusion
I pray
bloom: a haiku
May has long teased me
As I do not wish to hide
I will seek flowers
Frog Friend
Decisions
Herald as happenstance
The frog on the fencepost
Applaud the amphibian
For his extraordinary effort
Or deem the deed
Divine
lunatic phase
Is it the moon
In lunatic phase
Or perfect genetics within
That forces your hand
And tells you to tear
All that covers your skin
As life asks your heart
To keep looking far
Your feet will soon learn to keep pace
You’re promised, my love
All that shines above
Forever will seek your raised face
Date Unknown
Hold me
With the intensity
That you’d otherwise shed your own blood
I’ll hold you
Absorb it
Then exhale out the flame that calms you
Our kiss
Realized
Tuesday, June some day, some year
Photo: looking East to frozen sunrise; Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI
Safe Name
Yours is the me
Okay
Who has let down her hair
And called out the youth
To know its own name
Is
Okay
Fathom
Wondering, wandering, white-cotton boy
How many teeth did you see
As you made your way through
The waves of this World
Did water give respite to thee
Without wind or sail or even an oar
To propel your dreams onward to land
Did you bear your teeth only
At darkness and fear
And when others sought help, gave your hand
Feathery I
I think I’ll spend Saturday
As an injured bird
That had fallen the Friday before
Should Sunday
Be gifted to me
A Phenix I think I will be
