Poem.... Everything's quiet
The snows came
Endless white
Following humans
No longer in sight
Like a white ornament
On a tree
A very long Christmas
This will be
Some will survive
These endless snows
Huddled in caves
Where nothing grows
Most things have died
Not much to eat
That struggling deer
Soon to be meat
Hard to tell
Day from night
Looking out of cave
Nothing but white
But peaceful it is
This planet of white
Humans now gone
Everything's quiet
OCD Poem
I will take time
To stop this rhyme
That sounds the same
Like a refrain
Stop it I say
No rhymes today
Maybe OCD
Has me in sway
Can't stop the rhyme
Trying one more time
To no avail
What the Hell
Poem.... Homage to Pay
We push ahead
And mask our dread
With Lollypops dancing
In our head
But some of us do
See as untrue
Those intentions
That hold us like glue
We see the sunrise
A small tear in our eyes
Getting ourselves ready
For that unknown surprise
But love for what was
Has now passed us by
And beauty of life
Now written in the sky
We look at each other
Not running this day
But facing each other
Our homage to pay
Poem.... Screwed
Am I here
Or am I there
On the ground
Or in the air
Will I answer
Or just be still
Up a mountain
Or down a hill
Are they listening
Or just polite
In the daylight
Or late at night
I know this for certain
Or maybe not at all
I can walk this tightrope
Or maybe fall
Don't be concerned
If this seems skewed
For all the promises made
We will be screwed
Poem..... $Promises
Funny about money
It can be
Ink on paper
From chopped down tree
Or bits in a computer
How much you desire?
There is no limit
Can go much higher
A trillion here
A trillion there
Need a zillion
Not a care
At the end of the day
When we sleep
The computer keeps on
$Promises to keep
Desolution
Your hard winds blow
Rusty gates abangin
And dark skies show
We knew you were acomin
Just a matter of time
Those fast days of liven
Days so sublime
Now you come to claim us
To put us away
A new start acomin
A new day your way
Your dark face now ashowin
Your winds screamin by
You did try to warn us
Now children huddle and cry
Poem.... Flower Dream
Sleepy was I
Dark was the sky
Head on a pillow
Heard geese fly by
Was thinking of purple
Or maybe blue
Dreaming toward colour
Even red will do
But brown creeped in
Followed by black
Eruptions of green
Flowers in back
Startled and awake
What did it mean?
Colours of abstraction
Now a garden scene
Drifting off slowly
Back to the scene
Those colours I love
Now a flower dream
Poem....Long Time Ago
I breathe the air
Always there
Plants always giving
For us to be living
For we are one
Gift of the Sun
Always emitting
Never quitting
Awareness of beauty
Never a duty
Ours to know
This wonderful show
Can it be a pleasure?
That life is a treasure
Prepared for this show
A long time ago
Poem....This Colorful Day
Purple mist
Rolling over red
Swirling, twirling
Images in my head
Sienna hovering
Just above blue
Fading dots defining
An image brand new
Black running down
Stonewalls of gray
Love where I sit
This colorful day
Poem....Kind Words
To say a kind word
In midst of anger
Will it be heard
Or become a stranger
It lies there unnoticed
That kind utterance
But it glows and grows
With new exuberance
It gets larger
Message gets clear
I'm here to help you
To take on this fear
Anger changes
Takes on a new face
Distrust displaces
Kindness takes place
We move forward
Leave fear behind
Words that were spoken
Words that were kind
Poem....Boyfriend
I threw paint on his car
In disgust
The girl he was with
I don't trust
Soon he will come here
All whiny
A new paint job
Bright and shiny
He thinks those roses
Will do it
News for him
You blew it
Poem....It's OK, just another day
To fix my criticisms
Nailed over them
An old piece of tin
Still rattles in the wind
It's OK, just another day
To fix my pride
Spray painted it
With an old rusted can
Of what looks like gray
It's OK, just another day
To fix my superiority
Took a hand full of glitter
Sprinkled it head to toe
A new me to know
It's OK, just another day
To fix my insecurity
Got some duct tape
Left a slit for out to peer
Now nothing left to fear
It's OK, just another day
Poem....The Spinning Wheel
Spinning wheel
Goin round
Never stopping
Never down
Dreams we have
Always there
Spinning visions
That we care
Will they stay
In our dream
Or become reality
A spinning theme
Either way
Dream or real
Life goes on
The spinning wheel
Red Bull and Weed
Just what I need
To start this day
In a usual way
They say I look fine
Like a glass of aged wine
But I know the truth
In my state of uncouth
Things to do today
Will be put off to play
That game I do
The one never through
But the colours are brighter
The sidewalk is whiter
What was I supposed to do?
I haven't a clue
Poem.....Unknown Games
The day's go by
In flickering images
As hard as I try
As sure as geese fly
My head says stop
To slow the pace
But on they roll
An unknown chase
A proud flower near
And soon on the ground
And winter's snows
Soon to come round
The images repeat
Who runs the frames?
That guide my life
To unknown games
Delusion
Sweet Delusion
You make my life possible
You give me visions
Of what can be
You take those dire predictions
And scatter them like dust in the wind
You fill me with joy
And wash dread down the drain
Some call you spin
Some call you pretend
I call you friend
Poem.....Ponder
The door is locked
There is no key
No blue skies
For me to see
The thing I did
With much thought
It never occured
I would get caught
How to stop
That drilling rig
Piercing the Earth
Enriching the big
How to save
Migrating geese
Their graceful landing
Into pools of grease
I pulled the drill tower
Flat to the ground
Set fire to the trucks
Parked all around
My intentions were good
Save this green Earth
I now have to ponder
This Cause I gave birth
Beauty is limbs drawn on the sky
Geese in their formation fly
Snow painting landscape white
And you beside me for the night
Poem....Dream With No End
My eyes are heavy
Dark forces pull me in
Reality about to change
Where do I begin
Odd Urges dancing
Should I go there
There is no choice
No sign of beware
I want to awaken
To interrupt this dream
But dark forces of evil
Dance in between
I am in the dance now
The chants are of dread
My sleeping self far away
A long night ahead
Faces known and unknown
Things broken beyond repair
Streets to places I know not
On a bus with no fare
I enter a building
I have entered before
Elevators not working
Broken glass on the floor
Good to see you again
Words come from a friend
You will never leave here
This dream with no end
Poem....Reflection
I am reflection
Distorted by wind
I seek no permanence
Changing shapes I rend
I am a tree limb
I am a bird
My wavering shapes
No sound to be heard
I rest on the water
My image is clear
Soon mottled with raindrops
The Storm clouds are near
My life is the water
The sunrise each day
I am reflection
Glanced on your way
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Poem....Sending You Love
Get off your knees
Get above the trees
Float with butterfies
See the blue skies
See the whale's spout
It's what Life's about
Hear your Inner voice
Beauty in the choice
Words of a dove
Sending you love
I shot a Tweet
Into the air
and it landed
I know not where
maybe some Smartphone
to be proud
Or to die
In some computer cloud
Poem...... Restart
Vines climbing tall buildings
Grass filled Cracks on highways
Rusting cars in parking lots
Houses with collapsed roofs
Deer roaming vacant shopping malls
A chimpanzee bangs a stick
On a bent iron gate
We are in Restart
Will we get it right?
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Poem... In us you can trust
Move along now
This they say
Nightsticks in hand
evacuate today
Cities not fit to live
Not much more to say
Board the buses
Must go today
Forget loved ones
Attach this ID
You will be told what to do
And who to see
Constitution suspended
Military we see
Police nationalized
We're told where to be
Highways nationalized
Abandoned cars
Streetlights darkened
Buildings with iron bars
Move along now
Our actions are just
We will take care of you
In us you can trust
Poem...Dreamstate
I want to do it
My better self says no
Know that I shouldn't
My Ego self says go
But there it lies
Chocolatey and sweet
Just this once
Deserving this treat
Or going to the tavern
In my new shoes
Those interesting glances
Which do I chose
Stopping at convenience store
This time to win
My lucky number
The Lottery again
On to the spirit store
That bottle to buy
To render me dreamstate
I need not know why
Poem ... The Letter
Marks on paper
Folded and inserted
Into other paper
Put into a metal box
With metal flag raised
Picked up by a human
In a vehicle with wheels
And taken to a sorting faclity
Where the marks are interpreted
And delivered to the intention
Of those marks
Another human
Takes the folded paper
Unfolds and deciphers
And smiles.
Poem .... Evermore
Breathe in
A deep blue sky
A snow covered mountain
A dove flying by
Breathe out
Those things to do
Those with needs
That never are through
Life flies by but once
To give you that ride
Breathe in the joy
Good choices provide
That road in life
Passing fields of joy
Is yours for the taking
Is yours evermore
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Poem... Into the Past
Inward I breathe
That vision I see
Of possiblities ahead
Of what can be
Of food we plant
To grow in Sun
And bring inside
When growings done
Of walks on dusty roads
Beside a friend
Of cutting firewood
For winter's begin
Of grandma's biscuits
Rising in the pan
Soon in the oven
And soon in my hand
When things become simple
Obvious to see
Our journey to the future
Into the past will be
Poem.... Reds and Purples
Reds and Purples
Make my days
Shining out
From dark gray haze
That path I follow
The one defined
By best intentions
Are thus aligned
Will I emerge
Into the two
Those Reds and Purples
To see me through
There are distractions
I must admit
But toward my intentions
I never quit
Poem..... Sea to Shining Sea
We have the knowledge
To walk on the Moon
But lack the wisdom
To sing Earth's tune
To love the land
From Sea to Shining Sea
To keep the air clean
For beautiful faces soon to be
New cars to buy
New homes to build
New mines to dig
New stores to fill
Robed people on hilltops
Changing what is to be
Singing Earth's song
Sea to shining Sea
Poem....Thousand times more
I could say I love you
A thousand times
And it wouldn't be enough
For that time must come
When our conversations
Must be with memories
When those words
From our hearts
Race across Galaxies
In desperate search
Of what once was
But until then
I say a thousand times more
I love you
Poem....Colour Distraction
Moving toward red
Move over I said
I am moving through
Don't want to see Blue
But I can't get red
Out of my head
Maybe if I stop
And takes break
Seeing purple
A distraction I take
Changing my path
From colour of red
And land me on
My true colour instead
Poem... Rush to Nothing
Seeking answers
To Life's riddle
Go here
Or go there
For this
Or against that
Things I do
A difference make
A world changed
Or simply another rotation
Another frame in the film strip
This movie seen before
The Sun waiting patiently
For darkness to fade
And I plan my grand scheme
In a rush to nothing
Poem.....Suits and Ties
I judged a guy
With cardboard sign
Beside the road
Taking his time
Why can't he be
More like me
A banker's job
Nine to three
Pension fund
Straight ahead
He just sits there
Hanging his head
All it takes
Is little white lies
And of course
These suits and ties
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Poem...... The Knowing
That road we choose
Past trees of green
Past rivers of blue
Past words well said
It will remain
After we move on
For those who sing
A different song
And stars glide past
With increasing speed
Our need for knowing
All inside a seed
Poem....Arranged Reality
Is it real?
Or something I feel
An interpretation
Or Ego's zeal
Layers of opinion
Arranged in familiar ways
To create this bouquet
Of personal plays
Is it the same?
As others can see
Or just my arrangings
My own reality
Poem....Paint it Black
Rolling Purple streaked with Red
Playful visions in my head
Dark shadows in my view
Streaks of White becoming few
Reality is just a game
Another truth for us to tame
To spin our interpretaion as true
And with a spray can paint it Blue
Or if that seems to be of lack
We can always paint it Black
Poem...Rush toward Uncertainty
We know love is near
Only a touch away
Only a glance and a smile
But there are things to do
There are places to go
Those things taken for granted
Assumed to always be there
While we amble in our distractions
Love takes flight
Like a darting butterfly
And we rush toward uncertainty
Poem.....Limitations
Those things I would like to do
Pushing beyond what I should do
What power do I have
That steel glove of restraint
Pushing a palm in my face
There are consequences to pay
For you to have you way
But that illusion of control
Is no match for my impulse
And I go my merry way
Addressing limitations another day
Poem...Time
Stretching out in front
An endless vista called Time
Waiting for no one
Casting aside demands for more
You try to grasp it
To do more things
But no favorite does it play
Those prayers for one more day
The landscape littered
With those and their mighty plans
Stones with names
Their final achievement
And time ticks on
Poem.....Lost in space
Seeking answers
For hidden questions
That journey ill defined
Rocket man speeding outward
Thrusters belching white
Purple aura around the moon
Soon to be black space
Looking for the familiar
Never to be seen again
Lost in space
Poem.....Consistency
Consistency
I lothe thee
Prim and proper
Always on time
Controlling our lives
Unspoken demands
I won't be there
Reschedule
Or cancel
It doesn't matter
Am I red
Or will I be purple
Poem....Anticipating change
I know not why
I travel this path
Flowers of dark purple and red
Vines kissing a flowing creek
We are one
Me and the unknown
Not knowing the next minute
Anticipating change
Poem.....Wave of Life
We are a wave of Life
Just passing through
Some with many years
Other only a few
Do we pass on what we know
The lessons we learned
Or is our time only a show
The wave continues on
With those who heed
With those that care
For those in need
Our destiny is naught written in a star
It is written in our passion
To push our wisdom far
Poem.....Haven't a clue
I sit on the beach watching the gulls
Why?
I get up and drive to the nearest city
Why?
I start a corporation and make lots of money
Why?
I run for mayor's office and win
Why?
I divorce and marry a wealthy widow
Why?
I now again sit on the beach watching the gulls
Why?
Haven't a clue
Poem...Better left alone
If I say it, will it hurt
Those words meant to help
Once released from my lips
Forever resonating in misunderstanding
That look of hurt in those eyes
Those eyes that are part of my soul
Does it really matter
That correction I intend
Maybe it should be a collage
A remainder in that beautiful personality
Better left alone for Eternity
Poem......Cup of Java
Sat my coffee cup on the table
A worm hole opened and swallowed it
I reached in to save it
The room swirled
Colors streaked past my view
Stars passed by with increasing speed
A swirling galaxy ahead
With a thump I landed on a purple rock
Red plains stretched ahead
Several large moons on the horizon
I glanced over and there my coffee cup sat
Not a drop was spilled
Picked it up and took a sip
Worth it to save a cup of java
Poem....Colour Chaos
Purple merging Red
Edges not neat
Why should we care
It is in chaos
The irregular intersecting
That beauty emerges
A background of Black
Inviting a splash of Gray
To drip down across those edges
Those colour intersections
Those insights into Life
Poem....Boil and Bubble
I look into the depths of humanity's soul
I stir the clouds of hope and discontent
Hope shines like distant stars
Revolving in a galaxy unknown
A journey we hope to make
Before the lights grow dim
And we can no longer see our way
I say the words of boil and bubble
A witch waiting to bring on trouble
But alas we know not that witch
Nor among us who she may be
Poem....Coloured Consequences
Consequences painted red
Unintended so they said
Why not painted blue
Question in my head
Not for you to question
Only for us to say
Red is our decision
Now go on your way
Well my choice is now purple
Don't care what you say
I own these consequences
Try red another day
Poem....Bright Penny
I look down
Bright Penny shining
Should I walk on
Leaving this find for others
Perhaps one searchiing for joy
This shiny heads-up could give
I look back as I walk on
That shiny spot shrinking from view
It bridges a sidewalk crack
It's intent now meant for others
Poem.....A gift from the gods
Clouds roll in
Silver-Gray streaks emerge
White flashes punctuate
White ice marbles roll about
The gods are angry
And fling their jagged bolts
Or perhaps an angry orchestra leader
Demanding more base strings
Faces turn purple
Hands turn red
The music peaks
Then a heavenly silence
The soft patter of rain
A gift from the gods
Poem.....Colour Abstraction
Purple swirls
Red curls
Black fills inbetween
Grays move in and out
One side gray
The other side green
Splashes of sienna
Starting their drip
I put down my paintbrush
Give my coffee a sip
Poem.....Reaching out
Is it now
Or some time past
Or some future time
That image
That feel
Of you by my side
No words spoken
No anticipation
No regret
No interpretation
Only us two
Taking in the stars
Poem.... Complexities
Beyond the edge
Hidden behind purple
Between chunks of grays and reds
Under slats of black
And shadows they throw
I look at life
And complexities I Know
Poem.....Back Away
Back away
From things today
From have to haves
From games we play
Get out if our cars
Throw away the keys
Walk to the local store
Live life with ease
Open the windows
Feel the cool breeze
Turn off the AC
Look at some trees
We really don't need
What they tell us to be
Find a good book
Turn off the TV
The darkness soon to come
And candles will throw
Beautiful shadows on the wall
A peace we shall know.
Poem....Not this Day
When the day comes
And we no longer touch
But not this Day
When a smile
No longer lights up the room
But not this Day
When your face
Is an actress in my dreams
But not this Day
When our laughter
Become a deafening silence
But Not this Day
Hold my hand
Look in my eyes
We are in this Day.
Poem....One less brick in the wall
A sheet of thousands of years
Defining our triumps and our tears
Dress for success
Drive the right car
Have the right neighbors
You will go far
Like any old sheet
Tears will appear
Doubts will creep through
The country club will disappear
Neighbors leave without a clue
The sheet that up to now
has closely defined us all
Is developing bigger tears
One less brick in the wall
A newer way of living
One less brick in the wall
Poem....Artist unshored
Blue and Green
The art machine
Spinning a mist
Soon to be seen
Purple nails
And long lashes
Walking across canvas
Leaving hot ashes
Abstraction adored
Painting colours galore
Wrapped in a passion
An artist unshored
Poem.... Endless Night
That endless night
Sure to come
Counting of joys
And not of regrets
Did I do
All I could do
To make life a smile
And prepare for that time
In her coming years
Of joyful memories
Instead of tears
I will reach for her hand
From that endless night
And hope she can feel
As I hold on tight.
Poem ....Sweet Delusion
Sweet Delusion
You set me free
To be that pretense
I have wanted to be
To fly over oceans
In planes that I own
To live in castles
To sit on a throne
You have given to me
Things only I see
For in the world of delusion
The real world cannot be
Poem...Snow falling slow
Snow falling slow
A white covering on my soul
A slowing of what must be
A blurring of what we must see
A chance to back away
From what we must say
And put off those musts
To some other day
A layering of white
Thickening overnight
Saying slow yourselves down
Things will be alright
Poem...Unintended Regret
The silence
Cold dark silence
Spreading it's wings
To blot out the Sun
You look for words
That never come
And stretching ahead
That long dark road
Of unintended regret
Poem ...Red Prayer Beads
I look out at blue
Streaked with purple hue
And building clouds
Of towering white
At yellow shapes
Skipping their ropes
And red prayer beads
Chanting their hopes
Patriarchal poem
We had our days
In many ways
We played at this
We won at that
We shot at those
And now no more
They've gone extinct
To heaven's shore
But we press on
To get our way
And not give up
To dawn's new day
Poem....Polka dot skies
Suits and ties
And polka dot skies
And tall buildings
With many glass eyes
Buy this and sell that
Corporate profits in the fat
They produce it cheaper
Tell the investors that
And so we charge on our merry way
Directors and investors in our sleigh
Shiny shoes, suits and ties
And fat briefcases full of lies
Poem....Intent
And in the end
When our triumps are counted
And our trophies are displayed
And diplomas are hung
What matters in Life
Did you help someone else achieve
Did you help save a species
Did you share your knowledge to help others
For when you say your last goodbye
You live on through your Intent
Poem ....If
If we were bees
We would love the trees
And spread our glisteny wings
And fly into the breeze
We would fly with butterflys
And share the gold and red
We would befriend the plants
And help their pollen spread
Can we come together
Like those wonderful bees
And finally find our place
Among the birds and the trees?
There is great hope
Stirring in the air
That we can all come together
That we can all care
Poem.....The Portrait
Red I said
More red on the head
A tilted look with purple and blue
A likeness soon to ensue
An eventful day
Painting with gray
With black on her back
What else can I say
Maybe a touch of sienna
Where hair touches skin
And yellow folds nicely
Up under her chin
Poem....Wait to be told
I looked out across golden fields
Backed by mountains of purple
Where once long wagon trains
Inched toward deep blue skies
Opportunity swelled their hearts
Along with tinges of fear
They took their place
On the new frontier
And forwarding to today
When new challenges arise
Those old wagon train days
Tell us to be wise
Will we listen to days of old
Or sit on our sofas
And wait to be told
Poem...colours talking
Black and White
Seem alright
But Brown and Red
Swirl in my head
And Blue on Gray
Doth make my day
And Purple on Red
Need More be said
I opened the door
Into dark sky blue
Dare I step out
A thing I must do
A dark red path
Stretched out ahead
An urge emerged
It's OK it said
Colours swirled in yellow streaks
Circling stars up above
Letters of purple against dark trees
"Here you find Love"
A tale to be told
Of dark brances
Reaching toward a cold sky
Awaiting their time
To burst into green
And another branching
This of mankind
Sharing the sky
But no intended green
Meant for man's machine
They moved slowly in
Shadows of purple and red
Grays intersecting blacks
Playing games in my head
My steps chosen carefully
So as not to descend
A blanket of fog
Obscured vision to rend
And what of those colours
So vivid and bright
Soon they will fade
Into darkness of night
They are not lost
Shadows purple, red and gray
They simply await
The dawn of yon day
Poem ......New Expression
Canvas vertical
On paint splattered easel
Waiting to express
It's feelings of colour
In my mind purples, grays and reds
Peering through black
Sqeezing paint into my hands
The canvas and I become one
A dance of paint without purpose
A door to the Universe
For some to walk through
To a new understanding
To a new expression through colour
