The Crickets Grind

the crickets grind their legs

hello
hello

i am
i am

calling

answering

all night long.

the unseen in me grinds

hello
hello

i am
i am

calling...calling...

There I Die

Wherever you might trace my

body

with your white

chalk...

There I die.

What Else Is There To Do?

Wave after wave
your greatest gift moves me...

like an endless, gently
windblown lake to our backyard shore.

I know your purpose.

You know mine.

What else is there to do?

Happy Birthday Leslie

Intergalactic Warrior Princess

Goddess among all stars

You move in the mystery

Bringing light as your pasttime

your art moving through us like
rain through the clouds paint their
invisible mark on the hot summer pavement...

Love in each droplet.

Earth to Ashes

Hear life announcing me...

I am.

Remember.

Behold the Promise

and dream...

Earth

to

Ashes

The Breeze is Gone

Native tears.
Sweat join them.
The breeze is gone.

Who Do I Take After?

Who do I

take after?

Mum?
Dad?

Can I read as they?
Can I write as they?
Can I worry as they?
Cry as they?
Laugh as they?
Think as they?

Who did they take after?
Their own mum and dad?

Did they hold away those things repulsive?
Embrace those traits they loved so?

What then is my own?

How long shall I pay for their sins
...and generosities?

Who will take after me?

In Our Garden

[Verse]

In the sun, inside our Garden

I lay upon the clover

All my memories come as

Roses pick a color

 

One by one each bloom will blossom

Another season passing

Roses lend themselves

like soldiers to a nation

 

[Bridge]

I know the sleep is over

and I've spent my time distraught

only to discover 

Love is all I've got

[Vamp]

[Verse]

In the sun outside your garden

I sleep beneath the clover

bringing roses to a nation

like a lover