12/1/2023 – that I might

Give me the sun
That I might see
Give me the moon
That I might howl
Give me the stars
That I might wonder
Give me the cosmos
That I might be

11/30/2023 – a haiku

As everything slows
I look inward for a while
Asking what I see

The dark’ning skies cruelly offend
When they from us the stars conceal

Disquiet haunts my waking mind
Until my eyes are closed once more
And shadows ebb a while at last

Stay inside with me
Let us entangle ourselves
And find the warmth there

My heart aches for something I cannot see
Wrapped up in one command, unyielding:
Be

I lie amidst the cooling trees
And ‘neath their naked boughs
That I might feel their earthly ease
My fiery spirit douse

Let’s sit in silence
While all the world speaks to hide
The growing fire’s roar

Fire grows
In my limbs
To do
To act
To be

Its flames unbending
As I try to
Douse them
Quiet them
Shape them

What to do but
What they urge
What they cry for
What they demand

Looks like I owe you two today.

Without another moment’s thought
I run into your arms
For in their warmth is where I ought
To be, and where I’ll rest my weary heart