In stillness we wait
For a bright sign from without—
Might it be within?
8/22/2022 – which garden I’ll lose
I walk along a narrow road
‘Twixt equal gardens green
Each holding fruits that once I sowed
When my path was more clean
And there ahead the road does end
And somehow I must choose
In which garden I’ll so long wend
And which garden I’ll lose
8/20/2022 – far from here
Let us fly
To another place
Where the air is crisp
Where the ground is soft
Where there are few around
Where little would trouble us
And there breathe a while
And sink our toes deep
And taste the silence
That awaits us
Far from here
8/19/2022 – morning’s sweet release
I watch in quiet as your bones
Expand with restful breath
And hear the earthly undertones
Of breathing soft as death
I sit still so as not to wake
You from this short-lived peace
I’d not this solace from you take
Ere morning’s sweet release
8/18/2022 – a haiku
In ways uncounted
You have brought light to my life
Bright and bold and strong
8/17/2022 – make art for you
They say “make art for you”
Then tell you why your art
Is not good enough
8/16/2022 – to bring me peace
There is no stillness
Only movement
For the universe is not a boulder
And I not a stone
The cosmos breathe
As I breathe
And though in breath
I find stillness
It is but a movement
To bring me peace
8/15/2022 – a haiku
My temper rises
At the evils of others
But nature beckons
8/13/2022 – for just a while
For when I lose my way and tire
Of this world’s cruel designs
I lay my head upon your lap
And so at last can rest for just a while
8/12/2022
Laid to rest
By the apple tree
Where you ran and played
Now you lie
And make the flowers grow
A Poem A Day 