How blesséd am I
To be the one who’s with you
For all of my days
Sunburn
Such heat emits the summer sun
Upon my weary skin
Such woe betides th’unlucky one
Whose days are spent within
7/20/2021 – patience
So quick do grasses rise above
The freshly-sodden ground
Fast pop the daisies after rain
Has sprinkled o’er their heads
Yet trees are slow and plodding
Their branches grow sans haste
Each day t’ward the sun nodding
With patience.
7/19/2021
And with open eyes and ears
One turns to the world
And sees
And hears
And all that you knew
Changes in a moment
Like an eddying wind
‘Tis our bond
Far down the twisting path I go
Beside the one I cherish true
‘neath knotted boughs, o’er roots below
We in our steps purpose imbue
For we have sights set on a truth
That lies beyond the edge of sight
A thing sought since the pride of youth
Diminished in new wisdom’s light
I lift her up, she grasps my hand
And pulls me through the corridors
Of shadowy and unsure land
Just as I shield her from life’s sores
And though the truth lies yet beyond
That which we see before us still
T’ward it we go, for ’tis our bond
To climb together that lone hill
7/16/2021
The world is as a swirling cloud
Uncertain, ever-changing
Through which thunder booms
And lightning cracks
To see it from without is to see little
To see it from within is to be blinded
What, then, is the cloudburst
Of the world?
The fireflies
The sun has crossed horizon’s line
The skies have deepened, too
And so does summer’s nightly sign
Shine golden-bright and true
They flit and fly and shine so bright
But only for a wink
The fireflies that walk by night;
You’ll miss them if you blink
7/14/2021 – a haiku
With the morning sun
My mind goes t’the horizon
Longing and dreaming
7/13/2021
Once again I’ve missed a day. Once again, you get two poems!
To breathe free
To look on the horizon
And know it is within reach
To gaze at the mountain
And know it can be climbed
To look to the stars
And know they are unchanging
To see the ocean
And feel its colossal breath
This is to breathe free
To be free
7/12/2021 – how hot the flames (a haiku)
The fire in my heart
Burns brightly for only one
But how hot the flames
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