I see the bottom of my cup
The dregs are swirling there
Remains of wine I’ve else lapped up
Breathed in as if ’twere air
And though I’m feeling rather ill
And wish to sit down, too
I am not unglad to be still
Deep in my cups with you!
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7/26/2021 – sunrise memories
As sun peeks o’er the eastern line
I crave its fiery light
I wish to hold it, make it mine,
As day springs forth from night
It paints orange the land and sea
And sets afire the sky
And so the sun smiles upon me
Before rising so high
So brief those moments of the dawn
And yet they stay with me
E’en after they are long since gone
Only a memory
7/24/2021 – rest
I wish to see lush jungles
And reefs of blue and green
O’er which the thunder rumbles
And all that’s in between
I hope to find some purpose
On distant, warmer shores
Where all the things that hurt us
I can leave at the doors
A brief letter to my heart
Alack, alas, I say to thee,
My stalwart, wizened friend
That you should be so tied to me
Until the bitter end
Sunburn
Such heat emits the summer sun
Upon my weary skin
Such woe betides th’unlucky one
Whose days are spent within
‘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
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
Be still, my aching heart
I am unwhole without you
My heart beats, but for what?
My soul yearns to be ‘bout you
My essence in half, cut
As if my lifeblood quickens
When near your stolid gaze
And far from you it thickens
Confused and in a daze
So thus I must be near you
Toward you I will dart
Once more my soul will hear you
Be still, my aching heart!
7/9/2021
When shadows come and dance upon
The plain and quiet walls
I ‘magine myself away, gone
Till I don’t hear their calls
7/8/2021
What quiet wonder do I feel
When tales and fantasies abound
Deep in my mind’s corners, they heal
The darknesses that I have found
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