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Three Threads
For three yearswe were buriedunder these masks.
Three years of breathingthrough our eyes, sheddingour days, one after the other.
As this thin cloth cut deep lineson our faces, they remind usof real dangers and hidden wars.
As the years flow into these threadswhen woven tight, they...
Water Rondel
Love is what makes music take nature’s shape.Heart singing through the warbler’s throat,Storm clouds curling, calm ripples ‘round a boat,Music is water, its shape as love dictates.
Water’s wisdom: its own level it seeks,Heart must sing in flood or drought:Love’s warm embrace it cannot...
PRAYING YOUR WILL?
There you go again,Praying for yourCreature comforts.Brain’s drying up,I see,Though summer’sNot been around
That long.Seasons haveTheir uses,Did you know.Summer is so thatFlowers can growAnd bees can sip
Their honeyWhile they waitTo fruit. GoodFor your stomach,Not just sight.Don’t pray summerAway on the
Excuse of waterFor the dams.Those...
Chopin’s Valse de L’Adieu
After a year of hesitant whispers, Their mutual nodTo terminate the engagement. Clouds of unknowing Drift over Paris, The syllogism of parting Known only to Maria WodzińskaAnd him.
Perhaps, it was her dread Of his unrelenting winter fever—That famished lout gnawing At his lungs, bound to consume him Fourteen years hence; Or the...
In Gratitude
In each moment of doubt…I thank TheeAs I remember the many questionsI tried to ignore,Who am IWhere am IWhy am I here
In each moment of fearI thank TheeAs I rememberThe mind is a trickster, a teasePlaying games on me
In each moment of wanderLost...
ARC OF OUR VOICE
Woman
Woman is daylightWoman is God’s gardenWoman is rib of creation Woman is legend Woman is myth and miracle Woman is spring Woman is hope Woman is faith Woman is love Woman is fruit and seedWoman is tenderness Woman is courage Woman is half the skyWoman is visionWoman is destinyWoman is devotionWoman is...
