Ends and Peaces

The range is amazing

Swings from highs to lows

Euphoric interludes interrupted by butterfly

Kisses from children whose love will never wane

The pride and joy of God’s life gift

Yes I shall miss this place

For founding was forged here

And begrudged stability

I love this place

And I love my people

These are ends

And there are pieces unfinished

Yet peace is found

For God stays watch over me

And has granted me new beginning

A forged partnership

My new life

And she will know me

And know my love for you all

And she will never leave me in pieces

She shares in my love with you

And knows this love must be nurtured

And I will return to you

And you will come to me

We, no ends, all peace.

Containment

Ah yes the cold familiar place where hidden within all feeling disappears to suppress feelings of love and lust and anger and angst of why the attacks continue to the detriment of who we are we are we not the cannot obsessive destruction to cohabitative existence on such a small orb-it around an idea with no fruit that fell to stony ground to fossilize forever in that cold familiar place where peace from all angst of human relationship cannot break through until fertilized again by trusted souls in whom we trust for each other and peace be with you our peace we must find in forget forgive lest we obsess our time away I have been and will not be that again amen to remain me open please do to wait while this runs its course

Slownley

The interminable time and space

Conspired inspired indifference

To hold and to cherish

Forever till we pass

To both sides of our shores

These settlement homes

An admiration of many

We keep routes planted

Why then must we remain so

Prisoners to chronology

Abandoned purposeful to obligation

Completion then beginning

A monarch journey

Touch and cocoon and chrysalis

We miss

Departure sweet sorrows

A bridge to futures

Unknown possibilities

I turn and look to you all

Progeny and progeny faced

We will not good bye

Final glimpse no regret

An example to the adventure

Across the narcissistic pond

My memory with you all

We live lonely expanse

My land is on earth

A migrant from place to place

My footprints touch this space

We renew anew

Avowed from my heart

Two souls found many

We gather the clan

A meld of our hearts

We find peace and solace

We are family

Pity

Forgive me

Really?  But for what?

Your words ring shallow.

You know, just forgive me.

No.  You must say the words

I need to know you know

But I don’t see

Then I cannot forgive.

You do not need forgiveness

You need to feel I am not angry with you

But I am

I cannot forgive you

I will not

Because you have no regret

So I will not forgive

But I will forget

You

Sixty-Five

What happens when…

People are attracted to each other

Deep and abiding love

One to another the time is fold

Brief and happy moments relinquish

To parting, then parting again

A kiss

Held

A touch

Held

And from afar

A wave

Held

And then held again

Soon says I, it is only a short while

Lives lived as one

Parted yet again

Separate, distinct

It is only water

Soon says I, it will be very soon

Tick (that one done)

Tick (another)

Each day

I love you closer

Bare

I found it

Love that is

She, it, took me by surprise

And wouldn't let go

I did fight, I truly did

I used every logical bone in this broken old body

And she healed me

Simple patient understanding

I found love. 

Disdain found me

It did

And it fought through insult

And anger

It tried to test and tear me

Tear us

Steal away this joy

And she healed me

Simple patient understanding

I found love

Vengeance came

To steal my time away

To fight my happiness

Through material stolen

Not able to live as self

And she healed me

Simple patient understanding

I found love

And she gave me her heart

And showered me in trust

She shared in my weakness

And bolstered my strength

She moved in with my shadows

And cast me with light

And honored me with love

And body

And mind and soul 

And Her hand

And she healed me

My soul bare, bleeding, and raw

Simple patient understanding

I found love

The Gucci Bag Lady

The cold rain is driven by a south wind

Puddles collect in the low spots

Drops dwell into concentric circles

A natural Venn of unknown inequities

Blends of who we are and what we may yet become

Yes

She comes daily at five minutes to nine

By her choked watch it is always five minutes to nine

"They will open soon"

"In five minutes", though in reality it is closer to twenty

Her frailty is moved to the streets daily

"They will open in five minutes"

She comes from the most opulent of buildings

A doorman opens the door with feigned wishes well

"Good morning missus", he says

"They will open soon", her retort

Ragged clothing is made for the weather

Wool coat, practical in the cold

Malodorous in the rain

And made more so through lack of care

"They will open in five minutes, you wait"

And the waiting step back

Cosmetic applications are thick and plentiful

Blue eyes surrounded in black and featured blue green

Rouge appliqué adds height to the face

Of a hunch backed tiny woman

Appearances: down on her fortunes

A non-reality

Eccentricities abound around her

From her bright red lips

"Soon, soon, you wait"

Customers step back another stride

Unkempt hair is covered to the weather

Her Safeway plastic bag a cover to the elements

On the right foot a vegetable bag

The left, a meat

All shredded from her short walk

Muttering all the way

Doorman to the door

"They will open soon"

A gurgle and a spit

And all step back further

She pulls a tissue

Rom her white Gucci Nice Leather Tote

A tissue

This tiny drop of a woman

Her concentricity push the eccentricities

Outward in curious fear

We desire not to be touched by the unwashed

"They will come soon"

The doors are opened

"Hello missus", says the doorman

The first allowed to enter

The first to receive her tea

A wide circle of space left between her and customer

She collects her bags

Wraps her hair and soles

And returns to opulence

The ripples spread flat

Into elapsed momentary normalcy