all animals, even the plants….
and the earth breathes!
the mountains sigh inward
and outward deeper than perception…..
the oceans come and go,
their tides merely breaths,
in rhythm with the moon!
the moon breathing with pull
and light reflected….
in tandam with the sun….
the universe, one breath of God!
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on the stand
a tiny locketthat you dontwear anymore…it holds the pictureof one candle burning…this road has been long,with ups and downs,winding, almost coming back…now diverges, into twoseperate roads unknown,with no way to turn back.by the necklace on the stand,two bands of gold…..an ashtray full of ashes….waiting on a map,choice, or chance….one heart, two souls!
you smell like…
a picture i should have painted.a cross i should have carried.a candle i should have lit.a prayer i should have prayed.a box i should have opened.a door i should have walked through,a moment i should have lived.a tear i should have taken,a heart i should have nurtured.a seed i should have planted.a winter i should…
you are the gravity
searching for itself…the stars in ablack expansethat point the way…the sharpened bladein the woodcarver’s hand,i am only the log….the prow of the shipbursting thru the waves,the compass, andthe final destination!
why is it…
today i tripped crossing the room!you are only as distantas the prayers ofsemen stained thighs…i am only as nearas the spider sleepingin the hollow of your neck!god yawns…. people get old,sputter, and die…but the voices remain,with beckoning fires!
that old man who lives down the street,
who owned the corner grocery when i was a kid,who helped me out when i was short.whose father passed it down to him,whose son was killed in a car wreck.whose daughter lives somewhere in California,whose wife died ten years ago.who was a deacon in the church for years,who quit going when his wife died.who put…
the part of us
in the heated hourof our darkest night…is our heart callingout to our soul!if our ego be the disease,then it is in our naked selfthat we find the cure!we cry out to a god,so close, hidden in plain sight!beneath our sweat,and within our very breath!