houses, cars, credit cards
mean nothing to me!
we ate well tonite,
the house is quiet
and the man in the mirror
is fading day by day.
we never own each other,
never even own our children.
all that is will pass
into memory.
and that is enough.
all that will remain
is the kind word,
the soft touch,
the moments spent listening,
the hand-up given without thinking…
and the pictures painted
and left behind… without taking,
without grasping, without naming!
swallowing lava burnt air,lips blistered with prayer.ducks quacking in flight,Nickels and dimes in the ashtray…a song on the radio,cant remember the name.hands shake just a little,unbuttoning your shirt.a small trail of sweatbetween your breasts disappears.You breathing in gasps,or not breathing at all….slide my hand to your longing,tilt your head, close your eyes…Grey clouds on the…
that’s when the trouble began!why does it make people so madwhen you speak the truth?and why so uncomfortablewhen you admit your mistakes,take off your mask and stand naked,revealing that you’re human?and why the angerwhen you treat everyone the same?no favorites, no elite, no righteous!no political agenda, no religious fervor,no attempts to convert….no need to lead…
through the gorge…in and out of clouds,shadow and light….then up to the veryarms of infinity.i lost myself, andfound my being!letting go!breathing out…riding the thermals!
in the street bum’s hands,the vacant buildingwhere he slept…the plow, the harness,and the old mule.the needle laid downfor the final time.the church left openboth day and night.the unknown personwho paid the rent.the old man who stoppedin the pouring rain,and changed your tirewithout a word.the old woman who ran the mission,the stray dog that never left.the…
eyes that never look upand feet that just know the way.small children running in a graveyardchasing shadows, silent and grey.an old burnt out house still smolders,bare limbs grasping at the sky.and love is an old bucket,rusted, leaking on the ground.that calls your name anddraws your facein a room that no one enters.there’s only today and…
that burns away doubt!
