Distinctly present
With colors unadulterated
Definition unquestionable
With geometrical challenge
What creative precision
With beauty spectacular
As adorned with grand stature
Claiming humbled respect
Bird of Paradise
You inspire a freedom
Exotic and rich
Yet sprout amongst us
Feeding from shared sun and waters
What wise lesson you teach
That wherever you are
With whatever colors and form
We too can unfold
Majestic and magical
Number of days shorten
A shining light begins to fade.
Bearers assembled
Eulogies sing out.
Absence marked
At dining tables,
End of text and phone lines.
Keys, cars and clothes
All untouched.
Cried and uncried tears
All await their turns.
Triggers.
Simple stories and songs
Photographs and jokes.
Oh my lovely!
Where art thou now?
Among the stars?
Flying with the angels?
Watching over me?
Something tells me
My yearn
My memories
Of what we’ve shared,
Is my solace.
Your presence
No longer physical,
But still remains
Warm, charming
Undeniably lovable.
You live on, my dear.
Maybe not as I once knew.
But now, in a new phase
Here for me to face.
I learn anew
Life always goes on
Presence changes form
True love never ends,
And you and I
Will always be one.
Stride of a stallion
Bridled with passion
Energy magnetic
Endowed with stamina
Forging forward
Racing ahead of the curve
Strength of an army
Yet soldiering solo
Battles conquering
Here is a man
In tune with his mission
Breaking conventions chains
To be that man
To be that woman
Takes more than presence
Yes you are here
Yes you do yearn
To be your authentic self
So silent walk
Or forceful charge
Be sure of direction you go
As it is for sure
That moving you are
Question remains
Do you know where you go….
Reyana
Resting quietly
On a family breast,
Rey’nd a love
Of a sweet little babe.
Big brown eyes
And a gentle spirit,
She sang a song
With her own fresh melody.
Rooted deep
In cultures rich,
She’s cocktailed to perfection
Both contemporary and ancient.
Princessed with abundance
Yet wise like a Goddess.
Rise my lovely
You have all our love to soar.
At the end of each day
Before the eyes close.
And as the dawn breaks
Before the eyes open.
You’re marketed.
Drawn by the glitter
The glamour, the clatter.
You’re hounded like prey
Trapped like the stray!
Heart beat races as if by a thrill.
But poorly differentiated
Is this pleasure and pain.
Are you the consumer?
Are you the consumed!
Are you falling or climbing?
Finding goal or demise?
Yet confused at the summit
As oblivious to this play!
Look, listen and learn
The way of the world,
And rote cloned you’ll be churned
Like manufactured humanoid!
Upon the pages of your heart
Your mind, your soul.
Erase, erase the messages
Allowed in by the gull.
The self talk,
The ego
Reinforce the convictions.
Drown out the pound
Of your screaming heart,
Gateway
To the tethered soul.
To escape the cycles
The conformity, the pressures.
Takes a presence pristine
A perspective reborn.
Slow, to feel the calm
So breaking the chains.
Shift the focus
Perspectives can change.
Challenge the noise makers
For phantoms they are.
True joy is no acquisition
It’s a gift of the Divine.
Weave in your kindness
Your currency of love.
Such priceless commodities
Stock market left dumb founded!
Let the changing light
Take you deep to your rest.
So fully, you can embrace
The quiet of the night.
Then rise each dawn
With the voice of your heart,
Saying,
“Thanks for Giving”
The wholesomely completeness
Of your being
Upon this earth.
Spring came and she was but a bud,
Full of eager promise.
Green in every torturous way
Simply daintiful and delighting.
With the summer heat
She strengthened with turgor
Resilient to the power of the beaming one,
Enriched by each dawn.
Now with the sun distanced,
Shadows and chilled air govern.
She flaps and fights
Hanging on with brittle stems.
Bursting or bruising
Colors brimming,
Amber to terra cotta
And every shade between.
As departure arrives
Her cabaret is at its height
Her glow, her draw
Never greater, never stronger.
Either gentle float
Or sweeping dive
She brushes downwards
Landing with crisp grace.
Piled in with company abundant.
Crumble awaited
To merge once more,
And merrily feed Mother Earth.
