Hugs and Dreams
A blue camping mug Montana memories Give words a hug Driking wine through tin is the happiest I've ever ben Dreams can't be borrowed, there is no promise of tommorrow Leave your comfort zone and take pride in being alone Do not become lost in the words failures say Let the dust of others settle where it may Count th estars at night until worries are out of sight Open your eyes Awake your passinos Capture a sunrise, a sunset Along the way always remember to forgive love, but don't ever forget A heart will never heal without Giving the skin time to peal |
Valentine The cold claws of night Are creeping in quickly. It was -10 yesterday and Will be twice as cold this evening. I pull you closer. We sway back and forth Tides under the moon.We watch the goldfinches gobble Sunflowers. I question checking my phone Or turning on the impeachment news, Feeding you a bottle of warm milk Is all that is in my control. As comfort fills your belly You go from having your dukes up To playing the piano. I’d like to slip away with you into that deep ocean of sleep, Where your eyes are like blue marbles Surrounded by pearls. At dusk redbird flies away, The last light of day pinned to his feather. My mind wants to stay here forever. You by my side. How could I be gifted anything more? Mom walks through the nursery door. |
Barnyard Heart
A rusty colored barn is twisted
in shambles
Half its body has blown out.
Its board feet have collpased upon each other;
the frame is a tribute to an era
when getting rich wasnt made by getting bigger
Instead by living honestly with routenily less
I think of all the factory farms,
those cuttthoarts who must have
promised fame in exchnage to tear down the barn
The home still stands beyond the barn
A row of double stacked hay bales insulates
the shelter from polar vortexes
Flakes of white paint hold the stories
of thousands of chores- but today animals
no longer roam the vacant lot.
The home looks arthritically shaken
on this January day.
I want to pull in through the drifts
to make sure the old farmer in his overalls
is warm, and has enough straw
to fill the spaces between his barnyard heart