ONE DAY AT A TIME

A few chance words thrown up in the air

and daggers out

clashing, dashing, smashing!

Then

deafening silence

What now?

How?

Invisible line grows bright 

filled with light

and might

Dare step over me? It challenges.

There is no need to cross

and yet, the line holds power

'cause on the other side

are loved ones lost

forever in a criss-cross

of you-first and 

if-you-can't-then-I-can'ts.

Heart and soul

do not dare

or care 

to step across  in forgiveness

Even tears stay this side

willing and living and taking

one day at a time.

 

HAPPY PLACE

Time is my own secret garden

Where my thoughts flourish

Random thoughts like the runners helter-skelter

blooming at will

Beautiful thoughts, like the roses

Some thoughts of others, their lives, their ways

Like chrysanthemums multi-colored and bright

I lie on the grass sometimes

And look up at the beautiful blue sky

Watching seasons turn

Clouds floating, white, grey -

Sometimes the sky is blue and cloudless.

I relish the rains 

bearing down on me,

making patterns as they fall...\

and I still among my flowers

In my own garden.

 

SELF-DEFEAT

Here is the fence you must cross

Clear it or go for a toss

On the other side is joyous victory

Clear it and forever be free

But wait a minute you say?

You must check the time

See if it's a dollar or a dime

Read the newspaper

All the tid-bits savour

Chat with your grandmother

Enjoy a smoke with your brother

Eat a slow and joyous meal...

Hey! What's your deal??

Why not jump the fence

What have you to say in your defence

Well...

Here is the fence I must cross

Clear it or go for a toss

On the other side is joyous victory

Clear it and I'll forever be free

Oh dear! Now, don't you see?

I'm scared of Victory! 

 

FINAL FAREWELL

As you fade away into eternity

Far away from me

Forever

Maybe never to meet again

I want you to know

that I will always cherish

all that was pure in our relationship.

Sometimes there's overlapping

and you are not who you are 

but someone who someone else wants you to be

I do not recognize the person

you have become

I do not relate to you anymore

But I wish you well

as I bid you goodbye.

Your time, My time

Our time together

Is over.

 

UNFORGIVING

I mean it God

when I say I don't want to hurt

I don't to be unforgiving

but when someone comes along

deliberately gloating, hurting

taunting, flaunting, jaunting

counting, daunting

can you wonder that I'm pointing?

but know it's not who I am

It's my anger speaking up for me

So, God, know I mean it

when I say I don't want to hurt

I don't want to be unforgiving.

 

MENDING

who is to mend a broken heart

that weeps continuously

and all your epithets and talk 

of a higher purpose

drips down as tears

from confused eyes

that only know

they loved and lost.

 

MAYBE?

Maybe

Milestones can be homeward

Kissing can be a bite

Laughing can be silence

Fighting can be right

Unravel can mean knitting

Red can mean it's pink

Stand can mean you're stitting

Floating can mean you sink

Maybe

The Earth can move anti-clockwise, see?

The Sun can rise in the West

And every time you say you don't love me

you can mean, "I love you, you're the best!"