Swept Up

Summon me to the sky
Oh Wind

Caress me - let me fly

Away

Let me attach myself

to your power

and blow through your cities

and over your oceans

and upon your mountains

and then...

like sudden stillness

let me float back into

tranquility

Jerk

Captured

Stifled by your emotion
stunned into silence

Again

I wait for the tears to flow
But instead I receive an
angry slam in my face

The door crushes my finger
and you laugh

Aloud

Sometimes I wish you would
just keep drinking
until the bottle swallows you whole

Kindred Souls

Worlds apart

You and I

Breathing the same pious air

Smelling the same scent of earth

Noting the beautiful words

that spill effortlessly upon our souls each morning

We read the blogs

and block out the news

Scanning for the remnants of simplicity that

Weave their way into our lives

Poetry steals the sadness from our hearts

Prose leaves us aching for more

The power of words form

Crosswords and sonnets

Novelas and essays

Books upon books

Shelves upon shelves

You and I,

Although worlds apart

Seek the same goal

Knowledge

and

Freedom

Words of wisdom

to give us peace

in this chaotic place

A Moment

A moment of solitude
stroked my heart tonight
wishful and dreamy
simple and pure

Peace captured my soul
for brief second in time
I was One with the world

with you
with everything

we became NOW


and then ...

I fell back asleep

Chaos Sweeps Me Aside

I know it's been forever - - - I can't seem to think of any new words - or perhaps my soul is too busy to write down what my heart feels. BUSY. That's the excuse that everyone uses when they forget to set aside times for themselves. Really, I am though...

So - Here goes one on the fly:

Busy as a bee in a bumbling hive
my life buzzes by

But I try -
and I try -

to set aside some time
to breathe

the busier I become
the easier it is to
move away from boring

and toward my bustling
schedule that needs to accomodate
me -

a beautiful
life
that's too busy
building
blocks
around time

to really be free

too busy for even a bee