Dial Down
in my
midnight ride
i reach
for the me
i know
is in there
somewhere
and i take her
down the road
where time
and place
and pleasing
have no hold
where the cataract stares
of the couple in the car side me
have no control
and i crank it up
to the nth decimal
‘til the sound reverberates
a sudden earthquake
and i can feel myself
let go
as Seger and i sing it …
“Roll Me Away …”
“Still the Same …”
“Against the Wind …”
thank God for him
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Wherever Was
peered into
a plastic kaleidoscope
and watched
the colors turn
round
gazed across
the sea
and saw
the waves
frown
stared at
the fall
of rain
growing gray
to ground
glimpsed a
silhouette
on the bridge
stopped and still
blinked at
the puddle
on the street
and saw
a child
look back
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Inheritance
when you
clock-out
for good
early or late
or on-time
matters not
no more
left
as you came
naked
stripped of
faces you war
love you lost …
found
armor you donned
the shield, the sword
put down
for the pain
is for
the newborn babe
who will
wear the faces
you war
and acquire the armor
you hid in
for sun and shadows
are like
love and hate
Heaven and earth
joy and sorrow
yesterday, tomorrow
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Emotion
and nothing
changes that
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Room
before
the stone
is laid
the earth
makes room
a square room
without ceiling
window or door
where rays of light
warm it
by day
the moon
by night
in a cycle season
of return
much like the rain
falling
from the sky
the room is filled
with drops
and when the living leave
and the day ends
and begins again
there are butterflies
that float across the flowers
their wings brushed
with sunlight
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Pennies
woke up
yesterday
when i was young
and the road
was
and i was
and it was
like my daughter
is
was i ever
that …
sure
that filled
that loved
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