life is lonely
life is bleak
when all you have
is what you seek
love is lonely
love is bleak
if the heart remains
mild and meek
but love and life
they have a chance
when you find a new song
and dance every dance
26 Friday Feb 2021
23 Tuesday Feb 2021
Posted Knowledge, Poetry, Uncategorized, Universe, Writing
inthat this bluest of blue skies
and the sudden appearance of a jet
with its ribbon of vapor
sparkling in the sun
that this bird darting by
with a revelation
of a snowy white stripe across
the breadth of its wings
that even this stand of cypresses
swaying and rustling in the breeze
as they have done for years
may be paradise to someone
whose share of suffering
is much greater than your own
14 Sunday Feb 2021
Posted Dreams, Poetry, Uncategorized
inlet us dream
let us imagine
a way out
let those of us who
have lost loved ones
or have survived a bout
with this plague
remain hopeful
in our cloistered cells
let us be like the cave dwellers
who lived entire lives
in fear of dark forces
who nevertheless painted
scenes upon their walls
of hope and desire
let us paint our walls
in like fashion
in thought or in deed
with visions and schemes
and stampeding dreams
of what we desire
let us emblazon our walls
our unblemished walls
with handprints
drenched in brightest red
the primordial cry
of our ancestors
to remind ourselves
that we too are thriving
in our own space and time
in this way perhaps
we can reassure ourselves
that we too know the magic
our ancestors knew
that we too know how
to cast a spell
to conjure up a world
of brighter days
23 Saturday Jan 2021
20 Wednesday Jan 2021
Tags
black and white photography, dna, knowledge, photography, poem, poems, poetry, spirit
don’t you love the starkness
of a black and white photo
of color stripped away
to show the underlying essence
of whatever you may call it
a soul
a spirit
a suggestion
of something long forgotten
that nevertheless
remains encoded
in the depths
of our knowing
14 Thursday Jan 2021
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i woke up from a dream
the dream was you
how was i to know i was dreaming
all along
how was i to know that one day
you’d be gone
life is a delusion some sages say
perhaps we are all dreaming our life away
but if this is so i want you to know
i loved that dream
i can’t let it go
07 Thursday Jan 2021
it’s all so difficult now learning to live without you:
you who were once a very part of my soul
i used to feel your presence everywhere
i needed you near
now that i’m alone your absence is a presence
and it hurts to know that even as time passes
and i’ve grown accustomed to this new life
there will always be moments that catch me unawares
and i will then know the full weight of my burden:
the everlasting presence of your goodbye
26 Saturday Dec 2020
the moon is you
and so are the stars
tonight i would have danced with you
and your charming face with a look
so proud and knowing
would have told me as before
that i am your one and only
the moon is you
and so are the stars in heaven
ever bright and ever far
until the infinite mystery
allows us a chance
for another dance
– for dora
18 Wednesday Nov 2020
Tags
creative writing, lorelorn, poem, poetry, rhymes, rhyming poem
you have to look beneath the surface
delve into the loveliness of his lies
you need to have a healthy distrust
to be fully awake and newly wise
you can’t remain in your la la land
building countless palaces in the sky
imagine instead a field of hurt
where your dreams curl up and slowly die
14 Saturday Nov 2020
the sad thing is i wanted to be
someone grand
in command
of their life
with little strife
who knew how to make
the best of life
that’s not how things turned out to be
my failed dreams
and half-baked schemes
have given way
to another day
of writing poems
for fun and play