RAMBLING ROSE

  RAMBLING ROSE

The red of red lights,

the green of green lights,

function without unction,

beauty unperceived.

Land of forgotten dreams,

theater unseen,

no curtain calls,

absence of applause.  

Lift  your eyes to the skies,

the changing blues of day,

the fretted stars of night.

Beware of fads. 

Dare to be different,

dare to be yourself. 

You are unique.

    May 31, 2013

WOUNDED MOON

WOUNDED MOON

Flower Moon of May

rises full

and fiery red

but wounded now,

slammed a week earlier

by a space  rock

traveling 56,000 miles an hour,

creating a 65-ft crater,

flash seen from Earth,

but damage not visible tonight.

Next life I’m going

to live on the Moon,

design a system

to deflect  incoming meteoroids

and a second to quickly

fill in craters

when the first one fails.

    May 26, 2013

CAVEAT

            CAVEAT

Just when one thought

the muse was running out of ink,

along came an inspiration

all dolled up in Biblical metaphor:

   Pay no attention to the Serpent

   and its many offspring

   disguised as human beings,

   so facile in falsehood

   they actually believe

   everything they say;

   trust only what resides

   deep within your soul,

   remembering Mammy’s maxim:

   “Ever since Granny ate that apple,

   I ain’t listnen to no talkin snakes.”

           May 20, 2013

ODE TO JOY

ODE TO JOY

These words

are knocking

at your door,

asking in,

hoping our minds   

can dance

a two-step

to the rhythm

of the universe,

laughing all the way  

through golden fields

of metaphor,

leaving behind

the world

with all its woes.

May 19, 2013

CHOO CHOO

   

 CHOO CHOO

The long ride

along the rails

nearing the end,

the name of the train

about to come in view.

  

Wholeness cannot be gained

by bringing the pieces together

but by letting them go.

Words are a habit

hard to overcome.

    May 17, 2013

OTHER'S DAY

    OTHER’S DAY

Yesterday was Mother’s Day;

today is Other’s Day.

You dwell twenty-four hours a day

inside your body,

inside your head,

and everyone else does the same,

 

You are other to them;

they are other to you,

and everyone is different.

Why not dwell

on this individuality,

this uniqueness

as a gift to yourself

on this feast

of Other’s Day?

       May 13, 2013

THE YELLOW LEAF

THE YELLOW LEAF

Your days are in

the yellow leaf,

you wonder if

you could have done better.

Don’t rue the past;

you did your best. 

Good, better, best

are relative terms

like up and down—

even when the earth

is upside down,

the sky’s still up

and heaven too.

So face the future

with confidence—

you will do your best. 

Just smile, relax, and

swing for the fences,

unless, of course,  

a bunt

is being called for.

  May 9, 2013

REPEAT

     REPEAT

Some say that I repeat,

repeat,

     repeat

        myself,

 but I am unaware,

                   aware,

                       aware.

. 

Oops,

I dropped

the un ,

must be aware.

 

What should I do?

Zip the lip

or go upstairs

to find

something new

for the few

who always enjoy

this mind-music

of light

and laughter?  

    May 6, 2013

CINCO DE MAYO

   CINCO DE MAYO

Everything is what it is

until we slap a name on it

and toss it into

the pot of interpretation,

mélange of meanings. 

Let’s slow down,

relax and absorb

the beauty that surrounds us:

the Morning Star and  Full Moon,

Sirius and the Setting Sun,

the music of the Masters,

the paintings of the Impressionists.

The dazzling

sounds and colors

of all creation

await to refresh

our frazzled souls.

     May 5, 2013

A POSSIBILIAN'S DREAM

A POSSIBILIAN’S DREAM

Two for today, two for tomorrow,

and two for Monday morning

If God ,

is anywhere,

then He is everywhere

there is a where,

even in the seemingly

silly words above.

He’s  too big to fit in us,

so we must fit in Him;

it’s all a matter of mind,

it’s the connection

that’s important

and unique in every case.

How did we miss it?

If not the captain

at least the willing captive

on a vessel headed

in the wrong direction.

But now perhaps at last,

late, late but not too late,

the  long awaited

melding of the minds

steering the new voyage.

   May 5, 2013