For Bede
(2014)
For my love of 36 years
Red, yellow and orange leaves Fall quickly now And create a tapestry of color That fill my mind With joy.
Sometimes wonder about a star, way afar. How life might be in outer space,
My heart is a good heart, It beats strongly And works hard, To keep me alive. My mind is a good mind,
Grateful for: Sunrise of pink and gold Showing the way, Lighting the sky, To another blessed day.
One lit candle burns brightly As I make a wish upon it’s Golden aura, that Humankind May learn to caress the earth As the wind does a field of flower…
Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.
Lately, a sadness pervades, I mourn for youth, perhaps passion of younger days. With age, some of that passion
The white snow lay gently on the ground in a swirl pattern. The sky, a slab of smooth grey stone.
The wind went through me, it carried the yellow, orange and red leaves lightly on the air. Another change is coming,
If we could embrace our sorrow and surf on our tears, surely our hearts would grow wider to hold the years
Driving through the small towns of America, children of all colors playing in the streets, some with tattered clothes
The chimes outside the pottery studio ring like a temple bell, calling the faithful to honor,
Remember the night we took your mother’s car and drove over the skyway bridge? The moon was a bright light to show the way.
Life is like a dream A star studded sky A blink of an eye Oh, how life slips by. Life is like a song
Twilight slides in quietly as birds fly to warm nests. Pink hues of evening reflect in the clouds. Soon the moon