We Hugged

We hugged – that’s all

In our pajamas sometime around 3 or 4 am

We hugged – that’s all

The warm body pressed the seconds into hours

Then back to sleep again

It was a deep, strong

Commitment by two loving people

One of them was me

We hugged – that’s all

 Memorabilia for Mars

With patience nourish yourself and help replenish the earth
And when you grow old, infirm and crooked
Remember, you have done your part
Seeded and harvested
No tree can ask for more as it sheds its leaves

There will be a day –
When the earth crumbles
And all humanity scrambles away
on huge spaceships with all goods, inventions
Memorabilia for Mars

Momentary - you are temporary
And as you daily rise
You will fall

But never your spirit determine
You have been chosen in this time,
this place to participate in the greatest theater of life
Go - play your part
And when your time comes
Your spirit will mesh with mine for eternity

 Ever Yearning

Rules are to be broken

Laws disobeyed

Total freedom

Rejection of all but the self

On a high pedestal

Anarchy supplanted by dictatorial

Magical oratory bedazzles

Drowned out by horrific percussion

All so futile.

Deadly, bloody

Each has followers

Spurn the rational

The compromise, the balance

Stirred by body chemicals

Like rubber bands

Stretch from one extreme to another

Unseen turmoil

Deadly storm on the horizon

Nature omnipotent

Kneel, bow down, and prostrate yourself

We are but grains of sand

Washed, tossed, sunburned

All so transitory

Some live more than once

Our shadow blinks and disappears

Into ashes from the mold of birth

Ever yearning 

An Eventful Day

The morning wakes

Somewhat warm incoherent

Open summer day

My choice for this Saturday

An open world

Arms held out from horizon to horizon

Almost like Moses holding the tablets

Of the Ten Commandments

With ample choice to fill

The precious hours

All mine to choose

So positive and hopeful the spirit of the moment

Open door and window begging

Dreams to fruition and reality

All I can do is try, to meet my challenge

An air of quiet peace

Like water poured to fill a cup

So too new thought collate

So many choices

So many possibilities

It's going to be an eventful day

Struck off my life's calendar

For who knows how many we have left ahead of us!