Sunflower

She lingered about a little

& as I watched her spirit
Glide & dance around her
Sunflowers crashed her shoulders

Subtle-breaths covered
By consciousness hid away

The grand joy that her sight had spelled
a soft parade of prayers
half danced & walked away
through the sun drenched seconds of that day

She half stranger, half friend. . .

didn't want to let it slant that way

"Smile my way"

Poem 30

Laughing and full of passion
was our talk

But I dont belong here nor there

Your hand crosses oceans of time to haunt me

& I dont belong here or there

Before the sun comes up
& we leave this empty house
into the cold morning
we sang and laughed & danced
before the sun was out
before the cold light
In this pillowed vesel
I dont belong here or there
or anywhere

where you had me you had me
& where I had you ; I had you

and it'll never be the same again

Those echoes and effusions
is all will ever have

echoing in that empty kitchen