Tag Archives: songs
True Rose
The love that didn’t last foreveris seen as love that wasn’t true.I treasure, though, our time togetherand all the life that we went through. The love was true, though it fell like a leaf:A rose is true, although its bloom … Continue reading
Guru Allergy
When a guru tells methe things he says he sees,it’s like a pile of pollenthat makes me have to sneeze. When a guru tells methe things he says he knows,I need to blow my mindas if it were my nose… … Continue reading
Flutist Muse
For Miriam When silence is clothed with sound,its outfit can beat a suit,especially, I’ve found,when someone plays a flute. Who? Who? Who? An owl will hoot.It’s you, you, you, playing your flute. Acoustic sweetness savored,as though of fresh-squeezed fruit,is delicacy-flavoredwhen … Continue reading
Miriam Dream
A meditator’s mantra,“Om Mani Padme Hum,”transforms within a dreamto be “Oh Miriam.” “Mmmm Mm Mmmm,” a hummingbird’s hum,becomes, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Miriam.” Three syllables add up,infinity their sum,a musical summation,Mi ‒ ri ‒ am. “Mmmm Mm Mmmm,” a hummingbird’s … Continue reading
Dwellings
My home was a burrowand hers was a nest.We dwelled in them bothand felt ourselves blessed. But she was the homefor which I felt meant,my burrow no moreto me than a tent: The homes made of walls,when push comes to … Continue reading
Afterlife
For long, I’d felt as if my life were over,although my heart continued with its beat,as if I should be buried under cloverbeneath the heavy tread of passing feet. I felt like I’d been slain as with a knife,but you … Continue reading
Planetary Ailment
A million species soon may go extinctbecause of humankind of which I’m part,a new one gone for every time we’ve blinked,as if struck by our toxic, fatal dart. Yet rarely do we fret about their fate,though it may be one … Continue reading
Estrangement Moment
The phone rang and your name appeared on screenand vanished instantly as you hung up.Your name was one I frequently had seenas you were friend with whom I used to sup. A friend of decades stretching back to youthwho disappeared … Continue reading
At First
For Kristin While many loves apparently can strikeas lightning does, without providing warning,and skip the phase when two would simply likeand leap to instant passion ever-warming, and while such love commences at first sightand blossoms swiftly from a field of … Continue reading
Player Library
For years, I’ve been collecting stacks of booksand made a library in my home roomson shelves or in the crannies and the nooks,as treasured as some family heirlooms. The books arranged by subject on each shelf,for easy access anytime I’d … Continue reading
Snapshot Couplets 