Another wave of letting go.
Time and distance
Wash away the memories,
And their absence and resistance
Solidifies my flight plan.

I’m not sure why I broke protocol
For an unknown people
Releasing intimate allegiance
Assuming a steeple
Where a pirate mast stood.

It’s time to chart a course
Back to places I belong
The stars are high in the sky
My sailors sing a cast-off song
Ready to weigh anchor.

I asked for safe passage here
But they thrice denied
I asked for equal treatment
And they brushed my needs aside:
There’s nothing left but the leaving.

They showed me who they are,
I revealed myself in the same.
I praised them for pittances
And why I stay safely contained
Is if they are the best

Anyone could hope to attain:
From this day onward
It is better to remain
Solitary as an oyster.

Let the day
March ahead on percussive feet
Like a child at play
Let the stamp and beat
Carry away
The victory and defeat
Of hours wasted
and incomplete

(Months old/Written in Injection Molding)

How deeply I feel the season
The fog that rolls over my soul
Not in gloom, but as tulle in a dress
Dancing, twirling through the cold
Raindrops embellishing silver webs:
Mother Nature’s diamonds and pearls.
She dresses stately, a refined matron;
She pounces capriciously, a mischievous girl.
I long to hide away, to wile away
My few remaining, precious hours
Painting her bare in mantle portrait,
Framing the beauty of her unfettered powers

But Father Time is a jealous fellow
Who is reluctant to share her in open session
I must steal my gazes, sketch in haste,
And content myself with the passing impression!

My soul constrains me to sing:

You have done the things
You said You would do-

You have not left them undone.

The only honest response to You
Are praises forever sung,

In strains of Hallelujah! God Most High!
Hallelujah, Most Holy, Most Wise
Shepherd who never deserts a lamb.

Hallelujah, oh Great I Am!