DIMINUTION

 

On a tree

by a narrow street

upon an bending bough

I perch in a dream

unseen 

over people in a field

hovering about 

an empty hole

obstructed by a box

with contents

of what use to be me.

Some are sobbing,

most are somber

and few hide

a reluctant obligatory glint.

All see the hyphen 

between random dates

engraved upon granite,

transform my toil

to a trophy abbreviation 

for living.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVENTUALLY

 

Staring from the moon

in a dream

I saw people of Earth

meander aimlessly

 

from minute cavities,

following burrows 

to dutiful destination

and back again.

 

Some moved faster

others carried more

and few were prostrate to fantasy.

Yet above each hill 

 

hovered ghosts of intentions

not resting, but preparing 

markers with singular openings 

where well meaning will be placed.

 

BLUE

 

There is the ample door 

to heaven

we anticipate to pass through

after a lifetime of good

and there is the blue heron

that bathes and stalks

a secluded pond

 

for sanctuary.

 

COURAGE

 

As twinkling stars 

in florescent pencil

erase themselves 

in bright morning light,

the moon,

abandoned by night, 

hovers ashen

in the blue cube

to cast its disposition

in the onslaught  

 

of illumination.

 

LAKE DANCE

 

Peaceful undulation gently raps 

the brownish-green barnacled pier

as the crystal blue pulse 

of the extensive lake

abounds with life

below its pristine surface 

fettered only by

a rustling breeze

that instigates ripples 

to momentarily dance out of step

against the placid mirror

which reflects its tranquil message,

enrapturing my mind

to join in a serene

pas-de deux,

waltzing gracefully upon

the wavering crests

 

till the whispering breath ceases.

 

MOONLIGHT

 

It enjoys the placid lake

devoid of activity

at the black hour of midnight, 

illuminating the surface 

like a lightening bolt

parting a starless sky,

the startled eyes 

of aquatic dwellers

staring upward from the silt

as if seeing the path to heaven 

 

for the first time.