Sand
Grain by grain
Wave by wave
Tide by tide
Laid down
Layer upon layer
Until the shoreline
Rises
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Time in odd places
Once I spent enough time
In enough odd places
I began to see the oddity
In places which once seemed familiar
In enough odd places
I began to see the oddity
In places which once seemed familiar
Of course
This also altered my sense
Of beauty
Dominoes
In Saigon
The anniversary
Twenty years ago
A domino had toppled
The anniversary
Twenty years ago
A domino had toppled
Now, joy and smiles
Such beautiful smiles
Even for the Americans
Once enemies, welcomed now as friends
Walkabout
I go on walkabout
With my dilly bag
Spear thrower and spears
And a goose feather fan
No more than that
But a song in my heart
The song of my spirit
The song of the land
With my dilly bag
Spear thrower and spears
And a goose feather fan
No more than that
But a song in my heart
The song of my spirit
The song of the land
A Heavy Burden
Truth is too heavy a burden
For mere words to bear
For mere words to bear
In the heat
Like a weight
Upon my skull
The sun bears down
As heat drifts up
From dusty ground
Upon my skull
The sun bears down
As heat drifts up
From dusty ground
I wonder
At the tenacity
Of living things
And marvel at the beauty
Death sometimes brings
The moon in the light of day
At those times
When the moon is visible
In the light of day
I may be reminded
That darkness is never far away
When the moon is visible
In the light of day
I may be reminded
That darkness is never far away
I may think of friends
Who are far away
But always in my orbit
Always there
Even if not visible
In my daylight skies
As if there were heaven
I don’t know
If there is a heaven
If there is a heaven
But I try to live every day
As if it were a tread
On the staircase
Which would take me there
Half the way to space
We climbed
And climbed
All day we climbed
And climbed
All day we climbed
And then we rested
Ate and slept a little
Then rose
Rose up in the dark
And then we climbed
And climbed some more
Torches in our hands
Footfalls stiff
On granite cold
Beach Therapy
How many hours have I spent
Without lament
On ocean shores
Listening to waves crash down
And then recede
Without lament
On ocean shores
Listening to waves crash down
And then recede
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