Category: Detail

Some Windows Obscure

I just try to remember

Some windows allow the light in
But obscure its source

Not all doors can be opened
And it is unwise to walk through
Every door that does

Dry heat
Barren
Landscape

Strips my
Being
Away

Presence
Without
Ego

She kept him swaddled up
Against the cold
Against her chest
Where he could easily
Reach her breast

He snuggled in
Rested his chest
Against her heart
Which she loved

Sometimes I think
It would be nice
To have a many-headed serpent
Guarding my front door
Barring the riff-raff and chaff

I plunked myself down
On the well-travelled way
Which served me so well
For many a day

I didn’t notice
Until almost too late
That the times were a-changing
At a very fast rate

Eventually
Every wall falls
Or is breached
Or otherwise defeated

Time crumbles their mortar
Context shifts their efficacy
Or a new technology
Renders them impotent

Love is a flame

Compassion at the core
The heart glows orange
Embers fuel passion’s fire

Sometimes, all that’s needed
Is the proper illumination
To transform the ugly
To the beautiful

Time plays out
On compressed
And shattered
Chasm wall

Mineral
Patina
Like coffee
And tea stains

Little jade moth
Flew in for a visit
Stayed for a day

Told no stories
Left only enigmas