remembering you

this is how i remember you:
waves crashing on a sandy shore
clouds racing madly overhead
the wind and rain stinging our faces
drowning out our voices
great trees bending, branches whipping
as you pace the beach
under an early autumn sky
clouds racing madly 
water crashing.


8/5/1990

youth and age

the difference between youth and age?

youth lives their dreams

while age relives theirs.

7/16/1990

the edge of time

i stood at the edge of time and wondered;
if i crossed over, when would i return?
reflecting back, i saw a million images
along a line unbroken,
a million points of light
individual, alone, but connected.
each awaited my next move;
would i break the chain?
resolutely i crossed over, embracing my fate.
it seemed significant at the time
but, really, i had done it before
a million times or more.


6/23/1990

nothing

nothing that we say or do
will change what we have said or done;
the past has no future,
the present, no past.
we move along the path,
dry leaves in the wind,
none of us knowing where the wind will take us
or when it will stop.


6/12/1990

you are

you are the still-water pond
reflecting my smile.
you are the sunlight reflecting from my eyes.
you are the dream
reflecting in my mind.
you are laughter and tears,
wind and fire.
you are the one who holds me
when i am alone.


6/10/1990

the rock

in the darkness of the storm

we held on to the calm,

the stillness that preceded it.

while waves crashed on the shore

and the wind whipped the pines,

we became the rock that weathered it all

and woke to the warmth of the new sun.

12/29/1989

not because

you would find understanding
but not because i told you.
let understanding come to you in dreams,
as it came to me.

you would find forgiveness
but not because i asked you.
let forgiveness come to you in time,
as it came to me.

you would find peace
but not because i showed you.
let it come to you through forgiveness and understanding,
as it came to me.


12/10/1991

the morning

i called the morning to me,
the night having served its purpose,
it moved reluctantly but eventually arrived.
and in the warm light 
i saw my dream of you.
you smiled as a soft wind touched your cheek.
a hint of sweet perfume drifted to me
and you were gone.


12/9/1991

floating dreams

when the skies are silent
and the winds and clouds are off
exploring other lands,
we sit quietly in the sun
our dreams and memories floating by
like so many leaves in a pond.
we are the water that holds them,
touches them all
and carries them away.

be still beside us
and we will fill your minds
with leaves and thunder.
as the pond's cool water caresses you,
we will give you our dreams,
and the skies will speak again.


12/4/1991

clouds

i could not hear the clouds passing overhead,
but i remember the wind. 
when the sun returned
i saw only a shadow of you,
your retreating thoughts already far away,
vanishing into another night.

there would be no stars tonight,
no moon to light my dreams;
just the silence of the clouds passing overhead
and the memory of a wind
that touched me and was gone.


11/16/1991

inaction reaction

life careens and crashes around us
like cars in an icy fog.
the thunder in my head
is the pounding of my heart
as i watch the others escape.
i'm too scared, too uncertain to move.
i stand frozen, a photograph
in a broken frame
on the dresser where you knocked it over
when you left, angry and frustrated,
reminds me that all things can change.
eventually the fog will clear
and the prisoners, returning to their cells,
sneer at their captors.
they got what they wanted you growl,
scratching an itch,
as life careens and crashes around us like cars
while we drift off to sleep.


11/9/1991

alone together

we stood alone together,
the crowd around us 
surrounds us like trees,
like trees in a windstorm, all frantic motion
without going anywhere.

and we stand in their midst,
alone together,
thinking our private thoughts
with no thought of speaking.
even our screams are lost in the wind.


11/8/1991

leaving

the music changed
but not our dreams.
we dreamt of the other side,
another time,
where the days of our life
were no longer marked differently.
we promised to save our songs 
for that time.


11/3/1991