Outburst

like mud flung 
from pools formed
with flood's flash 

she's hurled 

against you 

things pass

like bentonite

she draws in

her apologetic
ritual evidenced

a caked splatter stain
on your ruined trousers

Nocturnal

my heart plunges ahead into hours that will be, uncertain of its place

moving through rooms

made foreign

devoid of light

time and place

rush within the walls of me

as rapid as this pulse

autonomous, wild above the trees the waning moon glows faintly

she's also the introvert

pulling at the deepest crevices

of Vishuddha and Anahata

from the woods

coyotes howl and bark

as if I woke them

Poppies

poppies
nod to
brave
morning

tangerine
crepe unfurls
tissue-paper thin, 
trusting light

exposed
their inner
selves sway

ecstatic
beneath 
warm 
brilliance 

Levitating

your hands float above me;
magician with velvet cloth

your intentions strings

that levitate me

with a polar force

suspended, not bound, 

i hang with bliss

senseless to all 

save the sensation 

of heavy floating want

You are Beloved

you are beloved

admired from 

a distance and

closer than you know 

to some one 

you are the 

laughter of bliss

lit from heart center 

a dream, remembered

your lover wears 

another face 

all's been said, 

translated on 

on raised fibers 

of braille letters

caressed on 

leathered paper

you are 

some one's 

familiar

love 

Paperwhite You

Forced to push 

through tangled

tender roots. 

How hard 

your bloom 

in winter's 

bleakness.

Your fair skin 

luminescent beneath

December's wise moon.

She knows death,

and all we lose. 

You share secrets.

She whispers to you 

on the longest night.

Your blood courses, 

aligned with her

inevitable trip.

Behind sad eyes,

I see rebirth with 

each month's pass.

You cannot love sun

without her sister, 

but they will 

never force you. 

You'll grow more 

beautiful as all

of you blooms.

Hallelujah

I am a glorious
round sweet pea

on your tongue
you roll me

savor, taste
the meat of me

honor the succulent
earth in me 

see me for
the pea I be