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When It’s Hard To Breathe (Poem)
I want to leave childhood youth middle age
and now the days approaching death
leave them all like broken cups on a windowsill
beloved shards of collected dreams
what use are these grimy scrapes of life
sticky with longing for what never was
for what never now can be
to go beyond these hopes these fears this body
deep deep into the well of wisdom and compassion
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Expectations Unshattered (Poem)
perhaps rain today
the sky beyond the window offers uncertain light
the sun appearing beneath a gauzy haze
obdurate indeterminacy a hallmark now
but always tea
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New Flag (Poem)
let it remain at half-mast until
the ragged stars make room for a rainbow
a recognition that all have a place
the brutal stripes soften in welcome
to no longer resemble harsh prison bars
let the colors run until they resemble tears
so that we can finally release our grief
know that we are safe to cry and then to rise
to build ourselves a home
