July, is a different world
In the trees, robins
Coax their fledglings
To fly from the nest—
One, or two, hesitate,
As if they know
how hard this life can be;
How dangerous.
12 Tuesday Jul 2022
Posted Poetry
in20 Saturday Jul 2019
Posted Poetry
inTags
Gratitude, Love, Love Poems, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Thankfulness, world
Everyday, I would write a poem,
as if it’s my last poem,
a last letter to a world I love,
love, and hope it means something
to say so, even as I know
it means different to different–
what does it mean,
I hear the world asking,
imploring me to offer proof.
But you’ll have to take me at my word.
A poem a day, a song,
fingers along a rosary,
giving thanks at each bead,
and never running out
of things to be thankful for.
Bead, to bead, to bead:
the sun, the stars, the grass,
rain,
blessings and blessings,
love,
yes, love–
I don’t have to tell you,
or prove it;
you know what it is.
I hope
you know what it is.
04 Monday Mar 2019
Posted Poetry
infor my brother, Danny, on his birthday
Have we improvised too much,
lost sight of our true selves, surviving;
the world is a tough audience.
And now I remember,
when you said you wanted to be a candle,
and we laughed until we cried, and cried,
then we’d ask you again,
and again, laugh and cry,
strange, how life, with time, has changed,
and I think it’s worth a try
to be a candle.
What better man to be a light,
than one who brightens,
and who thought being a candle
was possible, and right?