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A LITTLE TASTE OF LIFE
HOPE
While life still lingers
Hope holds on.
It's not the end
Until that final breath
Is gone.
So let not slip away
Your grasp on light,
The night gives place to dawn
For those who wait.
8-26-96
LIFE
The taste of life
Rests sweet upon my palate
And places luscious joys
upon my tongue.
Each precious moment
sings a wondrous song
And promises more blessings
from those waiting to be sung.
10-30-99
UNOPENED
The door unopened
Cannot harm,
The hand un-played
Can't lose.
The heart
That's not been broken
Will never sing the blues.
Life's unknown pathway
Lies ahead;
Your journey must
Begin.
But if
You don't choose to play
You surely shall not win.
7-22-96
SOAR
The nestling emerges
As instinct urges
It gingerly
To the edge -
Life has indeed begun,
But never thrives
Until the eagle
Takes to the wing,
And flies.
And you -
My child,
Must take the truths
You've learned,
And stretch them out
Just like
An eagle's span;
For though
You've lived
For many years
And now walk
Timidly
To the door,
You'll not find life
Completely blessed,
Until you leap the nest
And soar.
7-1-96
CHOICES
Endlessly
It seems,
The river flows,
Never ceasing
As it grows
To widths and depths
Mysterious.
Pensively
In dreams,
My soul explores,
A million streams
And secret doors
Most serious.
6-21-96
CHASING DREAMS
I'm never fast enough
To catch my dreams -
It seems they're ever
Just a step or two ahead of me.
But even though each goal
I place before my eyes
Is often one
I'll never realize,
Yet still I'll chase
The visions of my soul,
And ever stretch my hopes
Beyond the skies.
9-14-96
DOUBTS
What are you looking for
In my eyes?
What do you hope to find?
What surprise
Concealed in my mind,
Will be revealed
As you scrutinize
Every feature of my face,
With your penetrating gaze?
Will you imagine
A mess of lies
Hidden deep inside,
That every blink and twitch
Confesses?
I just hope
You'll realize
When you see
What really can't be seen,
That after all,
They'll just be guesses.
6-20-96
SONGS OF TIME
Where the winds blow
Cannot be known,
We only feel the passing.
Where breezes go
Cannot be shown,
But we hear the songs they sing.
The winds of time
Pass likewise,
Leaving leaves
Of mem'ries
On the ground;
Weaving melodies,
That still resound.
And as each year
And season dies,
The chimes of life
That rang,
Pass out of sight;
Each day and night
Is now, forever gone,
But still we hear,
As life moves ever on,
The songs they song.
6-27-96
TOO LATE
I meant to leave;
Travel-
See all the many places
Seen in my dreams.
It seems -
That I just never
Ever got started.
Now its been years,
And the tears I cried
For my indecision
Have long been dried.
Yet now, that yearning
Still deep within my soul,
Is burning
even deeper and brighter.
And although I want to leave,
I know,
That for me -
Its just too late to go.
6/8/96
YOU AND YOUR SOUL
At night - alone;
When all the sublimations of the day
Have slipped away;
When noises and voices have stilled,
And the empty room is filled
With Nighttime's empty moan.
Then where will you go -
When its just you and your soul?
Alone - at night;
When all the machinations of the mind
Are left behind;
When fears and tears invade,
And all the pain is laid
So clearly in the light.
Then who else will know -
When its just you and your soul?
5-12-96
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