deep in the blackwood
beside yellow skunk cabbage
a jagged spectre
stands astrde a tiny stream
twixt ferns and huckleberries
its twisted thorn covered limbs
looking cruel and alien
they gesture menacingly
and they win the argument
so i make a wide detour
and think how appropriate
that this bizarre armored plant
be called devil's club

You feel hard done to
So unappreciated
Your days full of angst
And your mind crawling with fleas
Let go, breath deep, learn to love

cedar wood and fire
sweat and aromatic heat
ladles spilled on rocks
heated through unto the core
then getting up and leaving
and rolling naked in the snow
with a painful ecstasy
followed by relaxation
a deep sense of well being
and very pink skin

fibonacci  sparks
racing to their extinction
through the cold night air
tracing fleeting silhouettes
that drift and fly within me
as I look upon the flames
my back to the night

i never dreamt that
the sun down under my feet
tracking the night time
seeking through the star eyed murk
would teach me the value of
the coming of dawn

in this cluttered life
flooded with empty data
we are all drowning

touching, caressing
our flaming bodies entwined
consecrating us
in loves scorching crucible
a passionate rhapsody
sublime and boundless

if your God asks you
to ****** and to destroy
he is not a god
instead, he is but a man
twisted, thirsting for power
at others expense

glad he was
sad he is no longer
goodbye stardust

cupid's small arrow
is a fly speck compared to
the axe of lost love

a gentle rustling
a blur across the sidewalk
a bumblebee mouse

i care not for fame
i need only the love
of my family

life's complexity
is spellbinding to behold
a fractal splendour
that will never fit into
a pedantic pigeon hole
for when it is studied close
it generates more questions
than it does primal answers
instead it is wonderful
a universe without end
full of beauty abundant
a shining celebration
of entropy's spawn

she shines with beauty
like sunlight through beveled glass
igniting my heart

Blue orb in gold flames
Glaring down with searing gaze
Upon our earthly grill

lemon yellow sun
through the cool white morning mist
on the woodland lake
bird song like flowers bursts out
above the mutter of ducks
whiffs of breakfast and coffee
come from the crackling campfire
and I feel one with it all
as the day begins afresh
with dawn's absolution
bright and full of hope

wipe away your tears
your love is a rainbow
the sun is rising

your voice in the night
a siren song waking me
chanting through the surf
beckoning and bewitching
pulling me out through the waves
deeper and deeper i slide
immersed within my obsession
i call your name futilely
then stumble and go under
drifting out to sea

swimming slowly
starfish below, stars above
underneath the moon
gliding through still warm waters
my wake spining reflections
across the deep velvet night
as i cross the black lagoon
searching for the shore

you there on the stilts
looking down upon us all
beware of termites

i love when you smile
with that bright look in your eyes
amorous playful

Rain falls steadily
Straight down from the dark slate sky
Umbrellas march past
The air is green tinged
Hedges bursting with bird song
Then a flash and thunder's roar
the rain now falling harder
The smell of damped dust rises
I breathe in the earthy scent
glad to be alive

i know you love me
for i can feel your heart beats
from behind your wall

seize everything
that is precious to me
and steal it away
yet I will still be rich
for you can never take
the love within my heart
that will always be there
as long as I live

every set - back
is an opportunity
seize it and grow

sometimes your problems
are so familiar
that you can't see them

The fecund summer
Seethes with songs and raucous hues
And winter be dammed

richer than Midas
with her touch, everything
was transformed to love

our technology
can stunt us physically
also mentally
through loss of initiative
but its' greatest sin is that
it can isolate us and
erode empathy