“Clouds”
I went for a drive last night,
When there was a pause in
The rain, and as I looked out
At the mountain I saw great
Clouds clinging to her sides,
Like giants playing at being
Goats on cliff edges, fearless
And watching over the sprawl
Of the city below.
“We Are The Meteor”
We are the meteor
We are bringing change
We will see the end
Of the dinosaurs’ reign
We are the meteor
We can not be stopped
We just pick up speed
And we’re coming in hot
We are the meteor
We are the reset
And you won’t believe it
When you see our impact
We are the meteor
We are bringing change
We will see the end
Of the dinosaurs’ reign
“Stargaze”
We spent the summer’s nights
Gazing up at jet-black sky
Pierced by fierce crystal
And deftly marbled with the
Swirling grasp of the Milky Way.
Hand in hand, we kissed, and
We wished
That we would be as endless
As all that we could not see.
“An Invitation”
Your gravest error
Was inviting me across
Your threshold that night.
“Fort”
My sister and I once built
A fort out of sticks and
Tumbleweeds, burrowing
In where they had blown
Against the row of pines.
We took snacks and water
And spent afternoons
Pretending to be explorers
Stranded on some distant
Island, though we had only
Once ever seen the ocean.
It’s been a while since I’ve done some of this, so here’s some fresh Magnetic Poetry for you.
“my goddess
whispers a symphony
in a thousand languages
and I go to her
together always as lovers in
every moonlight dream”
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“Visit”
I saw the rows of gold and green
Bursting forth from the brown
Below a sky of white and blue.
I took your hand and led the way
Down paths I’d walked many
Years ago, and saw them all anew.
I’ll lose her someday.
That struck me full-
Force this morning,
While we were getting
Dressed for work.
Whether it’s my own
Stupidity or her
Getting Alzheimer’s
Or one of us dying,
I’m going to lose her.
So I’m going to make
The most out of every
Damn minute until then.
“When the Sea Meets the Sky”
“I’ll find you again,” she whispered in
My ear before we parted. “I’ll find you
When the sea meets the sky.”
Years passed, and I searched high and
Low, travelling the world over, seeking
Where the sea meets the sky.
Never in that time did I ever meet any
Who loved me as she did, who made
My heart soar to meet the sky.
On the day I knew I was to die, I sat
Alone and waited, certain I would
Hear her voice under the grey sky.
And as the rain began to fall, she
Whispered once again. “My love,
Did you not see how sea meets sky?”
“The Immortal Question”
What would you do with immortality?
If you knew that you would never die?
Would you travel the world, see what
Wonders others only read about?
Follow the paths of your favorite
Writers, and eat at the same little Paris
Cafés that once hosted Hemingway?
Would time lose its meaning to you
If you found that you could never die?
Would the days and weeks and months
Years centuries blend together and
Cease to have an impact short of
Reminding you who you had loved and
Lost along that long way?
Who would you bring close to you,
Knowing you’d have to watch them die?
Would you choose lovers with caution,
Or give yourself over to the throes
Of passion over and over again? Would
You even try to remember them
After they were gone from your side?
What would you choose to be
If you believed that you would never die?
Would you walk the narrow way and
Strive to find a balance between evil
And good? Or would you hurl yourself
Headlong, choosing one side or
The other to prove that neither exist?
