Poems

Poems

“Let me kiss you.” He said.
She looked up,
     smiling.
He kissed his Wife,
     with the poems,
     waiting on his tongue.

EaS

Coffee

Coffee

Sleepy in the morning,
    I am made of coffee.
My nights find me,
    much the same.

EaS

Fire

Fire

The Fire wanted to play,
It purified,
    and it reddened,
    a sultry gasp.
Fire’s will is fickle.
The heat consumed,
    The ash.

EaS

Know it all

Know it all

He knows it all.
       nothing left to learn,
       regarding this issue,
       that haunts his heart.
Its all figured out,
        and logged in a book.
He cannot find.

EaS

Riches

Riches

In his search for riches,
        he found Her heart.
He told not a soul,
        except Hers.

EaS

Expenses

Expenses

The day,
   can be a thief.
At the Night’s
  expense.

EaS

The Saw

The Saw

Saw serrations eat a separation,
Partitioning pieces of a person.
Consoles connecting the complete,
Worries that weather will worsen.

Discarded saw debris drips down,
Falling on a florid floor to ferment.
Warped words wither and wander,
Altered in ability and to augment.

Separate sections in a seared soul,
Holler and hang about heckling.
Taunting the tarnished outer texture,
Bothered by the berated beckoning.

Maniacal manifestations mull about,
Panting for parole from perdition.
Venting all the vehement vexing,
Surreptitiously sowing their sedition.

He owns his own onerous organs,
His mind’s a more mangled matter.
Internal incongruity is so insipid,
Keep calm in the collection’s chatter.

Otherwise and end he shall see,
I’ll see to it, and me, and me, and me.
EaS

Moments

Moments

She comes close and,
  his moments freeze.
Her wake is a melting force.
  which sets him free,
She walks on,
   and away.

EaS

Picnic

Picnic

Shade trees bordering the bright and the shade
We sit at Yesteryear’s picnic of time
Settled on homely regret and charade
Today will hopefully retain it’s shine

Unpack the basket of doubt and answers
Wind stirs, blanket beats and tears beneath
Grass drifts dust in our eyes, failed romancers
Nature’s nourishment not fond of our heath

Feast of times unuttered and left to freeze
Clouds tear up for us like they ever do
Quick, lets stash again our stale, loved disease
Stow away another failure with you

EaS

Heavy

Heavy – Haiku

the moon moved closer,
pulled in by his heavy heart,
about to collapse.

EaS

Trying

Trying

Tripped, hard crash to the floor,
Again over that useless part,
Pouting again, near that door,
Seeking, ridiculous, wild heart.

It got out, trying to break free.
As if it were adrift on a sea.

EaS

Wrong Place - Haiku

Wrong Place - Haiku

every now and then,
anywhere is the wrong place,
to be visiting.

EaS

Thank You Mr Wilder

Thank You Mr. Wilder

Thank You Mr. Wilder,
From the boy within me.
It was fine to be an introvert,
Gregarious and lots o’ goofy.
Smiles were your applause,
Your talent, great with humble.
How your eyes looked deepened,
Even after a graceful tumble.
Entertained beyond a clown’s face,
Pleasure in a wonder joyed mind.
Never without a message conveyed,
Let learn and let live and be kind.
So, again Mr. Wilder I thank You,
Holding this place from going under.
The strength and resolve in your grin,
Made a boy know there is high wonder.

EaS

Knee to Knee

Knee to Knee

Hand in Hand.
Knee to Knee.
Her tears were,
Of Her torments.
His tears heard,
And cleansed Hers.

EaS

Candy store

Candy Store

Her kisses,
Were as candy.
I was as a kid,
In that store.
EaS

The glade

The Glade

That path we hike,
it's near Cave Creek.
The soft Aspen bark,
And the shining leaves.
Fool’s gold in stones,
Stepped on and around.
There, The Glade opens,
And our eyes enlighten.
I walk this path, eyes open,
Hiking and hoping, Alone.
EaS

Hands

Hands

Another holds,
Her hand.
Her hands hold,
My heart.
EaS

Crooked

Crooked

A crooked in the walk,
Shakes pulse in a hand.
Twisted fingers in lock,
Eye lids flick, eyes bland.

Blood bubbles in tunnels,
Bone and sinew dried tight.
Nerves splayed in bundles,
Skin fever Sorrow’s blight.

Apparition cowers in shell,
Display for Sanity’s world.
Pulling ashes from Joy’s well,
All the while in dark curled.
EaS

Instrumental - Haiku

Instrumental  - Haiku

Guitar strings alive
Instruments gather all cries
Melancholy sigh

EaS

Larder

Larder

Rhythmic with ardor,
And restrained and sane.
An anguish packed larder,
Supplies reason, in vain.

EaS

The Ledge

The Ledge – Haiku

Words perch on high ledge
Leap to fly or just observe
Heart and mind perturbed

EaS

Dusty pages

Dusty Pages

His heart must be potent,
With the will of the ages.
She's not been mentioned,
In any poet’s dusty pages.
EaS

Barren

Barren

Kneeling on soil,
In a dragon breath day.
Weeding the garden,
Of decisions I’ve made.

No vibrancy remains,
Array of futile weed.
Arable with much rain,
Barren with no need.

EaS

Simple things

Simple Things

A day’s distractions,
Muddle my mind,
Stiffen my stress,
Disable ability.
A heart’s longings,
Diminish all distractions,
To petty things.

EaS

Was It You

Was It You?

That subtle pressure,
Headache in my head,
After I awoke.
Where did it come from?
Was it you in my head?
More dreams?

EaS

Map

Map

He’s never travelled
Further than his heart
The map he is
Is torn

EaS

Mechanism

Mechanism

Demon’s talon clamps this heart
Ichor infused into joyous blood
Vigor devoted to morbid intent
Frigid palm drips Sorrow’s mud

Head down, burdened by day
Eyes emptied of night’s current
Mechanism winds through the play
Discourse to be shunned he’s learnt

Gentle insistence in step after step
Reconnection in the will to live
Demonic sneer followed by grip
Any joy gleaned during day to give

EaS

Quiet - Haiku

Quiet - Haiku

Quiet brings pain forth
Dreams of what could never be
Quiet cannot sleep

EaS

Plodding

Plodding

Enamel fails into dust under jaw
Tongue blending the fevered extract
Inner false fires with their dark heat
Evaporate emotions cataract

His temple’s only ancient gold hoard
Plundered with his own tired hand
Traded in a dismal alley for belief
Knowledge became a tarnished bland

Distance fades away a determined soul
Lank honest road without low or high
Forever feasting from past’s dirty bowl
Plodding furiously so willing to fly

EaS




 

Another tomorrow

Another Tomorrow

This bursting in me I can’t see
It tightens the nerves holding pain
Shreds the filaments uplifting joy
Debris’ powder on lips that smile

Passion has never been a neighbor
Hasn’t visited for a stiff drink or tea
Desire’s lesson has been rescheduled
May never learn to pluck those strings

Planted flowers just before this drought
Raining ash slows travel on this path
Uphill burden weighed with guilt
Arduous happiness in feigned delight

Ending chapters will be charred words
Pages crumpled within hoping’s gift
Spine split and opened in night’s solace
Relive every word under another tomorrow

EaS

Dictates

Distilled

I slide touch along your skin
Ravishing mountain ranges begin
Crested crisp breezes billow in you
Drenched in your artful drops of dew

Desire’s designs disproved as sin
Sanctified and sacred with no chagrin
Nature’s dictates are distilled in you
We’ll obey, make, and new laws accrue

EaS

Axiom

Axiom

They spoke into their sultry nights
with Wisdom and Existence
She is now his
Axiom

EaS

Yet again

Yet again

He fell, He stumbled
Floorboards creaked
And dust rumbled

Possibilities tumble and break
Yet again it happened
Everything broke he tried to make

EaS

The Dark - Haiku

The Dark – Haiku

The Dark recesses
Give shade upon shame and fear
The comfort to thrive

EaS

War

War

Rest and peace of mind
Are constantly at war
With words

EaS

Bruised

Bruised

His skull was bruised
From within
By thoughts of Her

EaS

Bones - Haiku

Bones – Haiku

He scratched where it itched
Everywhere she had touched him
He was down to bones

EaS

Rusting

Rusting

Those hooks I’ve lost
At the end of a
Broken line
They’re not stuck
In trees
They’re rusting
Inside me
EaS

Words

Words

She erased his reality
His new words
Are hers

EaS

Monument

Monument

She let Him lift Her
His strength
kept Her high
Her beauty
led others
to see
Their Monument.
EaS

Absence - Haiku

Absence  - Haiku

The absence of her
Cannot be filled by my tears
I have not enough

EaS

Joking

Joking

Bliss offers partners
Passion with care
Hearts are melded
A polished lovely pair
Elsewhere,
Despair descends
Darkness for ages
Souls blown asunder
Sadness on damp pages
Therefore,
The balance holds Bliss
and Despair in fair regard
One must rise, other fall
Perfect will always be scarred

Cuddles, kisses and cooing
Are Bliss’ great invoking
Sobs, stillness, and screaming
Are Despair’s cruel joking
EaS

Delving

Delving

I have partial ideas
portions of
Torn maps
Native rumors
Maddening clues
Just maybe, perhaps

The location I’ll find
Delving in a dark mind
EaS

Everywhere

Everywhere

That is her
Everywhere
Now,
She's all you
Will see.

EaS

Unravel

Unravel

Not much to do
With this mind
Sit back and
Press rewind
Tape on the spool
Unravels. It’s Time
Think I’ll
Just unwind

EaS

Underground

Underground

Muscles ache
Mind pounds
Exertion resounds

Must keep my spirit
Entombed underground

EaS

Seasoning

Seasoning

Dank old forest walkway
Dripping branches tap my head
Senses feed these thoughts
Aware of the not quite dead

Aroma of life expiring
Sounds carry decrepit din
Once bathed by vivacity
Shriveled beneath vapid skin

Deconstruction’s beasts settle in
Eons to harvest this sadness
The motionless of the grieved
Deliver with seasoning, madness
EaS

Depth

depth

depths
watch desolation
takes misery’s hand
with a melancholy
glare

EaS

Always

always

She was then,
She is no longer
   yet I know
   She always will.

EaS

Loneliness

loneliness

loneliness,
and my heart
beats with
quicksand

EaS

Contend

Contend

Soot winged heathens
Shook from his soul
Fangs poisoned wounds
Phlegm of molten coal

He tethered his being
Enshrined to this place
Need to endure it
Remember each trace

Resist this dilemma
If presented again
He wont have the will
He’ll perish, not contend
EaS

Walls

Walls

Walls went up
Grown with vine
From my wall
I saw hers
Strong as mine
We each stand tall
Behind our walls
Slowly to fall
EaS

Write - Haiku

Write – Haiku

When she knew his name
She dared not write on her heart
She wrote on the sand

EaS

Burned

Burned

The moon
Poured light
Into her eyes
He sipped in
Her light
Now she’s
Burned onto
His sight
EaS

Stars

Stars

She saw his stars
From afar
And they brought
Her close
As she approached
She saw
No stars
Only torn holes
EaS

Circle

Circle

Her circle
About 4 paces out
Where she has a
Drastic effect
Impact of beauty
Softness of spirit
She was within herself
He was without
EaS

Domain

Domain

Little things
Stare at all
Day and night
Great things
Look far for few

One drives all
Other sustains
Without both
Chaos’ domain

EaS

Decorative stones

Decorative stones

Weeds between
Decorative stones
Indefatigable as
Dark memories on
A laughing face

EaS

Rained

Rained

It rained
Last night
The yard drips
Dark is the soil
The air is seeped
All in common
With me
EaS

Wants

Wants

Held deep
Tight in arms
This she needs
Let to spin out
Feel a wonder
This she needs
Heart on fire
Comforting haunts
What she wants
EaS

Bitter Gold

Bitter Gold

He sees
Her eyes
In every crowd
Sweet coffee chocolate
And bitter gold
They turn to him
And swept away
The crowd
Takes her hand
She turns again
He knows
She must be
Left astray
EaS

Climates

Climates

Her forest is
Colored by ancient
Vibrant greens
Amid sapphire flowers
Crystal monuments with
Honeydew fountains
His desert is
Dusty pinion trees
That shade trails
To gold glinting stone
Deep in
Abandoned mines
EaS

Sweets

Sweets

He brought
Delicate chocolate
And fruits
Wildly sweet
She asked for his heart
And being
He looked down
Turning gray
Since the
Sweetest of sweets
Was, long ago
Eaten away
EaS

No vista

No vista

This wasn’t what
He thought it’d be
He packed
A heart
Stored his grief
Yet he sees
No vista
The brochure claimed
He’d be free

EaS

Ocean

Ocean

The blue ocean stretched
And caressed
Her resting feet
A smile and
A wink
The daring Ocean pulled back
To let her be

EaS

Mettle - Haiku

Mettle – Haiku

The rough trail readies
Mettle and matter inside
Travels truncate time

EaS

Whole - Haiku

Whole – Haiku

The worn tarnished screw
Still holds together as whole
Time that fell apart

EaS

Descend - Haiku

Descend  - Haiku

Glass cracks against grief
Days descend in long delay
Sand melts under shame

EaS

Entropy - Haiku

Entropy – Haiku

Dust delivers time
Each entry as entropy
Its book behind mine

EaS

Corona

Corona
Standing tall and stone still
Shivering soul with silent will
Gasping detects gold and gathers
Gauging grief in gory daggers
Speak in secure strong sounds
Sliced tongue served onto hounds
Wrap comfort in warm wishes
Amputate arms, accede ambitions
Frustrate all fear far afield
Settle for a sodden split shield
Perpetuate false public persona
Capitulate carefully crafted corona
EaS

Slumber - Haiku

Slumber  - Haiku

Vigor leached away
Zeal and care deep in slumber
Dream walking this day

EaS

Livid pt. 2

Livid pt. 2
Body seizes the vile energy
Wraps chains and twists tight wire
Pulls with power and encased
Drags emotion through rancid mire

Straighten limbs and tighten sinew
Grimace draws blood from teeth
Eyes darken from hazel to paste
When done, a wreckage I bequeath

Drive down with legs in a rush
Arms harden and poise for a strike
Step rumbles the space in debris
Pain’s warning descends ghostlike

Reason retreats with pitying squeal
Knuckles crush into stone’s scorn
Fists repeat wearing horror’s glove
Sensation altered from the norm

The body steals away from reality
Arms pulls back with ready stance
Forward dash with shoulder lead
Charge with roar in fury’s trance

Impact draws out breath and beat
Yet terror is not yet abated
Sliding down on painted wall
Anger still climbs on will deflated

Anguish tries in vain to reignite
As volcanic tears erupt burning off
Frustration denied and wanting more
This body sits as an empty trough
EaS

Livid

Livid
Bell bangs deep in my being
Nerves roughed and torn asunder
Torrent builds and roils forth
Concussed portions feel its thunder
Travels full bore in act to release
Vibration sounds in concrete bones
Solidity breaches practiced disguise
Chest clogged with howling tones
Veins rage in failing containment
System of pressure gauging at peak
Shivers crack the shaky surface
Mind backs off from a foul reek
Anger and agony make fertile alliance
Intention to strengthen the suffering
Joy and peace deep in the corners
Limits excluded with no buffering
Release arrives with swift motion
Fervor climbs outside its gored skin
Most hide and shun a livid notion
Fermenting more dark festered kin
EaS

Edge - Haiku

Edge – Haiku
Jokester and clown grin
Soften sharp edge of life’s charms
Sage and thinker wink
EaS

Scotch - Haiku

Scotch – Haiku
Scotch colors this mouth
Refined heat tasting my soul
Escape so tempting
EaS

Echoing - Haiku

Echoing  - Haiku
Cold seat holding me
Echoing voices rattle
My basements center
EaS

Veins - Haiku

Veins – Haiku
Streetlights awake night
City’s veins flow, pumping life
Alley’s darkened time
EaS

Passions - Haiku

Passions – Haiku
Passions soar so high
Sky’s embrace holds close each wing
Stable is warm Earth
EaS

Spyglass - Haiku

Spyglass  - Haiku
Spyglass brings you close
Beauty’s beacon by degree
Distance in all ways
EaS

Instincts - Haiku

Instincts – Haiku
What I know and see
Challenges instincts I feel
Unknown’s tempting path
EaS

Recline - Haiku

Recline – Haiku

Within my hallway
I cannot recline my mind
Empty space retreats

EaS

Slope - Haiku

Slope – Haiku

Bliss opens grief’s eyes
Reversal from past’s cold slope
Gloom’s deep downward stair

EaS

Waves - Haiku

Waves – Haiku

Waves play on shore’s sand
Churning and swirling all day
Wheat billows and sways

EaS

Flash - Haiku

Flash -Haiku

Lightning roars and shines
Flash of sight in a wild night
Field mouse makes no move

EaS

Passage - Haiku

Passage -Haiku

Bus shivers and quakes
Passage between here and there
Home’s welcome repose

EaS

Gravity - Haiku

Gravity - Haiku

Midnight’s autumn Moon
Wrestles gravity for time
Morning’s Sun takes all

EaS

Rampart- Haiku

Rampart – Haiku
Rampart holds the sky
Resilient before time
Tuft of grass roots in
EaS

Reeds - Haiku

Reeds - Haiku
Strong reeds always bend
Stretching and leaning just right
Frog’s webbed feet hold fast
EaS

Wind - Haiku

The winds do wind up
A terrible loud rustle
The bird masters it

EaS

Veneers

Veneers-
Moisture absorbs into my mind
Where burns a hellfire wetland
Steam curtains so I cannot find
Never on guard, vistas unmanned
Walking across, searching for peace
Travels desperate with no souvenirs
This way out, this familiar caprice
Comfort, serenity, only slight veneers
Hunger unsatisfied for my place
Incarceration, somewhat to blame
Thirst uncontrolled with no taste
Burden’s laugh, I’ll handle this shame
EaS

Keepsake

Keepsake-
I honored a pendant
Of gold and rainbow
By gifting this wonder
Upon a girl of splendor
Her brightening and stance
Allowed my heart a hover
Traces of what was around
Riddle memory to blunder
This was long ago
When times were young
Hope lives and sustains
The girl has a keepsake
And with her it remains
EaS

Regret

Regret -
To Break it all
Own sorrow’s gall
Rage in mind’s eye
Grasping fingers cry
Damage not a soul
Interior pays the toll
Hack, strike, inhale havoc
Unmyself, more atavic
Tear open silent sky
Dry muscle ticking high
In bloodless breathing
Stillness unsheathing
Recovery recalls doom
Felt keenly in this tomb
Fury, horrid regret
Joy paid in the debt
Purifying Moon’s light
Gaze at myself, a sight
Tatters and dusty garb
Unlife’s cold, witty regard
Arisen in nocturnal hour
In uncontrollable power
Restful bonds have slipped
Contained by Eternity’s crypt
Piece of soul still alive
Escaping a saving dive
Rewarded with all torment
Despair and forever ferment
If only one decision was made
Oblivion’s gift in a grave
EaS


















 

Sigh

Sigh-
Sodden with passion
Stale all these years
Climbing no mountain
Parched and sandy tears
Purchase loosening, sigh
Sight of seeking devoid
No support in this sky
Suddenly overjoyed
Lateness of hour
Falling to fast
I let go too soon
Passion, it's past.
EaS

Too Far

Too Far-
I write, She cries
My ego I incise
Intentions lost
World’s own frost
Drops of pain
Contain no gain
Never this way
Dreams, I stray
Harboring hope
Mooring aslope
Drifted out wide
Reality is snide
Horizon lets go
To far too row
My drops of pain
Never ending rain
EaS

Smirk

Smirk-
Smirk in a picture
Of one so astonishing
Fairies in the forest
Jealous, admonishing
Rise of the cheek
Sinuous rise on lip
A shimmer inside
Plays this sultry quip
Her heart draws rich
Enlivens this place
Takes more than moons
To overshadow this grace
EaS

Instead

Instead -
Suffering becomes
A chronicle
Dripping from
Time’s monocle
Days riddled
By many holes
In perpendicular
To the poles
Evenings emerge
And offer toiling
Rest won’t care
If bodywork is boiling
Reposing crooked
Partially in bed
Floor is not there
It is me instead
EaS

Art

Art-
These symbols and rhymes
Reliving zombie dead times
Catching words with lines
Are satisfaction’s guidelines
Yet the sensation recalls
Walking hopeful long halls
Ending at spectacular balls
Ending also in definite falls
Battalion braced, keep this heart
Formation defending every part
Retreat if the battles to start
Singular release is this art
EaS

This

Poise

Poise-
Resting so heavy
Dawning’s abreast
Heartbeat’s sound wave
Massaging my chest
Body’s stillness is
No measure of poise
Early rising lesson
Quiet dampens the noise
Mind’s daily pirouette
It’s a dizzying foray
Practiced assemblage
In order to grip  the day
EaS

Shaking

Shaking-
Come hither darting sleep
I so need that sanguine creep
Else how am I supposed to move
Without shaking off morning’s dew
The day won't allow me to creep
Wish it’d teach that damn sleep
EaS

Quick

Quick-
Those random parts
Within my brain
Shut off without
Slightest complaint

Leaving speckled
Pieces of reason
To behave as if
A quick change season
EaS

Tumble

Tumble-
Falling asleep
Seems such a waste
With all the words
Resting in my taste
Yet without sleep’s
Tiny quiet  mumble
Tomorrow would be
Trip, bang, fall and tumble
EaS

Break, The Lunch Kind

                     - Break, The Lunch
                                    Kind
                   

Watch-

Watch-
Mechanism dulled by time
Mistreated and handled unkind
Parts can be saved others tossed
Originality’s identity was lost
The disrespect can be altered
Skill and patience don’t falter
Diagnosis will uncover much
Handled with wisdom’s touch
Heed not the willingness to rush
Craftsman’s senses will not blush
Heartbeat’s pulse in each fingertip
Centered control will not slip
Time works within its place
Allowing only memory’s trace
Winding up and controlled release
This mechanism will forever please
It’s up to you to respect its gears
That is only if you live your years
EaS

Assured

Assured-
Bound against her wall
Flayed chest exposing all
Searching with tools I’ve never seen
Sweat, blood, gore glistening sheen
Tears in my eyes looking at dry
Still resist the agony and why
Feel probing in veins with cold
She spies her desire, taken not sold
Grasps my all and rips it enslaved
Looking within, my tears are waived
Normal now after reconstruction
Breathing in assured destruction
EaS

Gone

Gone-
Not this
This cacophony
Head down
Arched canopy
Existing inside
Where is out
Circuit frayed
Individual drought
Touch and sight
Allowed a break
Separate in state
Inverse self quake
Tired burrowing
Dare not say
Where I’ve gone
Night nor day
EaS

Meant

Wisely
She complained about my sweat
All the effort I just spent
Time bled wisely from my watch
Complaining is not what she meant
EaS

Explain

Explain

Her lips are like welcomes
Beckoning an overnight stay
Eyes explain this dark lovely
I desire this in no other way

EaS

Reworked

Reworked

Concepts that form our imagination
Are those on every day are spoken
Defining the ideas a myriad ways
Instance to instance amid every token
Limits exist within our minds
Eloquent, rhythmic, poetic and keen
Each notion and definition is expressed
Experience contains everything we glean
A shift in knowledge I stumble on
Expected walks away and does depart
Speechless and numb with not to say
Squeezed, hot, humming is my heart
Words defeated by descriptions loss
Thoughts wrung by the unexpected
Exquisite, lovely, beauty, each a word
Phrases and verse quiver unprotected
A challenge posed, won by surrender
Grammar kneels and gives up its gold
Artistry and craft become just practice
Reality reworked and wrought by her mold

EaS

Climbing

Climbing
A person climbed a building in this city
Those who enjoy talking are damn dizzy
It’s a  huge infraction, such a thing
To tempt gravity’s unforgiving wing
Just clear the street and point a lens
Let the climbers skill offer defense
If the top is achieved he’s right to boast
If looses purchase on the way he’ll post
Are  important things so far lost
That very few know what's worth the cost
EaS

Hidden

Hidden
In a set of all the same
Every part needs not play
Apathy in days won't discover
The wounds driven into another
Mundane striving into what’s thick
Try never to claim what’s fantastic
Beyond the pages are emotions alive
Hidden on words telling me to strive
EaS

Fun

Fun
Buildings roll quietly by
Magenta strips stripe the sky
Music filling drowsy ears
Hear behind this my fears
Rumble beneath darkened wheels
Any relics worth breaking the seals
Looking and not found the sun
Would continue if it were fun
EaS

Corner

Corner
Each strand of this being
Entwined to make the whole
Focused into a single motion
Everything might be the toll
Spending all this soul's worth
In the wasted effort to retain
Its place  among the happiness
Sheltered strongly from known pain
Grasping at what no longer is
Seeing past moments imposed
Upon scenes occurring now
Truthfulness honestly exposed
Cannot move, exhausted all
A void of joy destroys a mourner
Only watch as distance grows
Shivering alone in decay’s corner
EaS

Sunbook

Sunbook
Blinds at the window
Work with sun rays
Placing lines of brightness
Across our bedspread
A leaf of notebook paper
Where we rest and more
The words printed are us
EaS

Been

Been
Mountains, valleys
Caves and clouds
Shore to desert
City from forest
These places are us
Yet we are not them
We’ve walked and talked
In a spinning descent
These places we’ve been to
Haven’t left us yet

EaS

Trails

Trails

Days and their nights revolve and swirl
Drifting years and their weeks unfurl
Displaying paths and ends that turned around
Enlightened results shine on what’s been found
Satisfying or shallow resolve reside in place
Never displayed within the smiling face
A trail through pines of alternate future
Promise vistas and a healing suture
Yet trails are travelled with a forward stride
This hiker will step high and test this tide
 
EaS

Peaces

Peaces

Jagged, broken, split and hewn
Shards scattered, uncared for and strewn
Devastated form no longer recognized
Reformed from brightness now agonized
Lightless distance must be  travelled
Once proud and assured only unraveled
Depths unseen by the positivity
Agonies partnered with self captivity
Never to look upon morning's rise
Howls accompany sorrow's pained cries
Sliced open to spill hope on the ashes
Back bruised, bloodied by self made lashes
Gore and spittle spin and mix in tears
Embraced and one with desperate fears
Never ask for the sweetest release
Face twisted and screwed in pain’s peace

EaS

Whine

Whine

Diluted dark dissolves in bright gold
Shadows compact, will recede, and fold
Blades of sun polish each surface
Bleeding the night of its calm purpose
Details released from dim obscurity
Patterns of life’s journey in this city
Pleasant moments and delights of time
Hidden recesses and entropy’s whine
Within a glance, a breath, and whisper
Bright hopes reach and others wither
Slivers of green strive to ascend
Fighting slowly within concrete’s bend

EaS

Safety

Safety?

Safety is that which resists the daring
Safety is that which holds together
Safety is that which denies dreams
Safety is that which carries peace

EaS

Fuel

Fuel
Pound with vehemence
The distant star
Other scenery to distant
Morph blood into scar
Under the surface
Desiccate feeling form
Broken knuckles allover
Withdraw it from norm
Metal screws it down
Edges will complete
Shackled to bloody wall
Emotion’s failed retreat
Take it and bind it
Keep the decay still
Need the fire alive
Precious is the will
Needed on every day
Hone and clean this tool
Open rarely the place
Where is kept this fuel
EaS

Uninspired

Uninspired
Contentment in minimum dreams
Stretch the arms only so wide
Boundaries never pressed to expanse
Restful in an uninspired ride
Recuse that sought by those who’ve flown
Found in locales far too high
Adventure within what comfort’s known
Let the ones who risk dare to cry
EaS

Slop

Slop
Weather beats down while trekking
Rain slams my eyes
Slop spills upon my feet
It’s useless, all these tries
Open every trunk
Reach for that hope inside
Peel the bark and leaves
Leave hanging on it my pride
EaS

Yearn

Yearn

This is foolish
This thing I do
Why take the time
It’s stolen back
To go this far
Into a new place
Uneasy in heart
To be in this race
It can’t be true
This honest answer
Its what I yearn
To hear, yet ignore
EaS

Maya w/pic

Test

This sleep thing sucks
It calls to claim me
When I arrive
It only shames me
It holds my hand
Shows me the quiet
I hear lips whisper
If I’d  weapons, I’d fight it
Turning pages tear
Mind’s library too loud
Chairs and tables burnt
Books piled and ploughed
Early morn has nothing
Sights and sounds to simple
Calmness and ease alight
Sunlight smiles and a dimple
Into a day with little rest
Might as well fail this test.

EaS

Window

Lights gone out
And potential dims
Filament has heat
Bulb is only air
In emptied visions
Room for little
Open the doors
In barred hallways
Window pain down
Obscured vistas inside
Find nowhere to hide

EaS

Wet

Wet

Time is wet
Water into sand
Green stretch up
Creatures planned
Fingers of color
Shiver the land
Sea in spectrum
Wind’s wary hand
Clouds bring grey
Color is bland
Flashing brightness
Orange tongues fanned
Razing spectrum’s day
Burnt darkened strand
Resolves to crumble
Once again to sand
Time is wet
In its hand

EaS

Fire and Jewels

Fire and Jewels

Clouds cradled in fire and jewels

Sand glitters, shimmers, crystalline pools

Curves and peaks reflect on oceans face

Sparkles and visions hold this place

Sounds of depth and distance drift

Among petals and leaves emotions sift

Inspiration for beauty this landscape calls

The vistas intensify held by no walls

Eyes wander and become the scene

Thoughts arrive with a silken sheen

The rhythmic caress of this shore

Shudder, hum, this evening wants more

Subtle turns of little lights above

Watchful, protecting, what joy is made of

Absorb this encompassing emotion

Careful to retain and nuture this devotion

EaS

Damn

Damn

Tankers nestle in silvered blue
Golden silence softens through

Up and yonder pillows stretch straight
Measuring a distance told to wait

Pillars of reflection hold tight
A hoping for an unfair fight

Drifts are dissolved inside fear
Windows glisten, broken by a tear

Again it takes the solemn reigns
Every step is either loss or gains

Look out for the hidden choice
Listen so silently to that voice

Its not yours or theirs, its mine
Drop it, leave it, its all fine

Its telling, asking, threatening
Ignore it and it is deafening

There is space, it hurts, its tried
Those words are true, you lied

Lay down the bulls tough stance
Stand alone, twirl, don’t dance

Its your way and no one can
So grab on, don't give a damn.

EaS

Refill

Refill

Fires roar and char memory's hall

Conjure rage and lift it so tall

Moments hurled into shattered glass

Shards slice and sever, exposing past

Demonic visage grins from the pit

Tasting the change and liking the fit

Craving a sense of loss in control

A tightly held suppressed soul

Freedom feeds a seething energy

Flailing form, a force forged of agony

Where fingertips touched blood seeps

Inside dreams of eternity it weeps

Walls tumble and doors torn asunder

Screams and howls defeat thunder

Alone in this area with no victims

Terrible tragedy and despair's dictums

EaS

Wings

Wings

Soft hues shimmer every edge,
Glowing blue in a golden sky,
Reality hides dominion's ledge,
Surreal exists, noticed in a sigh.

Floating upon a warm breeze,
Grace and wonder in all around,
Special hints exist, wish on these,
The sigh of earlier, a closer sound.

Shivering leaves, swirling silver dust,
Dodging each darling , dainty branch,
Flower petals rustle, light rays trust,
Tiny moments vision will not match.

Dusky haired fairy girl, wise little wings,
Flittering, fluttering, weaving, wandering,
She wants and holds onto these things,
Outside, others astir, are pondering.

This is hers and she holds it close,
Careful in protection and her poise,
Little wings once charred, she knows,
Listens intently to hear the noise.

The whisper within, freedom of air,
It’s there, she knows, it does remain,
Brave and delicate, she will dare,
Hope of special things does not wane.

EaS

Op Beni Canim (Kiss Me, My Life)

Op Beni Canim (Kiss Me, My Life)

A bench below fluttering green

Holding hearts willing to convene

Vision fulfilled on a pleasant day

Resting forms in each dreams play

Longing to sense a distant repose

Welcomed by the promise the  future knows

They look on smiles and gently lean

Eyes together embracing loves sheen

She tilts towards his motion to her

He slightly lowers, his heart astir

Eyes drained and filled with the other

A moment knowing lifetimes lover

World’s want and demand descend to numb

He lightly breathes to her, “Op Beni, Canim.”

EaS

Worth

Worth

One mark of worth

Is not paced by mirth

Decisions made, hastily tried

Stand still in this tide

Straddling the path alone

Within a group intoned

Never to search anew

Locked within what’s true

Seeing far inside a dream

Wonder is not what it seems

Pained vision strained too far

Uncover the senses that mar

A current carried into now

Drifted compliance in the vow

Sinking delusion holding high

Winding down ability to fly

Turn away from bright tomorrow

Embrace this comfortable sorrow

EaS

Tools

Tools

Material of time
Split, fractured, torn
Dulled by utility
Usefulness shorn
Tools such as these
I do not own
Never needed repair
Over despair I’ve flown
Edges are sharp
Working surface solid
Each with no prints
Heart beats so stolid
In rear of that drawer
A remembered token
Hidden from thought
Not to be awoken
Deeds that began
A melting of steel
Hot heart cooling
A withering ordeal
Difficult task after
The melding of stone
Mountain’s deep heart
Cold chiseled not grown
To the store I walked
Purchased a quality set
Shiny objects in my belt
On credit with much debt

EaS

Mess

Mess

Look at the big people
All the things they do
So fast are their legs
Look, that toy is so blue.
Wonder what I'll do
When I get that tall
I have some thoughts
Wish I could find my ball
I think a business person
They have cool cars
Or a fixer person
What’s it like on Mars
I'm not really sure
About being like that
They have lots to do
I really want a kitty cat
Is it all about it all
Or is it much less
There must be a reason
I am not a mess!
EaS

Maya

Maya

Found in a soul
Simple and gentle
Truth of devotion
Affection and mettle
Depth of eye
Softness of cuddle
Playful with strength
Enjoying every puddle
Unconditional love,
Bottomless cup
We’ve found this with Maya
Our Rottweiler Pup.

EaS