Monday, July 14, 2014

Bring along your babies oh


Bring along your babies oh
mother dear!     never fear
the worst    for when the petals burst
the bud will quicken the blood
red eye of the sun to shine fiercely
down     down     down     until . . . thistledown
puff     gone     flown
to seed again     mother dear
dear earth mother
so never fear the worst
bring along your babies oh!


mmlxxx

Friday, July 11, 2014

Fragments II


as the peony bud
bends on a slender
stalk
my heart's opening
awareness
bends in deference


because you're an open book
i've not read between the lines


stripped of my masks
faceless
down to the psyche's buff
ego-less
sloughed of fancies
i arise
and walk on water
and imitate the skies


with a right royal gesture
i'll disinter the cadaver of our affair
overturn the headstone
and declare
an amnesty for mortified lovers


mmlxxxvi