AUTUMN RAIN.....

Autumn Rain

Cold rain droplets slide down my window pane

They leave crystal streaks that move in motion slow

Distorted vision spoils my view as daylight wanes

Glass reflected flames cast a fireplace glow

As the forest is still and season painted

Wild forest companions have found shelter

in matted branches deep brown tainted

as deep rooted trees absorb the cold autumn shower

A chilled mist rises from the fields

and slowly pours over my garden bower

stealing nature's life force with ease

killing the frosted grapes unpicked at this hour

My careless breath on window glass

clouds a scenery once quite clear

Of times joyful and green now elapsed

Luckily, I harvested from the garden my share

I enjoyed the sweet strawberry

its vibrant red caressing my lips wet

during summers drenched in syrup rains merry

as my youthful spirit absorbed glowing sunsets

Now, melancholy stirs in the pale light

during Falls afternoon and memories past

I notice the gliding leaf in its death flight

and wait for Autumn rain to pass

LOVELINESS is a joy forever...Revision #3

Loveliness

The joy of beauty calls to me 

'Tis poetry for the eyes today 
A hidden jewel in life's insanity

 that brings happiness to my day

Often observed in the rustle of leaves

deeply captured in blue water

that reflects a liquid painted view of trees

submerged in a natural mirror

A canvas vibrant  in color

 that fills passing time with loveliness

and awakes warm desires

to stimulate my life's awareness 

What is this beauty I notice

Does it still exists if not captured

if not perceived by my human senses

Does beauty exist solely for our rapture

What is the moon rising on the horizon

to the blind who behold darkness

Would moonlit beauty last as long

if unseen in its silvery loveliness

During my uncertain life by senses led

is beauty satisfied by sensual pleasures

where unspoken joys on silent lips instead

are hidden like a pirates treasure

Beneath heavens orb glowing bright

Beauty rekindles memories that sway

my mind in joyful delight

and with burning conviction, I say

That I thirst for beauty

in skies of blue and fields of green

and make it my solemn duty

to notice all the loveliness within my means

Pumpkins Orange Apples Red.....

Pumpkins Orange Apples Red

Beneath gun metal gray clouds

I watch closely those I love

They complete the Autumn landscape

immersed in the afternoons' subdued light

A glorious day in this seasonal happening

with slight shadow movements to and fro

As the cool winds creep low

'Tis a small but not insignificant tableau

A moment in lifes' living dream

that sustains my condition it seems

as I struggle between obscurity and destiny

Quietly moving along the slender path

That takes me from sunrise to sunset

gratefully illuminating my dream sequence

as colorful quaintness envelops the adventure

We gathered in the warmth of our togetherness

surrounded by apples defying gravity

tree branches weighted down hanging low

some fallen apples awaiting the cider press

As swooping swallows filled the air

Swirling above the fruit filled trees

Rosy cheeked grandchildren wide eyed

ran and ate their fill of fresh apples

as they cavorted in separate dreams afield

And I silently watched drunk on the reality

of AUTUMN PUMPKINS ORANGE and APPLES RED

DREAD......

DREAD

Phantoms, ghosts and the undead

what frightful things lurk under your bed

are hideous specters hiding in your closet

just waiting and not inclined to vanish at sunset

They all feed your fear of the unknown

and accompany your mindful stroll among tombstones

conjuring monsters at the edge of your consciousness

as you wrestle with alarming nightly guests

Your loudly beating heart sounds

excited by the spirits of darkness that abound

where evil crawls and noisily persist

along with foul death skulking in the abyss

Cold winds scream through barren branches

as formless shadows mimic horrific faces

and you rock in the fetal position

regurgitating your undigested religion

Looming death rides along with you

disguised as life surging anew

you desire to shake the darkness of birth

and fear death as lifes' curse 

Death and religion scares modern humanity

into games of immoral conformity

as fear becomes a funeral pall

concealing a certainty that cannot be stalled

TODIEFOR.....

TOdieFOR

What would you die for

  be willing to sacrifice self evermore

To conquer untold madness from hell

would giving your life serve well

Personal sentiments lamented in life's shadow

are sometimes restrained and unable to show

what choice lurks in individual souls

that decision unique and untold

Confronted by drifting clouds of evil breath

that exist on littered streets rainy wet

                                            creeping into your uneasy chilled slumber                                        choking you with forbidding satanic murmur

In chaotic swarms that ravage easily

 life shredded by chemical insanity

in those moments needing a miracle

would you seek to die in a spectacle

As thunder rolls on the horizon

life's purpose is shattered for no reason

and despair in the slaughter of love

leaves red stains on those beloved

Even if it takes giving your life

would you willingly surrender you souls light

to shelter family from bitter winds

to protect them from evil things

As you seek passion to die for

Family, country, faith and more

or to build a monument to conquer hate

something to die for is never too late