PANDEMIC....

PANDEMIC

We shake our heads

and count the dead

in a mindset that subdues us

while confronted by the Corona virus

Global fate dictates our survival

as we search for hope in its somber arrival

this invisible virulence humbles Nations

and casts its shadow without discrimination

It wraps sadness in unconscious truth

where reality lives in pandemic roots

and spreads relentlessly in distant climes

while it tempers all impulse to smile

Hidden behind mostly useless masks everywhere

contagion lives moments away, beware

this viral infection like a tsunami

wants to invade you and me

Tragic Love....

Tragic Love

She was precious and unforgiving

she made me pay for my loving

I thought we could be friends

as our love was a certain coincidence

Her windswept ways warmed my heart

when I decided to depart

I was eager to join her raw beauty

that promised delicious bondage to be

I became her mindless slave

while trekking snowy desolate trails

'Twas her lusty spirit calling me that day

for the pain and pleasure of her way

 It haunted my careless uncharted path

when the waning daylight my eyes begat

Now, I linger in deep forest dark

the fire of life draining from my eyes

Freezing to death with my virgin mistress nature

waiting eagerly for heavenly rapture

Self-Confirmation...

Self-Confirmation

I was one with a Summers' eve

gently floating in life's stream

when whispers of time that wanders

filled my soul with joyful hours

'Twas the notion of existence in my mind

paintings of magical visions to find

like free falling in altered reality

releasing me from gravity

when vivid awareness lifted me higher

over earthly cares and other matters

in pursued purpose hell bent

on my journey heaven sent

'Twas a stairway that vanished in digital clouds

where past times waited for recall

to reconstruct my apparent reality

in confirmation of the existence of me

I was one with a Summers' night breeze

I grasped the magic of life's masterpiece

that lived in digital memories stored deep

to solidify my existence ever so real

Now, I am thankful for the awareness 

that is present in my daily consciousness

while the past is my present

 I relive it with grateful consent

Raison D'etre...( Purpose )

Raison D'etre  ( Purpose )

When lemon skies in morning light

reveal earthly purpose as they appear

and enforce the meaning of our lives

along with coffee strong and dear

they stir a deeper awareness 

mindfully eager to stay

and linger in soulful stillness

to keep memories from fading away

Stories spoken with eyes half-closed

fall like seeds on fertile progeny minds

and bestow purpose on tales told

that grant value to memories that bind

When the narrative of years past is heard

bursting with shining lemon light

glowing as living sunbursts

they shout recollections of past life

The earthly struggles of our ancestors 

are contained in this buffet of memories

that solidify our family as survivors

and we celebrate ancestral victory

Our success over life's hardships

Our persistence in the hope of tomorrow

Our appreciation that our genes won't perish

and that our memory will always follow