LoveSpeak

As the pond said

To the lad after

He remarked of its

Beauty I mirror only

What I myself see

TakingNotice

As I have gotten older

I’ve become more aware

Of the little things

Having been bombarded by

The grand things of

Life I have sought

Refuge in the quiet

Things raindrops on eaves

The scratching of fall

Leaves and ant hills

That seem to erupt

Overnight through sidewalk cracks

The slower things like

Inch by delicate inch

Of freshly fallen snow

That crawls against windows

And plump caterpillars that

Wind and weave munching

Polka dots in green

On their way to

Emerging butterfly and oh

Yes love as called

Accepting it rather than

Seeking it there’s comfort

In the little slow

Things that simply show

Up for no other

Reason than being themselves

And I taking notice

Kept (for Jadon ❤️🫂)

You can’t cage a

Bird that wishes to

Fly first you’ll break

Its heart then you’ll

Crush its spirit and

Finally it’ll stop singing

Every time that door

Opens it’ll try to

Flee until at last

It doesn’t becoming far

Less than what it

Was to both you

And mostly to it

LoveRoads

There are two types

Of love roads one

Is flat and straight

And long disappearing somewhere

Off yonder way out

There that even squinting

And shading ones eyes

You can’t tell just

How far forever is

The other is winding

And weaving and challenging

One that requires concentration

And stamina and expertise

One that is full

Of careening cliffs and

Tight curves and acceleration

And hard braking and

Heart breaking sudden stops

But in hindsight if

You were to stretch

Out the curvy one

And lay it alongside

The straight one you’d

See that both cover

The exact same distance

It all depends on

You which one that

You’d prefer to travel

Sometimes one sometimes both

It’s never the destination

It’s always getting there

Present (for Muenster❤️)

Now that I think

About it the past

And the future only

Ever occurs in our

Minds but the present

The present only ever

Occurs in our hearts