The heart sees
What the eye
Cannot the eye
Is like a
Furloughed sailor often
Grabbing the first
Drink he can
Becoming intoxicated quickly
Slurred and stepping
On delicate toes
Ah but the
Heart is patient
Retired and kind
Embracing and dancing
One slow waltz
After another adding
Intermittent butterfly kisses
Between each dip
This morning starts
Crisp and cool
Like that first
Bite of Braeburn
Apples plucked from
Refrigerators gray skies
Like aggie and
Indian and purie
Marbles with which
Once I played
Cars buzz about
Filled with hurried
Shoppers sipping seasonal
Coffees and teas
And you of
Course beside me
Warm and sleepy
Yawning and smiling
Heaven on earth
I haven’t had
Much luck in
Love but great
Fortune my purse
May be empty
But my heart
Remains full I’m
A terrible gambler
I cannot bluff
When it comes
To love often
Loosing but always
Enjoying the game
And isn’t that
Better in the
Long run anyway
I awoke in
A field of
Wildflowers lavender honeysuckle
Peony and bluebell
Each different yet
Each the same
The same because
To my eye
They simply surround
Me like old
Friends different because
Like old friends
Each brings its
Own distinct color
Fragrance and beauty
Surrounded by nature’s
Possibilities do I
Pick or absorb
Breathing in I
Decide to snap
One free just
For me now
Come home with
Me and let
Me enjoy you
Where I can
Always see you
Where you belong
Beside me forever
I have been
Rebuilt even better
After a lifetime
Of heartbreak God
Presented a miracle
He refashioned my
Heart to be
Made of rubber
Able to withstand
The pummeling and
Pounding of those
Without hearts hell
Bent on making
Those that do
As cold as
Them but not
Me their hammers
Merely bounce back
To them echoing
You cannot hurt
Me any longer
