Lollipop

This morning’s sky

Is a robins egg

Pale blue outside

With white edges

Where it cracked

The East glows

An iridescent white

While cool night

Retreats far west

Dipping its shadow

Behind the cypresses

The vibrant rich

Colors of day

Remain still muted

Sleepiness calm like

The last dream

I just had

Hangs like netting

I bathe nighttime

But dawn each

And every dawn

Brings to me

The same sweet

First taste of

A new lollipop

ButButOh (to Bean)

Oh I know

I know even

Now and I’ve

Said and you’ve

Heard but but

It’s your eyes

Pull me in

Each every time

Like dark chocolate

Whirlpools they draw

Me down into

The pools of

Your soul smiling

Like children unwrapping

Presents and when

Sad they fall

Like October’s leaves

While I remember

All of you

What I never

Forget are those

Brown kisses set

In almond cookies

CreamPuff

As a child

I stared through

The bakery window

At cream puffs

And while poor

I knew that

One day I

Would taste them

Oftentimes it’s not

In the tasting

That matters much

It’s the knowing

That you will

One day soon

You my dear

Will be handed

Your very own

And very sweet

Cream puff by

Another cream puff

SecondMoon (to You)

What is unimportant

To me is

Who I am

For I know

Important however is

You for you

I don’t know

You are the

Second moon in

My sky and

Upon you only

I can gaze

You are only

There when I

See you as

All others cannot

That is simply

How special you

Are to me

Romantic

Words and actions

That unlock the

Hearts lock springing

It open quietly

Are very romantic

Like whispers in

Twilight and breaths

On the cheek

Hearing heavens harp

Sweet soft song