ButTrees (to Aziz)

We are but

Trees in forest

Some will fall

By ax others

By saw some

By winds and

Some by pests

Until then we

Give shade air

And beauty homes

To creatures big

And small until

Our day comes

To go and

Make room for

All the others

Join Always (to Bean & Boo)

Just know that

When you sleep

I am with

You and always

InSleep (to Bean)

You have no idea

What I see

When you’re asleep

I see you

Unblemished how I

Want you to

Be this pure

Thing that I

Want to admire

And yet the

Closest that I

Get to you

Is in sleep

WindLove (for David)

I’m told that

I write often

About love for

Me love is

Like the wind

Invisible and moving

It makes leaves

Fall in fall

Snow blow to

Drifts in winter

Cools in summer

And brings rain

In spring and

Like wind if

We had not

Love we all

Would be simply

A desolate shriveled

Dry place lacking

Beauty and life

YourKisses (to boo)

You kiss me

Each time like

It’s the last

Yet like summer

Follows spring tenderness

Turns to heat

Like a warm

Towel after cool

Baths and like

Butter melting on

Warm bread your

Kisses come surprisingly

Like rain showers

In Honolulu sunshine

Bathed yet cooling

Tender and sweet

Like buttery croissants