Spring

Having once been 
but became something
else almost unknown
I had pooled
into a valley
and there I
fed into others
losing the very
thing that once
I remember was
clear and crisp
and oh so

Alone

Having run
the horse
until sweaty
I slide
off swatting
letting it
go in
whichever direction
it wants
for it
has taken
me as
far as
it can
and it’s
from here
I must
go alone

Hound

I love 
my peace
I love
my life
I have
no drama
I have
no strife
there is
such quiet
there is
no sound
except for
the baying
of some
distant hound

Happy

Gratitude is 
the fullback
in my
game of
life it
clears the
way for
me to
score the
touchdown of
my happiness

After

The way 
to start
is to
end be
it sentence
paragraph chapter
or book
one must
come before
to make
room for
the after