Daybreak

And now 
mountains shimmer
like rainbow
trout swimming
slowly upstream
purple then
orange and
finally white
as quiet
sun rises
and tall
buildings like
daffodils turn
towards it
basking in
the light
of early
morning sun

Mountain (for Bean)

I imagine 
you as
mountain me
as explorer
I enjoy
discovering you
your valleys
and rainforests
the peaks
of shoulders
and the
shallow hips
the hills
of chest
and oh
the deepest
of dark
pools eyes
every day
as sun
does rise
and days
do set
I paint
my trails
of you
in mind

NowThen

It is now 
way before then
that will remind
me of this
you me here
making new what
we will remember
as only old
one day soon
and hopefully later
for such times
only come around
every so often
but stay forever
funny such things
as they are

Tilled

It is 
always better
when it
is good
but love
isn’t built
on good
love is
built only
upon bad
at some
sufferings end
love then
when soil
is richest
and the
compost of
the past
has been
tilled plant
loves seeds
deeply then

Bad (for Bean)

Bad as
it was
remember this
bad is
what happens
when we
get used
to good
it’s a
reference point
it reminds
us that
tomorrow too
will come
and with
it better
for bad
like most
things worse
doesn’t stick
around long