A pinch
cheek salt
or saffron
adds but
a bit
of affection
bite or
even color
to wherever
it happens
to land
Category: Meditation
Early
I hear you
two out there
conspiring making mischief
when will he
you both wonder
kettle and cup
oh now dog
too has joined
the kitchen chorus
bringing along the
cymbals of dish
and adding drum
of tail against
the bedroom door
is it time
yet they sing
Sunny
Egg cracked
in pan
of night
edges dark
bubble brown
turn white
as sun
breaks the
eastern plains
and days
first meal
as morning
Pill
I’d stopped dreaming
instead settling down
into my routines
reality I realized
was the medicine
I’d been avoiding
the bitter pill
difficult to swallow
down my gullet
washed down with
gulp after gulp
of sour disappointment
and then you
a little teaspoon
filled with sweetness
offered to help
back to dreams
now I go
once I learned
Hinge
Rusty old hinge
kept door closed
the aching sound
worn out knees
filled with rheumatism
was too much
an oil can
found in garage
a few clicks
to the heart
and trust again
I do now
to let breeze
flow through home
