Bouquet

I am older

And like last

Years bouquet of

Wildflowers I retain

My beauty though

Different my fragrance

Is gone but

The memories of

My gathering still

Blooms and then

One freshly cut

Bud is added

To me making

Me blossom again

Like the first

NewMorning

The night sky

Glows an iridescent

Blue like trout

Swimming in Colorado

Shimmering with the

Evening stars making

The horizon dance

Like the window

At Tiffany an

Orchestra of crickets

Chirp in harmony

As this new

Day slowly quietly

Twinkles to life

YourPhrase (for Brandon)

And you took

A chance on

A humid July

Day and lobbed

A message that

Caught me off-guard

Completely surprised I

Wondered who now

Is knocking here

Opening the door

A giant peered

It is I

Haven’t you been

Waiting for me

Different we are

As moon sun

As coffee milk

As soil rain

We are singly

Magnificent yet together

Something even better

A wonderful surprise

Daybreak

Watching the new

Days sky glow

From black to

Blue is like

Catching snowflakes on

My tongue knowing

That tomorrow we

Will sled there’s

Hope in the

Sky that soon

Will come day

NewDay

Let us speak

Of hope of

Newness of change

Let us see

The world as

An eternal spring

Filled with blessings

And laughter put

Away your despair

And heartache and

Sing the songs

Of joy each

Day brings new

Surprises and challenges

Embrace them like

A child running

Into your arms