I Have Twelve Lines for You

twelve years and counting
the vows we made
in bounty and adversity
I will honor until eternity

I was, before you - just me
now a family
you're my piece of peace
my haven before heaven

as I did then
I say now

in good times and bad

even death cannot us part

Happy Anniversary, Randy.

(pic art by Daniel Knight)

Poem for Liz

From these -  

   womanhood blossomed
      yellow polka dot bikini sits
         a lover slaked his thirst

             a babe suckled then slept
          

From these -

   she felt fear

      she heard her sentence  

         her mortality said hello
            she said no

Without these -                
     she still  felt loved

        she learned courage
          she learned surrender
              she survived

Farewell to Summer

September brings with it
a last fling with summer
before autumn sweeps in
and the steroid-pumped sun
leaves nothing but a sunburn
like paint peeling.
a glass of lemonade sits
sweet, sweating, sweltering
thirst unquenched and
dreamin' of chillin'.
your lips. only yours.
September brings with it
a last fling with summer
a birthday to remember
her kiss to surrender

Nine One One

Twin infernos

Apple gone sour

Unborn son asks

"Is this my world?"

Deaths in four digits

Wounded even more

Unborn son asks

"Is this my world?"

Hearts scarred by time

Unforgetting. Yet hope prevails.

Today son says, "Love, mama?"

Gentle Woman

Blessed are you with us women
Gracious in spirit
Teach us widom
Teach us love
Teach us peace
Show us courage
Show us grace
Show us surrender
Be the light
Be the dove
In the heavens above
You were made for us women
You were made for Jesus. Amen.

ZenSue Blessing

May you start and end your day with gratitude

Let love be your  guiding light

May you  open the gift of every now with wonder

Let the sublime and ordinary amaze you in equal measure

May you welcome poetry when it knocks on your heart's door

Better still, seek it with a passion as you have never before

And always, in all ways

To thyself be true.