The sun over head.

The water beneath my feet.

My toes sink in bliss.

Cherry blossoms unfold.

Light reveals damp shadows.

Water rests on leaf tops.

Light shines on my face

slamming cabinets awake me

my blankets roll off.

Tree tops meet the clouds.

Roots reach down into the earth.

But this pebble just sits.

UNFORGOTTEN
translated into English by: Laurence Hope (1865-1904)

O you ever think of me? you who died

Ere our Youth's first fervour chilled,

With your soft eyes closed and your pulses stilled

Lying alone, aside,

Do you ever think of me, left in the light,

From the endless calm of your dawnless night?

I am faithful always: I do not say

That the lips which thrilled to your lips of old

To lesser kisses are always cold;

Had you wished for this in its narrow sense

Our love perhaps had been less intense;

But as we held faithfulness, you and I,

I am faithful always, as you who lie,

Asleep for ever, beneath the grass,

While the days and nights and the seasons pass,--

Pass away.




I keep your memory near my heart,

My brilliant, beautiful guiding Star,

Till long life over, I too depart

To the infinite night where perhaps you are.

Oh, are you anywhere? Loved so well!

I would rather know you alive in Hell

Than think your beauty is nothing now,

With its deep dark eyes and its tranquil brow

Where the hair fell softly. Can this be true

That nothing, nowhere, exists of you?

Nothing, nowhere, oh, loved so well

I have never forgotten.

Do you still keep

Thoughts of me through your dreamless sleep?




Oh, gone from me! lost in Eternal Night,

Lost Star of light,

Risen splendidly, set so soon,

Through the weariness of life's afternoon

I dream of your memory yet.

My loved and lost, whom I could not save,

My youth went down with you to the grave,

Though other planets and stars may rise,

I dream of your soft and sorrowful eyes

And I cannot forget.

VS poem

“Zen Vs Chaos.”

Zen	Vs	Chaos
peace	Vs	war
low tide	Vs	tsunami
country	Vs	city
forest	Vs	town
studio	Vs	building
still air	Vs	wind
relaxed	Vs	anxious
up	Vs	down
sleep	Vs	sports
silence	Vs	noise
sun	Vs	storm
cat	Vs	dog
tortious	Vs	hair
evolution	Vs	destruction

List Poem

"The First Day of Spring."

I enter the crisp morning air

my ears consume the sounds around me

the swaying branches drown out the noise of  baby birds calling out

spears of light burst through the canopies over head

as I walk

delicate leaves shatter beneath my feet

my eyes follow the clusters of pine needles

gliding along the pavement 

dancing around like tides dodging boulders

as the breeze awakens the plants around begin to transform

as life unfolds before me eyes

and cherry blossoms rest above my head

I suddenly know

that spring is here.