A psalm of rest seems mocking me No flock upon this path I see My shoulders ache beneath my load So weary is the soul When have we lain in pastures fresh? For many a mile, I must confess My lips could not your promise vaunt I shall not want I shall not want What … Continue reading A Psalm For The Drought
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A memory like Texas thunder Flashed behind my eye Where long ago, a camp light Flickered red on mountain sky To seem as though but yesterday Yet seem another life Is mystery and commonplace Profound, yet somehow trite For times of youth seem far and lost Upon a distant shoal Still I am young—or so they … Continue reading Finitude Infinitum
At last I feel the hope of spring Lost in the arms of willow Beyond the blade, the bark, and leaves I hear with skin, and touch So long since last I breathed at noon So long since last it glistened Content to see To breathe To be To talk to trees And listen Continue reading Spring In The Trees
“Love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame.” Song of Solomon 8:6 ~ Stale unwanted essence Seeping grimy through these ribs Gasping, shallow Gasping, shallow Even thoughts are ghostly fingers Grasping shadows Shallow, deep Where the worm eats out the … Continue reading Jealousy
The Longest Road 