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Flash poems are written stream (or stutter) of consciousness when there is a window in time. 
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July 2, 2014

Blustery wind slams
The waves against the shore
Explosions of salt water
Whack the barnacled rocks
Pine trees sway in the turbulent air
I sit inside and tend
The fire burning there
Sleepy slumber seems to seek my snore
Emotions simmer in silence
As if absorbing shocks
I sit in numbness feeling free
From time and clocks
My face feels chaffed by wind and sun
Soul weary traveler says
Let the day be done
Life continues less when we sit
Than when we run
Lying still, stillness seeks completion
Meditation is fine
But fitness needs motion
Put the bad things on a list
For their deletion
Find a fine fortress
Built upon a healing potion
But for now sit and listen to the roar
Of wild waves dancing
And crashing on the shore

March 23 2014

The time is between

Breath in and out while
We have this time
We come into this world
Alone and leave in kind
Sit in sun and smile
Water ripples, stones hurled
Dreams we lose and find
Birth to death we sail
Soak up all we've seen
'til we part the veil
Taste the time in between

 

12-2-2013 A moment ago the world was dying Calendar called by the mighty Mayan Perhaps it did die that day Or just began to fade away Or perhaps renewal is at hand Peace will spread across the land And we will see a new age begin Where spirit is a part of the fabric Of the day to day and life's magic News that feeds our fear Will fade away and disappear Forgotten are the tears of mothers Guns laid down, all men are brothers In a moment we all find we're flying Spirit rejoicing gravity defying On we will go into the setting sun One life ended and one life begun     11-22-2013 Hope met hate in a Texas town Hate took the shot and shot hope down And although the world kept spinning round More than some one died that day Cracks and leaks sprung in the dam Someone's sent us off to Vietnam Fuel fed the fire that brightly burned Peace was lost while fear was learned Sad strangers stood upon the shore Wondered what they were fighting for Cocking and knocking on heaven's door How very far we were led astray The earth shook as bombs tore the veil Madness marched over hill and dale Would that one day Peace might prevail What a hefty heavy toll we pay More than some one died that day Will Peace ever come to stay... October 10, 2013 Music, lovely music soothes the tired soul Melodies mean meaning more and more The stories of our lives and times Set to flowing rhythms and to rhymes Like wind blown waves upon the shore They take missing pieces and make whole A broken heart or wounded spirit Life is lyrics when you hear it Music lovely music means so much to me If the music stopped I would cease to be October 4, 2013 Frosty feeling foggy mornings Seem to say season's change in session Wishing willing away cold warnings Let the winter wind lead cease this procession September 13th, 2013 Dreams, mists, linger waking Ships list fingers shaking In my soul the feelings stir I look around, scene a blur Is this a dream staking Claim to my spirit Promising flight without wings Weightless waiting on this body To lie down and let me leave Free of this plane of masses Of wonder what my task is Period not a comma Solitude not drama   September 11, 2013 Awake and move to motivation Corner caught in consternation All fall to anxious anticipation /Some impending sense of doom Yet laughter flows freely like wine And we forget the rest for a time What is coming is less and less sublime Heralding its arrival with a boom Some say it's unfolding as meant to be Just what is coming I cannot seem to see Deafness falls on those who'd hear the plea Some say it is exchanging freedom for chains All I know is we have this time We have this chance to be cruel or kind The things we loose and choose to find All summed up in the pleasures and the pains So what will our final story be Too soon it will be ancient history That lasts for an eternity Be it bliss for every body Be it bliss for every body Basking in the light of Love August 21, 2013 Bad Business Partners Thoughts loom heavy on souls The silent stillness The false impression The empty fillness The true confession Beware those who wear emperor's clothes Those who feign wealth while debt grows Collecting cash not paying tolls If you're confounded I propose Before deeming it depression Scrutinize the connection See solely in this session Ask yourself this question Am I surrounded By ass holes   July 17, 2013 Sun sends soft signals sighing Rain reaches thirsty leaves drying Summer dances on the breeze Moist cool feel finds ways to please For the drying happens so quickly here Where clouds cause gray or rain most of the year Whether the weather life happens in a moment So live it, breath it, feel it, love it, touch it, own it.   Just being Just being seeing feeling Day to day to day dealing Making music when I may Weaving through another day Leaving loss layers peeling Down down to the inner Source Up up springs the Living Force Opening our eyes to see Giving living letting be Is the key to ending strife Creating calm peace in life   July 11, 2013 Watching little lives unfold It is like stardust in a haven hold Where all is safe and all is good You play in an enchanted wood Where all the fairy tales are real Sing, dance with zest and zeal Life goes on for evermore No doubting what life is for You go forth strong and bold Watching little lives unfold June 12, 2013 The aching head upon waking The memories toll taking Gratitude seems to evade me No need for palms to shade me From the gray of another Northwest day Still so much to say So many songs to write and play So much love and sorrow in my heart Feels like time to both end and start To quit or carry on and play On another Northwest day May 26,2013 The boit boit bing do it The game draws you into it Is IQ lower when one quits Are we becoming vidiots Technology in hands Free from talking's demands Reaching out towards the moon Alone in a full room But for images in hands Collecting coins in surreal lands May 22,2013 Rain sizzles on the leaves Sun slumbers high above the eaves I wonder at this simmering Is peace simply a glimmering Hope that lies within That I have sought without So seeking once again I release the doubt Face a long forgotten vow Heaven or hell is here and now April 2013 Some jesters sing  Of being free Of rising up  Spiritually While they slobber With drink's drool Ever liars ever fools Fooling none  But themselves While prancing  Like Reggae elves They bully and boss Arms outstretched  As if on cross As dog servants he/she sees us  Set fervent  Sees himself Jesus Grants absolution No matter what their sin Firm resolution To hurt and hurt again The wicked witch and Would be wizard Woe The conniver and the fool So perfectly matched oh So comfortable with cruel   March 22, 2013 Pulling to Peace (Objects at rest tend to stay at rest) It is like moving through thick heavy liquid It is like slowly freezing solid, being statued It is sun seeking on a cold cloudy day Foraging for fun feeling lost in the fray Distant crumbling drab and dole Pulled to pieces by black hole Pulled to peace is being whole Forgiveness fulfills the total toll Rising up from whence we fall All of us in One and One in all Soul survives with steely stealth Coming to see, be, a higher self When wounded wield a healing salve Get grateful for the good we have Dream all we can dream while we can For we never know this life's end plan We're made mostly of the same dust as stars We travel through time hoping to heal the scars From the depths we seek the surface where We break through and breath the living air Seeking sweet serenity of soul Pulled to peace is being whole Sweet release to smile and nod Time for letting go and letting God January 22, 2013 Missing My Love I turn into the driveway with the green gate I wonder what is coming but I must wait Troubles travel tirelessly in threes I feel the still chill air against my knees Is this chance alone or is it fate That finds me here miles from home Alone, lost, scattered like sea foam I reach into the empty air and feel it stir My love's hug's comfort does not occur It is just the cold and empty that I feel I would that I could in an instant repeal This distance daunting distanced state All this my lover's kiss could can abate When once again her soft voice I hear Savoring her presence when next I draw her near I will be kissing instead of missing my love I will be kissing instead of missing my love January 18-2013 The Candle and the Moon The moon in the midst of the swaying trees Calls me to come out and play But these warm blankets gathered at my knees Make me want to stay And watch the candle and the moon I had a grand day today playing my guitar Singing to the sun sinking in the west Purple passion sky seemed so near yet far I soak up the hues that I love the best Watching candle waning to the tune I am ready for my rest I am ready for my rest _______________________________________ July 10-2012 Fear finds ways to bind us Tears fall hard to remind us Of the painful pinning lack of kindness You stumble here with one another You seek some way soon to discover That love can conquer all Even the most very cautious fall And plummet into the abyss Having learned no lesson save for this No matter how much we gain or loose So much hangs upon the choices that we choose July 4, 2012 Sounds shout out like thunder Roaring and rumbling over plains Vision magnified and crystal clear Can't seem to cough it under Crackling crunching pains Gasping grabbing I feel no fear Longing for some sweet release Wind within the wind chimes Has me wishing wheezing's wane Stars a light in daytime Dance before my eyes I feel an inner peace As one before he dies Breath in so soft and steady Empty lungs feel full already Clicking clacking clocks As if in a airless box Feeling feint and pale Halfway through the veil It is the breath of life I feel I shall sleep now so I'll heal July 3, 2012 Finding fault fastidiously Is freeing for some folk Deflecting wounding words can be A source of full time work The toll is high the pay is low For those who take the yolk Forever clever on we go Less someone see us shirk Here inside my head I hear A symphony of voices Indistinct yet quite clear "We live with our choices" Day to day let me be A person with integrity Let it be written when I'm dead He ne'er worried what last he said Like a squirrel seeks out his stash I mindfully mine each word Recalling all I've seen and heard I pump poems out in a flash March 1, 2012 The wisdom of the ages flows like wine We listen to sages seeking a sign We hasten to pages turning through time Never ever knowing what end we'll see Sometimes life feels like a coin that's been tossed We pout at the pains and that which we've lost We gaze at the gains and just what they've cost Clever ever flowing with what will be This mere sheer reflection of imper-perfection The wisdom of this: Life just simply is January 21, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~!!~~~~~~~~~~~ When seeking seek some spiritual Me me me doesn't nestle nurturing Me me me embellishes suffering To see the world through grown up eyes Or a child's innocence, which is more wise? Selfishness may be conventional But giving love that is intentional Leads to a life that is much more full Sometimes giving is what love is for When it comes to taking, less is more   January 16, 2012 The Snow Is Falling And the snow continues to fall I hear the silence call It whispers on a windless night Winter wearing endless white I listen to the quiet Would that I could fly It is the magic The glad, the tragic Flying freely I Sighing see thee Great the small Oh the wonder of it all I feel at peace The sweet release -----/////\\\\\-----   January 5, 2012 Wounded healer Deep soul feeler Kingly kneeler Arise. Arise Distant thunder From over under Washed asunder Surprise. Surprise. Self reliant Dream defiant Sleeping giant Your eyes. Your eyes Are opening to truth Aged ageless youth For Freedom forsooth Indeed In need Agreed We dance among the living Learning loving and forgiving January 4, 2012 ~~~~~***~~~~~ Trickling rivulets of rain Prickling minuets of pain Play out upon the stage A body, heart, mind and spirit A movie made to feel it hear it We write it page by page We live it age to age To light To love To rebirth To Healing peace Upon the earth ~~~~~~~~~ January 1, 2012 Another Christmas gone Happy New Year Another Christmas gone Life goes on within and without you Rain soaked Seeking shelved Wind blown Unknown 20 12'd Bright hope? New dark dawn? Love knows we begin By Being true By Being We continue on Calm cloaked clever clear Happy 2012 is here December 2, 2011 What happens? What happens To the days To the time Like a stolen stipend Like lost way's Descending climb I feel the waves crashing Calling me beyond Step in and swim Out to see Swim on and on and on Straight into eternity Or the cold dark night Or sprout wings of fire And soar into the light I come to in this waking dream So far from the sea I listen to the drizzle rain Sign saying let it be Breath out the pain And in the gratitude Loose the loss and Glean the gain With loving attitude And smile for my face likes that Though I far too often do forget Then I trace the thoughts back And cast aside regret Then I plainly plainly see What happen's up to me   Bodega Bay California January 31, 2013 Treading Water Caught in the current being carried I know not where but I am married To the sea and she carries me silently I fight for peace and struggle violently Then realize there is a soothing balm Each breath breathe in and out the calm Call upon the angels for defense For direction as I sit upon this fence Let no more "I don't know" be spoken Let me see the signs and take the token Across the bridge to the higher grounds I listen with my soul to the holy sounds That resonate deep within my soul Call me waking, heal me whole Treading water keeps me a float Eyes closed I cannot see the boat That floats beside me every day Angels lift me up and guide my way Let me be a beacon of the Light Give us peace through darkest night Discharge all fear and all this dread Let Angel's wings around us spread Higher Power ascending from above We stand together sending out the love August 22, 2011 Trickle Trickle trickle splash Whooshing of the wind Counting out the cash Calling freely on a friend To follow up on finding free Making merry to the mile end The time and place to let it be We long for living on the island We live and love whether near or far But being on the beach by you Is my wish upon a star I know you feel it too Trickle trickle splash Whooshing of the wind Let's just make a dash My lover and my friend   May 7th, 2011 Reflections The crescent moon points to the evening star I sit in the darkness and listen to the wind It rushes and brushes the leaves and then It waxes and wanes with the door a jar I consider an early slumber or attempt To lie upon the bed and take my rest Too many nights find me on this futile quest As sleeps eludes me as if I were exempt Still I find an inner peace as I listen to the trees Joy or sorrow, today, tomorrow, bless our families ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   April 26th, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a pearl gray day And the rain is falling to the ground I squeeze my eyes closed tightly And listen to the sound And I feel You all around me I can hear the things You say Sometimes shouted silently They tell me go, they tell me stay Is a new beginning near or is this the end Who is the enemy here and who is the friend So I pick up my guitar and as I sing and play I forget these questions on this pearl gray day In the background is the quiet cooing of a dove Telling me it all begins and ends with Love ~~~~~~~~~~~ March 23rd, 2011 What a day is today Partly cloudy, cold and sunny Description comes to play In ways it seems so very funny What weather words portray In these times of great commotion Feelings sway like tall trees in a storm People are much like the ocean Calm, crazy, cold and warm We live in times of deep emotion We're selfish, kind, happy and sad Partly good and partly bad And no one gets out alive Human kind at its best Will all be put to the test Are we worthy to survive January 8, 2011 The Road We're On Challenge me with a Bakugan I will rise to meet the pain We will see who will fall And who will remain It is only a game after all Part of the road we're on Trickling water, cooing dove Outside the fast lane And in silence I recall Sweet comfort to attain Everything is passing all What is left is only love And love will conquer all.

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