My mare guardian true
guiding me through with a light heart
she speak wisdom in my ear so soft
steering me towards destiny keepers

she shows the way to those in need
come what may
she braid my hair with a gentle hand
braiding wisdom into each strand

she keeps secrets
loving me regardless through each life pace
knowing I oppose obedient she set me free
and raises a sword for me steadfast for me

When you craft my head
Do not forget those snakes as my hair
Think of medusa without shedding a tear
When u mold my eyes give me 3
Keep the them wide open
Open the third one wider
Think of 'she joseph'who is awake

When u move down to my nose
Forget about the nostrils for I lack the ability
To smell trouble but posses the power to land
In them
Can u try to knit my lips together like a
Knitted torn shirt? For I don't say
As much as I see I don't say anything at all

My corpse will rot
in mother earth.
The worms consume
my bones.

There's nothing here
worth saving.
The grave will be
my home.

Once I sang a happy tune,
for all the world to hear.
Now I'm standing in the rain
grinding all my gears.

Stuck here in this chaos,
I subsist from year to year.
Waiting for the End of Times
to satisfy my fears!

They wake up naked
Bereft of morals; ethics
The carnage took place

When I was young, I made a list
Of things I hoped to do and see
Before I felt death’s cold hard fist.
It was a detailed list, indeed.
But years have passed, and goals change, too,
As age and money interfered.
My modern list, revised and true,
Gives me joy as I persevere.
The first goal now: to give more love
To everyone within my reach.
To lift them up as high above
The mundane as I can, and teach
Them to believe in their own worth.
My next goal is to stretch my heart
To bring more people of the earth

She bobbed there in the gentle swell,
The little boat I knew so well.
The sail wrapped tight along the boom
Gave me a feeling of dark doom.
I saw no anchor chain hung down
To stop her, lest she run aground.
No one sat in her empty bow.
No hand controlled her keel just now.
A gentle breeze set her to rock.
How did she get loose from the dock?
As the breeze caused her to turn,
I spotted paint along her stern.
Rough letters where my name had been -
The words now looked like "Mortal Sin."

Spread the word
and spill the beans.
My bucket-list
is full of dreams.

Some are big,
some humbly small,
but they are all
aspirations to call.

We might suffer
disappointments,
we might suffer regrets;
and we shall always
meet doubts and threats.

I wanted to be a poetess
and a good mom too.
I wanted a world of justice,
that speaks but true.

But as it tends to forge
I find me a dreamer
with a bit of despair,
a modest human being
who dreads and dares;

You’ve left pieces of your heart around the planet.
Did you know at the start this life would demand it?
Your heart set your course to protect, to defend.
You joined an armed force. They give orders and send
You to places so far from all those you hold dear.
But you do it, because when the need is so clear,
You must go and respond, you must meet duty's call.
So you leave those you love and you stand up tall.
Like a flag, your heart's banner waves all unfurled
O'er the pieces of you left around the whole world.

The lights of the parking lot shine into the room,
As glaring at midnight as if it were noon.
Feels like I’m center stage in a reality show,
Everyone watching and I just don’t know
What my next line should be.

The curtains don’t close ’cause there’s no track to ride,
And they’d hang over the A/C if I tried.
No electrical juice in the wall outlets there.
My devices need feeding or I wouldn’t care.
And a lamp would be nice, though, to see.

The Couple
They sit together in the amber glow of a heavenly Mississippi sunset,
Gray heads moving back in forth in unison.
Sixty plus years of rocking have worn subtle grooves in the wood of the old porch.
Gnarled hands touch in the gap between the white-painted oak rockers,
Barely clasping as stiffened finger joints protest.
She smiles at him, her eyelids downcast, the shy smile of old.
He winks a rheumy eye in response, as he did when first they met.
Hearts communicating, they stop rocking and lean to a kiss,