How are the flaws as important as the beauty marks?
We seek perfection only to find the real value is in sharing the flaws,
learning to walk in the light of those scars that add depth to the soul,
inculcating the compassion necessary to grow as human beings.
Without flaws, there is no depth to the soul.
Perfection is our puny attempt to emulate the divine,
a feat that is never achievable and destined to break our spirit.
So share the flaws that allow the bonds of friendship and love,
infuse the compassion and integrate the knowledge

under the shade
of the parkland trees
the grass fades
in its dark embrace
the birds go about
unknowing
filling the air with
their song

concrete crack
asphalt track
my wheels turn
chain click
air through hair
and headstrong

reverie rivers
of the script voice
soothing
pleasing
angels of mercy
touching
letter by letter

In a dream
we meet
keeping
alight the flame
we need

A new kind of love

A new born child
is like this
doesn't know
a world does exist,
in any case
what a world is 'tis
not known
'tis bliss

she winks and wakes
and then has a shake
asks for milk
she awakes
O miss

the mist of darkness
has been wiped away
the sunrises
like each and every day
and
the galaxy and moon go away
then it’s only my life and yours
all say

Medical billing
Hospitals make a killing
As invoice chilling

The sun hides its watery shame
In sullen skies of moody hues
Shrouding us in fear and blame
Storm clouds spreading winter blues

Oh Autumn

Every year you come
I nearly succumb
to you every now and then
as in September
seasons you
strip all nature
why do you

still autumn
all love you
as you is just a cushion
between summer's
warmth
and
winters cold breeze

and
as snows come
all freeze
Autumn
you make me sneeze

I like the pain,
in some small way.
I kind of like
how it smells and tastes,
and I wear it
because I've got nothing else.

It's amazing how healthy I can feel
when I'm especially unhealthy.
Indeed, it's quite comforting
how uncomfortable I am.

And I have friends,
or old congregants
who view me
as a sideshow.
They'll ask me out to lunch
or drinks
so they can hear the latest gossip
or "my side of things"
before going back to center ring.

Wait seeming endless
Awaiting patience boundless
Management mindless

S.T.A.R.T. T.H.I.N.K.I.N.G.

Stimulate
That mind
Activate
Reasoning
Train your brain

To
Host
Innovative
New
Knowledge.
Invigorate your
Neocortex and
Generate ideas

F.R.E.E. T.H.I.N.K.E.R.

Fact finders
Rational reviewers
Eclectically
Educated

Talented
Habitual
Investigators
Nonconformist valuing
Knowledge, logic, and
Empirical evidence. While
Rejecting hearsay and belief.

The wind sizzles
the decorator trees
reach past the second
floor windows
There are stars
There will be a moon
its light is on the wall
on the mural hanging
by framing wire

A white fan hisses
its voice..already its
putting me too sleep
but each intrusive puff
of wind of the west
knocks the closed
blinds against the
frame of Her window
drawing me up from
the well of reverie