Monday, June 27, 2011

From Across the Meadow

From across the meadow
that comes between the highway
and our house, I can see the stand
of tall trees marking our place
on this wide earth.

They wave to us
in the warm summer breeze,
watch anxiously as we
cross the busy tracks
and make the wide turn,
safe again,
home -

and when we stroll
through the green evening yard,
inspecting rose and blushing tomato
these guardian spirits
patiently wait
as the veil of crimson
silently falls.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Your Sadness

Your sadness
fills me with
longing.

Of failing bodies
we talk of
treacherous blood, aching sinew,
swelling hearts, fiery love’s
dream, passion’s youth
fading to dull pain.

I want to pass the night
locked in your fresh embrace
but time
darkly intervenes,
shadows impenetrably
lie between.