17th February 2023 WALK WITH ME Walk with me, my love My precious dream Whose smile is sunlight In the cool breeze. Hold my hand, my love Walking with you This earthen road Is a gilded path Where scents of H
17th February 2023 THE GIFT Bone of my bone Flesh of my flesh Soul of my dreams You are a mystery Of stars and light Of winds that wrangle The rain, of breath That shapes mountains Moves silver seas to blue.
17th February 2023 A LIGHT MOST GENTLE Shadows crossed The room Touching Her ashen face Leaving us Dark, gaunt, deficient Forever changed And when that Tender, beautiful spirit Left us She was light
17th February 2023 SOLDIER I am a lion Born Of a beautiful legacy With pride in my heart And fire in my soul I fought for all of us But find that I am Redlined Torn, worn, threadbare But not defeated By sh
17th February 2023 SOLDIER PTSD (two nontraditional haiku) I The war is over Lost at home, bombs blast, lights blind The battlefield remains. II I cannot see you Winter memories scar me Soldiers fall like snow
17th February 2023 PERSPECTIVE I am black My eyes are Brown and deep Kinky hair, dark skin Do not complete Who I am. I am at once One and many For there is more To me than we. I am a brilliant shade
17th February 2023 KEEPING TIME Sing songs That were new In the voices Of the old Ringing high Above the rhythmic beat Moving priceless melodies To wandering youth Of ancient dreams Of man and gods Of fai
17th February 2023 LADY SINGS THE BLUES She is brown and blue Her soulful moan Serenades the moon And sets the sun. She is screaming quietly Through muffled memories She serves the audience The bone blues of