To the unassuming hills
We may be how we please
For they judge us sparingly
For our actions
To the flowers and tall trees
Only sting comes from the bees
Who sacrifice themselves
To teach our lesson
To the sky and raging sea
We may shout and curse free
But to woman, man and child
Reveal true nature
Is not so much a title
As a confession
Piggy back fingers
Plastic white keys
Crawling like mother spiders
Carrying plump babies
Star charts and milk shakes
At red velvet lounge
Coaxed so gently, never pushed
To play as long as life allows
So swiftly she overtakes me
As our web of dreams wash away
Hands dance along to weave
New memories for us
All the while reminding
Of the years we invested
Together, playing and singing
Preparing for the day
To fill the spaces
When the tune escapes me
There was once a woman
Loved so dearly
Like big band theory
Exploding in brilliance
Forever in mind
Now an apparition
Reduced to hypothesis
Questioning
Mere fabric of time
Passing in orbit
Once in 80 years
World's apart
Never to unite
A fountain
Drawing up from within
Pressure shouts
To the sky
Cascades fly
Cleansed by daylight
Casting spectrums
Onlookers' mouths
Open wide
Glittering delight
Only to fall
To murky depths below
Awaiting next flight
As fires burn out
Sky falls down
Storms abate
Floods recede
Sometimes best
To ride it out
Breaking heart
Time to heal
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
~ Dire Straits
You taught me all
Mysteries of miniature
Universe beneath
Endless surprise
Wander to capture
Beauty reflected
In our eyes
Forever floundering
In this dear
Broken heArt
Of mine
Young mother treads by
Soft bundle wrapped on warm chest
Just like long ago
A lifering
Squalls capsize
Survive gales
Inflatable ego
Punctured bail
Ocean swallows
Strong arm fails
Love buoys will
Till smooth sail
Count the stars of heaven 