Posts by webcentricity7

here on the road to tomorrow
footprints drift back
into the past

as we turn to learn
where we’ve come to be
we can see the leaves have changed

but nothing changes how i feel
i stand in awe of you
i see you watching out for me
there’s so much I must do for you
the truth is that I love you more
with every passing day

on this journey of
so many steps
we’ve wandered through our dreams
it seems to me
we’ve plucked them easy
from those meadows by the sea

but then there were the mountains
the rivers and the streams
the thunder and the raindrops
the times we took to cry and
the times we picked ourselves back up
to give it one more try

now I look into your eyes
the sunlight shining down
windows in the wall
we’re calling out to memories
of things we’ve seen and still believe

a crescent glow
shapes the sky,
another night,
the pale moonlight
bringing us
together

the weather vane
is standing still
though storms may gather in the hills
another trial we’ll surely face.
that other place we’ve never been
lies waiting

please remember
that it’s what we need
to live this life
complete with dreams

beyond the meadows by the sea
past the boulders in the road
we’re seeking stories still untold
mysteries yet to break the mold
all i see is eternity
reflected in your clear blue eyes
while life is not a game
we play it anyway.

from milliliters
to drips
to puddles, streams, and ponds
lakes, springs, rivers, and seas
ice and fog and cloud and rain
steam, sweat, and tears

i am a set of molecules
conceived only who knows how?
a consumer of myself
a circle bound to its radius
i follow the flow
bearing the gift
of a quenching sip
i get up and walk
swim the deep
sail the sky
burrow into the earth

i am root
i am leaf
i am hoof
i am wing
i am scale
i am fur
i am me
i am you
you are me
you are you

you are the reflection in a puddle
i am the damp on your cheek
your eyes see faces in the clouds
i drizzle

we are ripples
we are waves
we are snow
we are hail

we are one in the timeless sea

but i will always remember you
by the way i see you now

just another drop in the bucket
splashing around.

too philosophical with my bishop, again
my opponent overwhelms me with his rooks
in football, the term is “obvious pain”
in love, it could be called a “mortal wound”
in war, i guess they call it “checkmate”
it’s a game gentlemen play
gentlemen from Mars
bearing the seal
of the Great State of Confusion
flying the banner of the Order

draw up lines—choose sides
decide what’s right and wrong for the other guy
validate cheating
set rewards for dealing
from the bottom of the deck
now shake hands
act like friends

this game doesn’t concern the peasantry
they’re still peasants
and there are more now than ever

now is a good time for a war
the football season is almost over
murder the pawns, bishops, rooks, and running backs
hang the queen
guillotine her knights in shining armored personnel carriers
draw and quarter the quarterback off in a stretcher

stalemate—shell shocked—reset the board

black or white?

I’ve somehow abandoned my keys
they’re the most lost set of keys
on the planet
or perhaps they feel mighty free right now
whatever

guilty from birth
I forever lose objects, people, my mind, the way
my subconscious mantra of
I must possess
surfaces on pedestrian occasions

a small ask
just some “lost and found” justice
not for memories shed, no
on this corner of the globe
with my ship adrift, I’m more in need of a sail

time to deal with
abandonment issues
let this loss be what it is, lost
get new keys from the landlord
swim out of the ether and dry myself off

all attempts to distract from the goal
thwarted at the entrance
soft tissue, nerves, bones, and brain resist
I turn my thoughts within
and wait for daylight

possessing a key is a full-time commitment
but what about mismatched keys?
I write a poem for each
separate them
from the clutter in my mind

right at home in the bewilder-ness, I am
call me mad, they do
I don’t know how they know
because I only talk to others
when I’m alone.