A Poem ... Land of Freedom

Land of Freedom

Symbols and sounds
Surround my space
Everything fits
We all have a place

They watch all
With critical eye
Do what they say
Or someone will die

Land of freedom
Distant dream
Wasteland now
Sludge and steam

The foundations groan
The sleeper awakes
Time to work
No more mistakes

Determined men
Strong and true
Start again
They know what to do

Evil flees before
Their wrath
Back to hell
They beat their path

Righteous Nation
Under GOD
We walk again
On holy sod

A Poem ... My World

My World.

I wonder 

  when we share 

a perfect view.  

Do we see 

  the same color 
and hue?

If I saw 

  your world,
through my  eyes

Would I 

  laugh, 
would it surprise?

Is your 

  garden green, 
my navy blue?

What is lie 

  and 
what is true?

When the sparrow

  birdsong 
sings

Would I think

  a 
church bell rings?

The orchid

  sweetest
perfume scent

Heavenly rain

  or 
olfactory dent?

Tender caresses

  under
moonlight

Ambrosia sweet

  or 
mosquito bite?

I’ll keep my world
  and 
my view

Knowing we are 

  different 
me and you.

Sit with me

  and
watch the sky

We’ll speak our truths

  and 
never lie.

A Poem ... The Blossom

The Blossom

The seed 
  was thrown away

Cast aside 
   for a better day

Sitting alone 
   in the garden shed

She wasn’t alive, 
   she wasn’t dead

Seasons came 
   and seasons went

Summer days 
   and winter spent

Forgotten by 
   the garden master

Not a life 
    just disaster

A loving hand
   plucked her up

Placed at last
   in the sowing cup

  Planted deep
   on a gentle plain

Sunshine bright 
    and blessed rain

Pain of growth 
   wracked her soul

To reach the sky 
    the ultimate goal

Blossom bright 
   in that final day

Watching the children 
    laugh and play

A Poem ... Spring

Spring

Sunbeams dance in the breeze
Waves of birdsong fill the trees

Flowers bloom with fragrance sweet
Laughter, love and beauty meet

Spring my favorite time of year
Even better when you are near.

A Poem ... Eden Back

Eden Back

Dusty Boots
   Beaten Hat
Western Girl
   Imagine that

Bible Verse
   In Her Heart
Lovely Feeling
   Brand New Start

Children Laugh
   Hug Her Tight
Sunshine Path
   Of Inner Light

Godly Blessed
   Each Passing Day
Eden Back
   Now To Stay

A Poem ... The Sunset

The Sunset

The crow's ragged grating voice
Greets the dawn, not my choice
Harbinger of love or grief
Both spoils of a deceitful thief

Love's crooked path far away
Not traversed in many a day
Grief my only steadfast friend
More gifts to heal and mend

The burden each hour seems to grow
My unsteady steps are faltering slow
This journey will end soon enough
Men used to be made of sterner stuff

Heart beating, breathing ragged gasps
A loving hand my shoulder clasps
Beautiful eyes and delightful smile
Lifts my burden and my trial

Daylight breaks the darkest night
Hope replaces deadened fight
Winding road now arrow straight
I love again, it's not too late

A Poem ... A Lonely Sea

 A Lonely Sea

Black lips and smoldering eyes
Hawk nose, a brilliant disguise
Hushed whispers filled with lies
Each day a deadly surprise

Time moves at different speed
Engulfing all with urgent need
Chaos has sown that demon seed
A universe filled with lonely greed

Progress grinds the beauty down
Fields of flowers now a town
in consumer lust  we slowly drown
A dismal circus without a clown

The chains of life still holding fast
Riding a ship that flees the past
On lonely sea so dark and vast
On lonely sea so dark and vast