Ineffable

With the greatest of proclamations

The ineffable joy

That is felt from the purest of loves

Born on the earth

From one human heart to the next

I exalt this freedom

From the lowest valley

On the deepest dark day

I have hope for more

To be birthed

With true life

Resilient

In the face of snow

Winter bearing down

The forest thrives

In the winter ice

Giving life

Well under the ground

In a moment of doubt

I take heed from the trees

That have no leaves

In the depth of

Winter

Ebullient

Ebullient

The times of the year

When Thanksgiving

Rolls around

Over the fallen leaves

And the fall sun

The days of life

That are lived

To just be happy

To just be

Labyrinthine

The labyrinthine of

Mind

Time

And

Time

Again

The complications of human life

Lived through days

On this earth

Woven in the fabric of

Experiences

One can only try to understand

So we exist

Not knowing all

But learning to know

Each other

Division

The divides

Magnified

By lies

But when the truth

Is spoken

In a hushed town

The sails are left

Empty

For the truth

Does not need to hide

The lies

Have to avoid the

Exposure

To our eyes

Ephemeral

The fleeting sand

Moving through the timepiece of life

Life is simply

Ephemeral

Taking the time that I have

And using it

With a certain fire to stoke

As the world spins

Around

I find the hope

Of a fleeting glance

Serendipity

Is it a pre ordained sequence

Or a type of chemistry

That plays out

When the light

Hits a certain

Curb

In my eyes

That I remember a previous time

The serendipity

In that connection I feel

Close to the

Life that I live

New York City

How long has it been

Since I have smelled the roasting

Chestnuts

In the square

Taking in the lights

As the night approaches

The city I remember

Every ounce of living

On those streets

I miss what I knew

At a time when

City life

Was for

Me and you

North Carolina

A place of such

Rich landscape

The hushing breeze

And grassy fields

Under a sky of silk

Woven feathers

Bright and blooming

As the flowers come through

The mountains

Hold you tight

As they always do

In the state of North Carolina

You feel as fresh

As the morning dew

Petrichor

The new earth

Releases the petrichor’s

A feeling

After the long drought

As the damp

Water falls on the parched

Earth

I smell the must

Of water

Into the

Sky

Amidst

The worry of the

Dry

The set in water

Eases the earth

Back into life