Roll Call

I know you want security

Hope and a home

Somewhere to go

To be alone

You and me

How do we balance

Freedom

With a sense of equality

To be loved

Yet not alone

When our legs our tired

To find a home

When the money comes through

When the investment pays off

Might be tomorrow

Or never

The life we live

We have chosen and embraced freely

The roll call being made

Reminds us of the toll it takes

 

Begin Again

Hello

Back again

I am

How is it that when

The open road calls

The mind goes quiet

Simply put

But back in my chair

Armed with new ideas

Opportunities

New experiences from

Across the country

Again I write

I reunite with a friend

I truly

Begin again

 

The Oregon Coast

Waves crash uneven

Surges

Reaching my ears

Pulling up

Pushing back

From the salty breeze

To the easy skies

Oregon coast

In my eyes

Waiting for the sun

To push through the clouds

While the sea lurches on

Bending up

Pulling back

The trees sit atop the mountains

Clean air

Subtle motion

Back to Words

Back to Words

Renewed and new

Old and worn

Planted and grew

I refresh in a new 

Set of words

Tied in meaning

And time

I return to Words

In search of rhyme

The Spring Rose

Weekend time

Refrain from form or position

One great laid back proposition

In peculiar movement

Relax and repose

The summer bursts

Following the spring rose

 

Hope Hoping

 

When the darkest hour can be lit

With the brightest light

Hope restored

Hope in the middle of night

I hold on to these beliefs of

A brighter future

Even though the hopes of few or one

Is to lead us all to a future

That can not soon be undone

I remain steadfast and hoping

That were we will end up

Is better than where we currently

Are going