The saguaro
Rises high above my feet
Taking me away from the desert
Life
Such luscious curves
In a resilient growth
Of life
That inspires even the fallen
To rise again
To see what can come
From another day
Another sunrise
As the saguaro
Rises from the air
So do we
Over the mountain mist
That fills the cactus with water to live
The sun rises
Lazy in the sky
Held up by clouds
Bleak yet wired in full strength
To life the life force into the day
From the mountain tops a peak
Of sun begins the day
Along the roads
The desert life arrives
In the morning gray
In the early of the day
The desert awakes slowly
To a subtle desert gray
Upon the cactus in bloom
In the early months
5 before June
To take up the winds
In a warming sunrise
Behind the clouds
Not for the eyes
These grays of life
Bring about the abundance of sun
That comes with day
Well after it has begun
Scottsdale sun
Running from the cold
Up North where the wind blows
Harsh upon the skin
To take in the recovery
Of light and fusion
Into my own brain
To sort the confusion
A summer delegation
Scottsdale constitution of resolve
Bitter from the memories of the past
In the words of another
To be away
And home
Is the hope
Under the Scottsdale Sun
To the Camelback Mountains
The praying monk
And the light from the shimmering sun
Over the land of Phoenix
Upon the light set mood of winter
As the palms sway
Embracing for another day
For summer is far at this point
In the easy flow of winter
The Camelback home of the west
In the wildlife of life
Is where you can find me
From the side of the street
To the mountain side
The saguaro reaches delicately out to the sun
For life
For growth
But with the tender life force
Comes hollowed out worlds
That lead to the saguaro blues
The sky down to the ground
As the cactus is laid bare
In a world so ready to move on
But the cactus reminds us that
Even in the midst of the desert
Life can spring forth abundantly
For all of us to see and be inspired to
Live fully
The quiet night of cold winds
To the bright day of warmth
Bringing just enough heat to warm the skin
The ridge runs through the mountains
Into the moonlight and sun beams
To the cactus reaching full bright daylight
With creatures small and timid
To the desert ridge of spring
Comes the fullness of summer sun
A bid you adieu
2025 we’ve seen you through
From the confusion to the start of nightmares
The year took its toll
And tilled us to powder
To the next year we start
In the morning hours
At the cafe in Chicago
Seeing the last lights of 2025 dim
What brings us into the year ahead
Propels us
To what lies in the last words
Said
Make the year new
With snow on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan
Chicago and the fall of white crisp
Flakes
To take the new direction
That life will bring
In a new year
Of life
And joy
The dunes of Christmas
Shore up on Lake Michigan
Again and again
The winds blow snow and rain
Summer and plain winter
To take up the roads of tomorrow
With the winding dunes of today
We prepare for Christmas
To be together in a warm living room
Together we will be
Soon
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