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The Final Winter

I’ve come upon empty benches,A scattering of voices and dreams,Once filled with people in love,Now empty; burned black,Sitting sorely in pools of sooty water. Winter’s ice burned the benches,Scorching the plantings’ blooms,Each struggling for a spurt of growth,Colorful roses of red and yellow,Begging for a sliver of sun. I pray for one more day,A green-stemmedContinue reading “The Final Winter”

Imagine That

Midnight blue,It shadows you,Like shade near the horizon.Deep as black,Then broken back,To see the sun brighten. What shall I do,But walk with you,To join in spiritual journey,We walk the sky,Explore the why,Eternal life learning.

Sing Little Wing

I see you hopping, fluttering,Stuttering around your cage,Anxious to stretch your wings,Tell your story. I have been in that cage,Thinking I was of the age,That everyone neededto hear my story. Your morning’s just begun,No months ago there was no sun,I would urge you patience,You’ve time to share your story.

Loyal Hearts

I yearn to live an honest life,One to make you proud,One my children will look upon,To choose among the crowd. From you I have no secrets,Though at times I try to hide,The half of me not newly born,Where spirit and body collide, Thank you for not forsaking,The caliginous nature in me,Tonight, I’ll watch you flingContinue reading “Loyal Hearts”

My Son

Soaring high in the sky,Flying fast, flying fearlessly,Your iridescent feathers,Gliding gracefully. Ride the winds, my son,A free bird witheyes of eternal light,Circling; circling over me. Caw across the valleyWhistle into my dream,Nestle your nest of the firmamentand pray watch over me.

New Sheets

Sometimes a womanIs without a man,To hold her tight,And tell her she can. But I know some things,That you need to know,Sometimes its best,Just to let them go. To wash your heart clean,Build a nest with a view,Of a new life awaiting,His blessing for you. It’s time to make room,For somebody new,Invite the unexpected,Like aContinue reading “New Sheets”

Visiting Poet “New Generation”

As I look up into your eyesI can see your beautiful past,You were a cool kid, anda kind, loving teenager.You grew up to find a beautiful,Loving soul, then got on one knee,There was a beautiful party,Soon, two beautiful girlsAnd then on to a new generation. Josephine R. WhetsellAge 10 yrs., June 2024

Separate Ways

I left my love behind,Like a star when sun arrives,It flew away with you,In a bruise the color blue. I sleep in the heat of shade,To a waterfall’s cascade,Eyes closed in lonely thought,Of love’s embrace now lost. Life’s fumes in nostrils flare,Whining sirens mark despair,In distance hums of man,My lonely walk began. Written words myContinue reading “Separate Ways”

Rolling Hills

See the green, rolling hills filledwith heather and scatters of granite stones?Pause and take yourself there.Don’t read on,Not just yet.Close your eyes and go there. Do you hear the quietas it hangs in the air, onlyslightly disturbed by a wobbly birdoverhead and the family of horse fliesbuzzing round and roundlike children on a merry-go-round? ReachContinue reading “Rolling Hills”

Lessons From the Sidewalk A Memoir

It’s 11:00 a.m. and its already 98 degrees. The weather man says it’s supposed to reach 108 degrees before sunset at 7:00 p.m. Shade would help a little but there isn’t much shade in the Chihuahuan Desert that covers approximately two hundred thousand square miles across the Southwestern United States and Mexico. I haveContinue reading “Lessons From the Sidewalk A Memoir”