silver footprints ride
a dewy path to the door
of morning coffee
14 June 2017
it's morning season
watching the sun being born
from the arms of clouds
13 June 2017
don't escape this earth
it is filled with births and deaths
and you rise between
12 June 2017
sweat runs down around
with salt on sticky warm flesh
that aches for a swim
11 June 2017
Juneteenth*
they hadn't heard yet
that words had bought their freedom
for the hist'ry books
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*about Juneteenth, aka
Black Independence Day:
10 June 2017
when sunshine breathes fire
find safety in a tree's shade
near mother water
09 June 2017
long-limbed guitarists
making their way through the spring
swaying as they grow
08 June 2017
volunteer your heart
to the work of wild living
and boldly loving
07 June 2017
the opening time
comes again every morning
with the breath of day
06 June 2017
hold on to the light
but let it go when it flies
through the universe
05 June 2017
just as the trees grow
you may also reach the sky
and root in the earth
04 June 2017
la madrugada
vuela por el viento
las alas del sol
03 June 2017
halo shaken out
through long rains of misgiving
and truth brought to light
02 June 2017
the reach of the sea
is wider than my wingspan
narrower than love
01 June 2017
have you been breathing
in out in out in and out
as the moon's waves roll...
31 May 2017
since when did I stop
being the playful young child
of my inner soul
30 May 2017
the tops of my cheeks
and the backs of my eyeballs
are dancing around
29 May 2017
hollowed hearts of planets
fill the forest air with light
and good intentions
28 May 2017
poppies pour their blood
into the sun of springtime
opiate beauties
27 May 2017
we need not look back
to find white spectators still
as a black man hangs
black lives matter