"Patience" - 9/22/04

the angel
who you are
listens
involuntarily
to the universe
as her heart
beats
wisdom's
truth

the angel
who you are
speaks in a voice
strong and high
as the Mountain Sinai
blessed
and holy
brushing
sky

the angel
who you are
is generous
empathic
honey-sweet
always lifting
optimism's
broken wing
gently

as a child
you spoke up:
"I want to be
a doctor 'cause
they help others
like I've been
so much..."
but oh my
sweet sister

do you know
how you've been
such a
healing
human
person
lucky us
your prophesy
came true

and now
as I watch
you go through
such a trial
Kafka never
could have painted
I believe
karma's light
shines on

the angel
who you are
loving deeply
unconditionally
as the universe
holds her heart
in its
cradle

(patience)

"Ice" - 9/14/04

murderous
softness then
loudness then
QUIET

waves tear at my
skin-heart
the weight of
hur(t)
crass

unthinkingly
slowly
since time
crept like
thieves

daylight only
surfacing
seldom as
moons
---

loathed was pretense
to souls barely immuned
from so many
disease-words
never taken back
and timeless

was friendship
but more lasting still
is the friendship
frayed by
ego's
oft-
hostile

words looks (sighs )
eyes rolled (up)
points argued (knives)
ungenerously
offered
impatiently
sharpened

resistance
is something
I'll never

AGAIN

abide (except in sleep)

salt pillars

ice cracked

drown your presence

in lack