Come to my gravesite
All dressed in red
A black umbrella held
over your head
that partially obscures you from view
As I am gently lowered to
my final place of rest
Take the bouquet you hold
So tightly to your chest
Tossed in as a final farewell from you
Abuzz with life the word will fly
Who is this and what does it mean
This gesture of love so blatently shown
before this to others unseen
Then solemnly turn away
And you and I who loved from afar
Cross the space of realities apart
Will once more connect in this day and time
In this expression from the heart
A beautifully executed ballet
In leaving God
The west got
Lost
The rest of
History will
Tell great loss
A world of
Sorrows
And spiritual
Costs
cheerful directive
to rise milk cows and plow fields
cock-a-doodle-doo
Date: April 25, 2020
Contest Title: Morning Praise Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Raul Moreno
December 14, 2020
entered in the Hi-ku (2) Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand
February 21, 2022
entered in the Bite Size no. 37 contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Poetry pushes fractional words beyond this worldly orb.
Tower east ease, subleases.
Tower south bound, rises and rebounds.
Tower west bestow the crest, a true test.
Tower north pour forth shifting polarities, Waves.
Abound to hold and break below.
4 corners crush brick foundations into dust, mix `me up.
Give seedlings ash, water, light then dark.
Do this on the foremost point at east, south, west, and north.
Center let it be born. Guided gates fated.
The little green element causes coughs with spewing sweat in energy.
a decreed directive
was ordained by
the queen
one ordering a
sequencing
direction change
to be made
immediately
in order to
comply with
the new emotional
ordinance
Direct reaches faster
Reserve your energy
Know
Love
Lord
Nightly mirror in the sky
I feel you pulling me to try
To find in words of silvered light
Reflective thoughts in sudden flight
In misty shadows gripping night
Holding fast in frantic fright
I feel the tidal pulsing ache
Behind my seeking eye
And center into focused self
In sanity held tight
Reflections left
Are right
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