Intentioned Poems

Peregrine and Terrapin

Time flies like a fiery peregrine
infinity takes its bronze sweetened time
seeing all with the opaque eye of the terrapin.

Time is a tambourine -it has little mercy
it'll wake you from you sweetened sleep.
Infinity is the fluted buddha of compassion
the shaman of other worldly things. 
In between lies a wizard placing souls in crystal ball
and shaking nightmares from their dreams.

The well intentioned walk the earth searching for the key
to unlock the treasure chest to life's grand mystery.
Some take the Ayahuasca path into other realms
to forever mince the ego within its iron shell.
One trip brings a crystal forest of angels.
The other the fractal mind of mechanical elves.
A carnival ride into a slanted room of mirrors
where seekers are seen forever looking for the self.

Jesus, the pristine, forgotten upon a restless throne 
rehearsing parchment lines for the final scene...
The immaculate firefly, forever gently guiding 
the faithful along the long-ragged path back home.

Do You Really Think We're Made for Each Other?

My love for you is like a crashing plane:
exhilarating pace, without control:
you’re equatorial around the pole.
Why meet my sunshine with torrential rain?
My heart is Dealey Plaza, you’re on Main.
I often think destruction is your goal -
you seem to me a well-intentioned troll.
Profundities, once uttered, are inane:
your utterances, colourfully drab,
are tart as custard, sweet as succotash:
your slow-burn humour, like a smash-and-grab,
resembles credit cards. I’ll stick to cash.
No self-respecting homeless hermit-crab
would ever trade with you. You’re feebly rash.

Way Way

Way Way

Well Intentioned
Wicked-ness
Is SomehoW
Way Way

W O R S E

-Gray Squirrel

09-22-2024

Seijaku

hey math tutor, I need help. 
kids with questions - five at once!
multitasking, aging, geezer.
too much, too much, who needs help?
tasks need doing, people are waiting.
computers, phones, even TVs
are mind-boggling electro-monstrosities
gotta be there, gonna be late
car breaks down again, why now?
did I hurt her feelings or maybe his?
what is she expecting, anyway, and when?
I must improve my mindreading.
to prove myself I must work harder -
give a hundred ten percent
where am I gonna get that extra ten?
lose some sleep?  borrow some money?
hey, buddy back off, that ain't funny.
hey mister, watch your step.
I'm a walking time bomb razor
time for me to go ballistic.
maybe I just got pushed too far.

whoa - time out.
kids got 18 years to learn.
they will be ok.
which of those tasks need doing?
which of those things can wait?
I think the world still spins without me.
my friends know i'm well intentioned
things will work out - it's ok.
I don't have to prove myself.
hey, buddy, nice to see you.
it sure is a beautiful day.

For Rodolfo, Mimi, Marcello and Musetta

O to be a poet!
What must I do?
Need special rhymes
I pursue…

perhaps elegant forms 
transcending more common, 
like Midas touch
words golden~ a poet’s Mammon!

O when will an artist get honored
due – afford even a stove without a hand
operated flue; companion after companion
in wraps, out the door, shouting,
a chilling~ I love you...but I’m Through!

Unable to fill her stomach enough
with elegant phrases, with grand sketches
on pages, while her less
enamored friends render their prosperous 
soulmates lavish praises: hooked up with

lawyers and doctors, learned researchers,
doing battle with nature’s debilitating curses --

politicians…? O Well, no one’s perfect

while everyone agreeing, the dedicated
artist, is such a well-intentioned, thoughtful bloke

the irate landlord shaking his head, again bemoaning

I know...late with the rent, still broke….

Holes, What Are They Good For?

Somebody should start digging,
a big hole, we need a big hole.

Big enough for 300 babies, 300 children,
300 young women,
300 old women
300 fighting men, 300 just talking men.
300 charging horses and riders,
300 retreating riderless horses,
300 peace workers, 300 idiots,
300 hundred nurses and doctors,
300 politicians, 300 martyrs.

It will be an underground city,
just for Samura, Trojans, cherups, devils and angels.
We will call that subterrain metropolis:
WELL INTENTIONED.

We will plant Red Poppies and White Day Lilis
upon that covered-in mound.
On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
we will pray for all of the slaughtered,

read from the book of the dead,
each week,
redefining the meaning of innocence.

She Is the Chw

She is the CHW and we need to fear her more than Rum the Gun.
I hear she eats chickens by the handful, this is said by everyone.
Does CHW stand for anything special? I asked my informed host.
Corpulent hog witch, said the well intentioned gossipy ghost.

Brother Whosoever

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To a dog, an empty hand's cause 
even a well-intentioned one
flinches an involuntary jaw.. 
your neighbor's just the same.

Have you grown leery the open palm?
wearied away as your brother's keeper.
Not responsible to his good name
nor good will as guarded trustee 
over your godchildren.

No blame to you, good sir
or madam-

No right or wrong
by royal decree
monastic or fiduciary..
nor heavy handed scepter
to wield 
relinquished or relished
as monarchal beneficiary.

Just the same, I 
in fealty or name
skeptically question  
right from wrong.. 
guilty as charged
all the day long. 

Often what I read and I see, 
some people scare me
put in my brother's shoes
I probably would too.

A Child At Tornillo

A Child at Tornillo

Telling my story makes it real
Brings it into existence
What I thought I knew
What I know now
Wasn’t real
No matter how 

Well intentioned
Well thought out

How much more a child
Silenced by something real
Something dark
So dark that 
Reality is eclipsed

But what if hope
Like light
Can't be extinguished

What if imagination
Expression
Incarnates home, self
A knowledge that creeps through
The surface

What I want isn’t a dream
Not a vision of what isn’t
But what I’ve seen
In my mind’s eye
My heart’s memory

What I hear isn’t invention
A tune I know
Projected in another setting
In a voice too small
To be heard
To be ignored

What if the faith of a child
Is a light that darkness
Cannot comprehend
Cannot overcome

Fifa World Cup 2023

For two weeks, at all hours, I watched FIFA games
Familiarizing myself with all the players' names
But I won't be viewing the World Cup anymore
after the favored U. S. team was unable to score

Too much drama was promoted, so it would seem
over not singing the National Anthem, but I'd deem
their focus was on winning, as I think it should be
and not on patriotic agendas, "My country tis of thee."

A penguin (mascot) waddles so he can't play football
If he had tried, he'd have stumbled and taken a fall
Not once did I hear his name, Tazunis, mentioned
I don't think that slight of him was well intentioned

The U.S. team was defeated by Sweden in overtime
Their goalie, Zecira Musovic, played a game sublime
Time after time her heroic efforts prevented a score
No goals had been made, but the game was not a bore

U.S. women won the first tourney game by one goal
but wouldn't "Do it Again" and lost their favorite role
They didn't play, "Beyond Greatness," not even close
It was time they fly home and to Australia say, "Adios."

Kill Your Ego

You alone can't hold up the sky.
                 You can't do it all.
           You do have limitations.
               Swallow your pride,
               And for once, allow
           Noble-intentioned folks...

         To help push you beyond
        Roadblocks that render you
               Immobile. It's okay
         Not to have all the answers.
                There's no shame
                In seeking counsel...

          To help you configurate
     Life's confusing puzzle pieces,
            To help you construct
    The foundation of your dreams;
     You can't be the sole architect.
        Some are more than willing...

     To help you thrive and prosper;
    Let them. First, make life easier 
        For yourself. Poke a needle
      At the inflated balloon that is
            Your ego. Ensure that 
            You hear it go..."Pop!"


Date written: 06/16/2023

The Lost Doll Ld

The lost doll was soon replaced
by the kind stranger, poker faced,
who said the doll looks not the same,
having changed both face and name
but may yet be by the child recognised,
by its touch tender and smile undisguised
and so by this well intentioned tale spun,
the lost doll and child again became one,
for what was relevant was spirit, not form,
embrace of innocence, beauteous and warm.

Blackberry Wine

A bottle of Blackberry wine
Taken from a shared glass,
Items of clothing strewn
About the summer grass.
Two semi naked figures
One a girl, one a boy 
Relaxing in the sunshine
After a period of joy.

They didn't need the wine
To loosen their inhibitions,
Things just happen naturally
In such pleasant situations.
No, they didn't need the wine
But afterwards it was so nice,
And maybe a good excuse for
Ignoring intentioned advice.

Two young people 
The drink freed from stress;
As summer shadows lengthen
It becomes time to dress.
That’s the way,
Their day ends
Just once as lovers 
Always as friends

Another Summer almost over,
A very special day;
Memories to carry with them
As they progress on life’s way.
They leave the fields together
Leaving far behind
One empty glass one bottle,
Once full of Blackberry wine

Divine Intimacy

When one speaks of stars,
glitter and wishing come
to mind; wishes are easy
to find~a galaxy of them;

Thinking how easy one can get
lost in such vastness...a speck
of soul, even a good intentioned
god might not see or hear (one
could fear)

how many prayers must travel
unimaginable distances, mere
drops in an endless cosmic sea?

And, yet, I sense an intimacy

all logic tells me cannot be....

A Walk To the River

A scarlet tanager sits primly on the rail
Of the new fence erected near the meadow,
He eyes me stroll as I take in every detail
The path to the woodland is rather narrow,

Infrequently used, it is rapidly overgrowing
I am brushing against the yellow yarrow,
As hottest of summer is fast approaching
The meadowland has nary a cooling shadow.

Happily, I note the salt lick has disappeared
I hope its purposes were well-intentioned,
Certainly not as the hunter’s ploy, I feared
In a previous post, I am sure I mentioned.

I feel the coolness of the pleasant breeze
As I approach the edge of the tree line
Where meadow gives way to aspen trees,
And further on, a stand of taller pine. 

I shall follow the trail through the wood
To the river which I can faintly hear, ahead
Where I saw a huge buck in full manhood,
And I have seen signs of where he bed.
   
It is a good two-mile hike, not exhausting
But I stop to examine new growth along
And for moments to reflect, I am pausing,
I’m encouraged by the tanager’s song. 

Written June 18, 2022

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