Short Call To Mind Poems

What’s in a photograph
in reference to time
The events as portrayed
or what they call to mind

Focused on tomorrow,
the picture is lame
Its history frozen
—the future unframed

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)...

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My song shall be of Jesus
when sitting at his feet.
I call to mind his goodness
and know my joy's complete.
My song shall be of Jesus
whatever ills befall.
I'll sing the grace that saves me
and triumph's over all!...

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You are a summer day,
The sun's warm rays beaming,
I can feel it on my skin.
And the breeze,
Gentle,
Reminding me of your smile.
The scent of the air
To call to mind how I feel.
Though storms may rage,
The sun shines anyway....

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A photograph of us: we are blushing
in your bathroom mirror, your body wrapped
around mine. A blanket. A tattoo
needled in. Your beaming chin in my hair. 
You, promising marital bliss. 
How could you be so lovely?

A photograph of us: 106 miles apart. 
Me, wrapped in fading amaranth sheets that now 
call to mind evisceration. 
You, ripping up wilting notes I wrote to you
til their worthlessness disgusts you. 
How could you?...

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A cluster of Day Lilies glow
like embers beneath the shadow
of a time-worn Box elder tree
that’s plainly visible to see
if looking for mundane beauty.
Their golden flowers so briefly
lived poses for a single day;
at days end they wither away.
Their presence always call to mind
that beauty last the briefest time
but I possess a  memory
where beauty lives eternally.
Though they will die I’d soon exhume
I’d close my eyes they’d still be bloomed....

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