Short Fellow Traveler Poems

In the shadow, behind the tree, 
on the meadow, bend your knee,
down the valley, up the stream, flat bedrock,
hear me scream, bellow the heavens, toward hell,
dark tunnel, wishing well; fellow traveler listen well,
no chance given, could you tell, 
on a knife-edge, head or tail?...

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Within the quiet of the night,
amid the shadows of my pain,
the strength I held so fast to,
ebbs, as another tear does gain.

With out the giving of consent,
it brings forth a fellow traveler.
To follow a chaotic coarse,
across my cheeks, twilight pallor.

Bare of conscience thought,  I brush aside,
the meaning each holds alone.
I hide behind my false bravado,
as my tears dry on their own....

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We often hear
Smile, God loves you.
We send emojis of smiley faces
There are stickers of them
We draw them on paper
But the truth is 
No one can measure
The worth of a face 
That carries a smile
It gives light in the darkness
Warms the soul
In a gentle way
Whispers all is well
So my friend
Keep smiling
The world needs it
You never know the 
Difference it might make
To a fellow traveler 
Who has a frown on their face......

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The ancient slivered 
   white moon piece 
   hangs   webbed,
Quite entangled
   in the unyielding   wintering 
   of maple's   stark branching.

As watch   watching   does he watch,
   that thin silvered   white moon crescent,
   seeing all from   his high perch,

His ancient partner,
the weary   beleaguered planet
   Earth, slow-roasting
     from green
     to tan
     to brown,
Barbequed   by fellow   traveler,
   the well-respected 
   Mr. Sun.
...

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