Short Lifelines Poems

Links of chain intertwine
Strong and sturdy, all one of a kind
Some may break with the passing of time
But the ones that hold are true lifelines....

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Complex geometry,
Lines, patterns and symbols,
Fractals and swirls,  
The universe in its diversity and forms, 
Intersecting lifelines,
Nature's craftsmanship and artistry,
A perfect portrait,
Blotched by nature's foes, 
Mysterious design,
Incomprehensible tapestry.




June 5, 2022....

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He wrote poems, 
Little bridges,
Broken lifelines.

Distance, like darkness
Drained the heart,
Despite the crying,
That no one heard,
Dreaming, replacement
Denials, escapement,
Confusion all around,
Until the final shutdown.

She loved orchids,
And the full moon,
Those were her windows....

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waterfall spirits rise
dreams drown
under pressure to perform

elders swarm
like naked children at the lake
just laugh at those mistakes

no one really understands
past present we pretend
watchful eyes never end

lifelines protected perches
hold on to our saving grace
heads high there's a world to face...

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Circling my thumb are two lifelines
They are one at the beginning
But at about age sixty they split
Evidence of a double life
Being older than this, I wonder at them
Has the split begun?
Will I know when it happens?
A mystic star in the center of my palm takes my attention
Has she always been there?
I reach for my palmistry book
Fascinated with my own skin...

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How are we related?
Do we really need to know?
The world is diverse enough
the chances of meeting someone
you’re related to outside
your local village is rare.
But there is no lifeguard
on the gene pool of life.
Everyone is related to everyone
in one form or another.
How are we related?
In all years, in all ways,
in all lineages, in all lifelines.
We are each other....

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When different people in your life
Occasionally connect,
It’s wonderful to see what happens
As they intersect.

For oftentimes, they’ve heard the names
Of loved ones you might mention,
Though joining separate lifelines
Wasn’t really your intention.

Still, it can make you smile to see
The varied ties that tether
Your kith and kin pulled close enough
To gather them together....

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Dwelling in twisted tulips of fate, 
I'm etching life's blackened stars beneath
Vehement veil of thunderstruck twilight, for, 
Obsidian tornados have crushed affectionate shorelines. 
Remorseful roses now unfurl like love's last perfume and
Crestfallen silence nestles in eclipsed eden, sighing at the
End of our poetic lifelines - lost within timeless agony....

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Waves
Onyx blue and nearly suffocating
I reach
Far back in my memory
And beckon the lessons learned
Of measured, freestyle sweeps
Stretching every cell to beat high tide

I look once more across our prairie sea for that dependable horizon
Night shades yawn and stretch
My bones give up their adrenaline lifelines
My heart sheds its protective gear
I let loose of my held breath

I have made my way to the shore...

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Not even its oceans could cleanse Macbeth’s guilt,
Etched into palms and cut into lifelines, within skin everlasting.
Poisonous serpents twist like gaseous clouds acrid, in a helix of
Trust doubled, betrayed by a cousin valiant no more.
Unknown and unseen, unjust and unkempt - a fate handed down unanimous.
Nocturnal damnation circling circling, that coven three upon a heath
Erupting at the manipulation of a man come undone....

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