February 14 - Te Amo (Pablo Neruda)

February 13 - Stage Fright

Thought-Random:

     

February 12 - Colors Three

Thought-Random:

         The three color stripes that charm my eyes today come in a carpet of
 white starting from ground, followed by a line of bare, but beautiful
 branches of brown that breathtakingly  frame the third paint brush of blue
 stunningly spreading out up into space and its vast expanse.
       White, brown, and blue, a triumvirate of some favorites; but I wonder
 which  of the  rainbow colors you'd call your own......

February 11 - In Between the Lines

Thought-Random:

        When I read you and  find your words turn
        just a trifle too abstract for me,
        I try to catch you instead in the cadence of
        rhyme and rhythm, of assonance and yes,
        of alliteration and, too, in the world of  tone,
        of imagery, persona,  metaphor.

       But next am I blessed with a touch of daybreak
       when in those images and allusions at hand
       can I behold an epiphany of aspects and realities
       in a dimension of my own parallel to yours,
       just like a missing segment from a wall of bricks,
       I create through that peep hole it leaves -
 
       A whole new visual field, a spectacle all mine
       Thus did I make my own poetry, thank you!
      
 
      
        

February 10 - Spell Breaker

Thought-Random:

        The missing brick, they say,
        would be the last piece
         to the puzzle, can be the
         key to the mystery, must be
         the resolution to the story.

        The missing brick could also
        behind the wall situate you,
        giving you a perfect window,
        a peep hole perhaps to a
        a graveyard, a city, a forest
        maybe, even to a running brook.

        But I'd like to think of
        the missing brick as the eyes
        to your thoughts, a disclosure
        of your sentiments, some clue
        to the enigma that is you -

        And retrieving it would certainly
        yield the lost dawn to this dusk!
       

      

         

February 9 - The Choice

Thought Random:

        Snow rages outside while
        warmth permeates inside.
        And you ask me 
        which of these I choose?

        Well, let me say I love the
        cozy feel of book in hand,
        the goodness of  coffee rich
        in taste and smell, yes, both,
        that touch of resurrection
        as it slithers down my throat,
        with background clarinet sounds
        mellow as only Acker Bilk can
        have it through my earphones wend
        and have my day complete.

       And yet, I come to think of it,
       make up my mind and say
       with outstretched arms and eyes
       to'ards heaven: lead me to the outside
       please -  let the outline bare of  trees
       fascinate, delight my sight
       as with carpets of total whiteness
       wrap my spirit in celestial  splendor,
       let me revel in the snow, in that wind,
       in that captivating sense  -of
       the raw and freezing cold
       yet in most sublime magnificence.

       Thus, in this the wintry part of weather,
       join me - celebrate the outdoors!
     


        

February 8 - Obliterated Wait

         

Thought-Random:

        Standing by the seashore,
              watching for the door;
        Gazing at the mailbox, 
              joining airport crowds;
        List'ning for the phone, and 
              scanning your computer;
        Checking out the driveway -

        Doing just what, I pray, you are?
        Trifling away elusive time?
        

        

        
       
       
       

February 7 - Migraine

Thought-Random:

        A touch of total darkness,
        the sound of drumbeats deep,
       the hold of excruciating pain that
       rends my head to diverse sections -
       leaving  me in consummate
       helplessness,  it makes me cling to
       life's one strand  of hope for release
       from this hellish  fire that wants to
       consume my thoughts, my feel of
       the world, my desire to breathe in
       essence -

      But defeat swathes me... and I yield!

February 6 - Race you!

Thought-Random:

        From the school bus to that embrace
        To now she says: "Race you to the doorstep!"
        And I say, "Little girl, you got it!" So we go -
        "On your mark, get s-  Hey! not fair!"
        She just went running but okay, she's
        Coming back, laughing like,- oh God!-
        Laughing like the world is all hers
        Or that the world will never end!
        And under her breath she says, "Just kidding!
        Come on, let's start all over!"

        So again we go - "On your mark, get set, go!"
        And off with the wind she - looks back, though.
        And  runs to me with arms outstretched,
        Ready to lift my prostrate form,
        Like she, for the  love for me, could undo
        That misstep I did,-  mortifying and clumsy!

        "Please don't die!", this time, she is crying!
        "Of course, I won't!" Now, quick to my arms
         This angel I take.  And seated both we are now
         On the driveway, yes, not quite by the doorway
         But in each others' comfort,
         "Hush", I say, "I'm okay!"

         I'm no good at racing, am I?

        
       

February 5 - Warm as Wine

Thought-Random:

        She half-runs out the school bus
        this angel with a backpack pink,
        arms outstretched ready to catch my neck
        ready to squeeze the life out of me with
        hunger you'd think she suffered for years.

       So I let her as I savor love so warm, so
       sweet, so heavenly as none
       but a child could give.....

February 4 - Once upon a cloud

Thought-Random:

         Through my window this cloud,
          its backdrop the blue sky makes.

         And in this morning fair assumes
         a giant bear, then a mountain -
         Now it shifts into an open book, into
         a wine glass, into a - what's this?

         This face outline it now assumes, I just
         had in my mind!  But it goes,  yes, it fades.

         Just like time, it slips away!

February 3 - Afternoon Breeze

Thought-Random:

.       The school bus is late but I stand in wait to notice
       that shifting among the tree leaves in a distance-
       The agitation makes a slow progression toward me
       and now I feel on my face his touch -
                       this gentle, playful, wisp of a wind.

 

February 2 - Fire

Thought Random:

        Fire is life rather than destruction.

        It is the blaze that triggers your mind
               into wanton achieving;
        It is the flame that keeps in your heart
               the love light burning.

February 1 - Rain

Thought-Random:

      With the rain, I see beauty
 in the wanton downfall of water:
 clear, ....fresh,... pure,.....cool,.... 
 unmindful of anything -
 of anything
 but to meet the kiss of earth!