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!