Nautilus
dancer glides, cadence, impossible strides
priorities, this lifetime, lets stay in touch
for this cure, use needle, tree, oil, or earth
cruel weather and taxicabs against the gale
headlights penetrating the fog
hail, hail, the city rises and falls
search there for something still analog
before night falls
communicate with me in language we conceive
the hive attracting me, choose honey or the bee
with silver halide see, or new technologies
today a brand new species
this storm measured, your inklings, barometric pressure
synthesize elixirs certain to save the day
gust to gust, pounding us through this tempest
orchids drink from the air, while the hornet stings me
sapphires in the palm of your hand
saffron, it’s from my father’s homeland
jasmine trails through evening air
it’s midnight here
communicate with me in language we conceive
the hive attracting me, choose honey or the bee
with silver halide see, or new technologies
today a brand new species
from the mountain lava flows,
titanium canoe, ride it to the ocean
human changed to nautilus, there is safety in depth
take notice of a crack in your shell,
trade it for legs, wings if you can barter
real time evolution feels a little abrupt
surf this archer’s arrow,
push through northbound air flow
brace for bulls eye puncture,
with grace and nuance
communicate with me in language we conceive
the hive attracting me, choose honey or the bee
with silver halide see, or new technologies
the many things you are
Echolocation
movements, take this world apart
a complication or a work of art
moon phase, a calendar complete
minutes repeating this anniversary
springs and new life
a heron gliding through this night
built then torn apart
your act in faith it steals my heart
you built this monument
to swing and sway
with anti-fragile play
states of emergency today
string this perfect South Sea Pearl
my clipper ship, built for speed, sail now unfurled
rolling stones through silt and sand
this rock made molten, now our country expands
springs and new life
a heron gliding through this night
built then torn apart
your act in faith it stole my heart
you built this monument
to swing and sway
with anti-fragile play
states of emergency today
within this pyramid, cinnamon and gold
a tincture of rainwater veiled in this mangrove
your forgiveness breaks my heart, I learn from you today
encapsulated love, in the face of guns and hate
your boat it sails, cumulus clouds
accumulating water vapor drifts
warm currents push and shift us
an open book, a vast atlas
familiar towns, a language understood
sonar, echolocation
you built this monument
to swing and sway
with anti-fragile play
states of emergency today
you built this monument
my Gloria, in excelsis
states of emergence here today
Aquanaut
hold yourself up high, up above, scary now
hold yourself up high, the composing of your own anthem
when you’re up that high, I’ll think of you, there above
today you say the elevation is in the way to see yourself
today you say you’re going to stay another day
hold yourself up high, with you I’ll ride this diving bell
whispered lullabies, through you I spy, on Isabel
today you say the elevation is in the way to see yourself
today you say it’s going to be a perfect day
so you say it’s beautiful, up above, beautiful
look and see it’s beautiful, beautiful, today
from above it’s beautiful, beautiful, away,
the South, the East, the West, and North
weaving as you go, with thermals rise, and undertows
you are my aquanaut, you tie us off, one weaver’s knot
the way you show me acclimation is the key to see ourselves
the way you show me it can be a perfect day
so you say it’s beautiful, from above, beautiful
look at me you’re beautiful, beautiful, today
sew with thread it’s beautiful, beautiful, to me
in day, in night, the things you are
a perfect circle drawn around you
the love, the way you make me feel
a perfect circle drawn around her
in day, in night, in dusk, in dawn
Momentary Grace
your purple mouth,
formed within this Great Barrier Reef
my iron foot,
magnetized and fading belief
your single word,
conjured here a humming bird
my palms they read,
divining rods and worry beads
lest we forget the use of momentary grace
is there time left? time left to say?
all the things I need to say to you
from arching rainbows,
you extract all pure indigo
with strings and one bow,
I capture all these wild echoes
here, a good morning
you turn to me with open eyes
and to you, a good morning
all the things I want to do today
call, or write me when need me,
using these harmonic tones,
pressing ink to stone
your, purple mouth one kiss heals,
my iron foot, this jungle clears,
fossil stone revealed
on this task will you be my accomplice?
pursuits I cannot finish all alone
my iron foot is fueled by pure momentum now
a kiss, you’re purple mouth, our place, our home
one life
I know I hurt you
a search for momentary grace
one life
I know love you
a shard of momentary grace
today, one chance, today
Supernatural
myth, grace, and tracks
lead, base, and steel
in code until we meet again
myth, grace, and tracks
stop motion, see the other side
stop motion, see the other side
myth, grace, and tracks
move to the West
telltale mountain in the way
myth, grace, and tracks
stop motion, see the other side
stop motion, see the other side
walk along the line the Earth’s Equator
passed through emerald shades of green
broken sapphires surround me
walk along the line the Moon’s Equator
oblivion or memory
you’re supernatural
with your gaze, single gaze, deadly nightshades
hear my voice, single voice, off the north face
wind through the pines this mountainside
views from a clearing you’re beside me
evade the hornet’s deadly sting
hunt the elusive mountain spring
myth, grace, and tracks
walk along the line the Earth’s Equator
passed through emerald shades of green
broken sapphires surround me
walk along the line the Moon’s Equator
oblivion or memory
you’re supernatural
rain falls, discover
uncovered courage from the forest floor
rain falls from your face, to the floor
rain falls, the fountain drips
stoneware turned, placed to your lips
rain falls from your face, tracks, myth, and grace
walk along the line the Earth’s Equator
passed through emerald shades of green
broken sapphires surround me
walk along the line the Moon’s Equator
oblivion or memory
you’re supernatural
The Pearl
within your heart is this pearl
nacre heart, nacre pearl
endangered
radio fly, signal strong
code encapture, prayers, encrypted songs
earth to sky attempted calls
sky to earth, moon to pearl, a call
from the earth above you notice everything
radio capture, signal, through down to me
from the sea below you notice everything
in dark, the pearl, a light
within your heart is this pearl
nacre heart, nacre pearl
home and refuge in the sea
from the deep, return the pearl to be
from the earth above you notice everything
radio capture, signal, through down to me
from the sea below you notice everything
in dark, the pearl, a light
in twilight, sinking to the ocean floor
nacre pearl, nacre heart
from the shore, moon to pearl, under spotlight
maps and satellites
in spotlight
maps and satellites
from the earth above you notice everything
radio capture, signal, through down to me
from the sea below you notice everything
in dark, the pearl, a light
Great White Sharks
stars try to align
magnetic resistance
this world it is good, betrayed for an instant
valentine
fall, falling in love, the phoenix and turtledove
calls, calls from afar, in ruins, the bazaar
now think about everything that is bad
now think about everything that is good
now think about everything that is hard,
love, peace, forgiveness now,
one last goodbye
this great world spins today
the turtledove still safe
the phoenix soars, we celebrate birthdays
in great white sharks we fear
a dream of yesteryear
this beauty comes in gray, not black or white
fall, falling in love, the phoenix and turtledove
see, see seven stars, signs ladled from above
now think about everything that is old
now think about everything that is new
now think about everything that brings joy,
love, peace, forgiveness now,
sunrise and good mornings
this great world spins today
the turtledove still safe
the phoenix soars, we celebrate birthdays
in great white sharks we fear
a dream of yesteryear
this beauty comes in gray, not black or white
walk along
the surge of a changing season comes to me
walk along
momentum we accrue
investigating where we come from
primary source or books of lore
excavating where we come from
shovel, brush, restore
smiles from a passing stranger
a blooming willow tree
walking through wisteria, with springtime curiosity
to know exactly when I met you
summertime 2003
walk, walk along
Landmarks
spin this porcelain
form it in the dark
take this silken road
travel and landmarks
find a shelter, under dense canopy
with vision of a starry night
imagination, awakening suddenly
a vision of the northern lights
in dawn, dead calm
a new day, your hands strong
into dusk, blue August light and winds are shifting
tonight, beautiful night
spooled, silk thread unwinds
weaving and bloodlines
thorn tree punctures skin
needle, thread, and wine
view from the window, camellia, orange tree, and pine
with vision of a bell and chime
communication, crucial revisions in mind,
a vision of a bygone time
in dawn, dead calm
a new day, your hands strong
into dusk, blue August light and winds are shifting
tonight, beautiful night
good morning, you traveled all night
this vase, has broken from lip, neck, to base
now, what shall we do now, pray to the gods?
bang, bang, some thunder, lightening
you sing, an echo through me, then back to you,
plan to diagnose this just in time
in dawn, dead calm
a new day, your hands strong
into dusk, blue August light and winds are shifting
tonight, beautiful night
take this silken road
travel and landmarks in the dark
Mediterranean
full stop and brokenhearted
this land, you said it’s yours today
you wake upon this hill again,
and gaze upon Mediterranean
you’re digging in this sand with me
those times you used to share with me
these kites are in the air, their lines entangled tightly,
cut free encrypted you, encrypted me
your hands on my line
this strand you pull in time
tiptoe, angled into turbulence we grow
full stop and brokenhearted
down here lies a secret passageway
I stand upon that hill again,
and gaze upon Mediterranean
we’re treading in this sea, together and drifting
passed lifeboats and a cure, together and drifting
these kites are in the air, their lines untangled finally
this child looks up to you and up to me
your hands on my line
this strand you pull in time
tiptoe, angled into turbulence we grow
beautifully hummed melodies from The Middle East
a trigger, this migration, like the wildebeest
my sunrise here, your sun sets there, and somewhere in between
upon that hill, your kite flys still, for everyone to see
the wind blows from the East
restraint before release
this kite is made of you, it’s made of me, now let it go
with confidence and doubt
through the atmosphere it breaks out
our line is running out,
you flip the switch to remote control
your hand on my line
this strand you pull in time
tiptoe, angled into turbulence we grow
your hand in my hand
this strand just let it go
tiptoe, angled into turbulence we grow
The Tree of Life
a compass line
the day, the night
with rocks collide
the ground, the sky
half step and fine-tune
whole step and fine-tune
lighthouse in sight and a rocky shore
a beacon for the time, as a surfer hangs ten
a diver catapults to the earth’s atmosphere,
choosing the last remaining fruit
when you break this stone, iron crystals finely sewn
placed beneath the tree of life
you save my life, a microscopic kind of knife
there, amongst the tree of life
a clock in perfect time
sirens in song, tricky, lure, comply
in whisper or a shout, stay the course through night skies
today you fell the tree, sixty-eight miles high
symptoms and systems of my lifetime
when you break this stone, iron crystals finely sewn
placed beneath the tree of life
you save my life, a microscopic kind of knife
there, amongst the tree of life
it’s all these things you are
beats of a movement night to day
it’s all these things you are today
it’s all these things you bring
ten thousand things from the ocean floor
it’s all the things you bring, today
a clock in perfect time
Ginkgo
without thought, notate, justify
sell it off, rebuild, modify
go back to where you started,
four thousand feet
go back to where you started,
from the deep
from the rock grows the saxifrage
violins play in unison
so you think you’re not too far
the sun is down so you read the stars
the wind is strong and trees they sing
and Barney walks beside me,
with me
on the moss ginkgo comes to rest
you place your paw on top for effect
the cold and major shift,
distilled and dropped right in
in union, underground
this love affair in running time,
in time,
time
Antimony
antimony in disguise, thoroughfare show me the pipeline
antimony in disguise, snapshots and glare
iridescent beetle there, morning sun cover upon you
ancients in the present day, hide in plain sight
about face, this race, moving swiftly, hoisted sail
lost tales, unveiled, the nightingale she fly on by
thinking of a great ascent, 89 degrees of an angle
thinking of a great ascent, tooth into ice
planning for a soft descent, 1 degree of an angle
planning for a soft descent, cotton and straw
rainbows or bows and arrows, throwing stars in perfect arcs
this stone and tree as witness, to history, my family,
the love I steer, the bee who stings
when kindness rules this mood we’re in
turning back, in pirouettes,
in love and truth, I’d give it all for you
this oak tree sways, falling to the ground
and from this day, cycles start and stall
stall
antimony in disguise, blue whale breaches before you
antimony in disguise, the last of its kind
fever dreams and wishes, from wells so deep, from mountain peaks
blueground and constellations, that nightingale swooping down,
on my hometown, familiar sound, the sycamore tree still in ground
the beetle sees, the oak tree leans
in love and truth, I’d give it all for you
Fever Dreams
on remaining snow a mountain tulip grows,
delphinium and thyme, and single wild rose
February grinds, a fire feeds a fire
green, red, and blue light
cut the rose, penitence
instructions from the manual, lay them down
in a dream, shuttered eyes, in full vision making up your mind
pressure within precious time
you maintain that minor keys, are the keys to play a major chord
gold leaf or a butterfly, wings and metal dance, collapse, unfold
pressure within precious time
your kindness trumps them all
unarmed, fragile, evolved
this earth it shakes and sprawls, today
the waves break from afar
detecting distant stars
astrology and scars of the day
shifting into major keys, catenary arches stand-alone
beyond a grove of olive trees, refuge, fact and fiction, visits home
through the evening vent your blues
choice, adventure, interludes
feeling something… feeling
pressure within precious time
your kindness trumps them all
unarmed, fragile, evolved
this earth is shakes and sprawls, today
the waves break from afar
detecting distant stars
astrology and scars of the day
life, rifle, bullet, meditate, disarm and acclimate
grow, there below the linden tree, blooming anemones
silver leaf or dragonflies, helicopters dart and dive
a burning bush in violence
drinking tea in silence
piano keys and violins