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