Barreling

Stop the dog from attacking
Save the innocent ones
Don’t hesitate for
Hesitation could
Mean death

Is there something
To be afraid of knowing?
Abandon the hermit
Behind the time to be
Outgoing to take me
As I am

What happens next?

There is no observation
Negative or positive
That can be imagined
Without validation
From the voice
Of the seer

Stop the dog from attacking
Save the innocent ones
Unpredictable energy
Feelings of off centered
Realities

No feeling like it’s not
Uncertain certainty
A blanket of truth

Our youth
Maroon and rose blush
Eternity is reflected
In the palm of
Our souls

Barreling through
Stop the dog from attacking
Save the innocent ones

© GÄ

Mermo

It is true that I
Will miss taking care of you
I’m digging deep within
The far reaches of my insides
To find the strength that I once was
With you here a shared anchor
To give you the courage
And the confidence that you need
To break through the film
The firmament and myofascial
Ascension into the wonder
With a belly full of bravery
Pushing through soaring
You cross into the wild unknown
That is your home before this home
Receiving you back a gift
So graciously given for us
To care for on the green and blue
Now back into the ether
You are embraced
You have yourself
To hold onto
And as you are with me
I am with you

Fly my guy

© GÄ

Forlorn

I didn’t know how to
Receive her love at the time
Because it wasn’t the love that I
Wanted

She didn’t know how to love me
Even my mother said
“He’s impossible to comfort.”

It’s too bad she came at a time
When I wasn’t prepared
I didn’t have everything in place
The way I do now

I can see hearts everywhere
In traffic lights and taillights
They’re all blurry because
My dog just died

I’m thinking of his love
Unconditional

That’s how it goes
When you truly love something

I’m doing everything just right
Waiting for the knife

A sacrifice for waking up
And organizing life

I reach up into the sky
And kiss your lion nose

You loved me
All the way

© GÄ

Lovetail

The story of love must be told
Many times before it has been
Looked over and tossed around
I’ll just close my eyes for a minute
See if the maudlin moment passes
Shine my shoes and eat less
Brush my teeth early so as not
To be tempted by myself
Or is the temptation coming
From somewhere else!
O, no bother to run up and down
The stairs of my mind it’s always
A sane distance traveled
I haven’t had a cry out in years
Silent tears and sobbing at the
Loss of a loved animal is to be
Expected oh yes there was a wail
I spooked my coworker
Thought I should go home
But that wouldn’t bring my dog back
So I worked and hid my tears
Even from the other family members
I wanted to be strong for all of us
Once again the story of love
Absolutely must be told many times
And also in many different ways

© GÄ

Solitary

As the fog was slowly lifting
From around the edges of the
Dimly lit lamp post I could see
In the distance it was all still hanging
Congregating with the firs
My hands had not yet warmed
Adjusting to the eminently
Cooler air more than was the day before
The crunching of shells and seeds
Beneath my boots and an array
Of differently colored leaves
Quiet now just the drips of
Early nights rain and the slow
Subtle humming of a machine
In the background idles
Still no smoke from chimneys riding
Through the sky but the dream
Of living this life beats strong while
Walking in it became more apparent
If to survive like a lone dog
In Mexico that people occasionally
Put food out for or a solitary sandpiper
Wandering the archipelago
Asking for nothing in particular
Perhaps the only breakfast of
A grasshopper or the comforting
Of a sun and stream though the
Days are full of little things to
Remind us we’re alive often
We are peddling about the earth
With aimless meanderings

© GÄ

Shrine

Meditation by design
Obelisk by dog divine
The greatest lights
The brightest eyes
Shining back
With pure delight
Underneath a tree
Or by the water
You are a stream
You are a shrine
And a reminder
Of the beauty oh
What wanders
Here on earth
Valiant trust mixed into
Multicolored lust for life
Highlighted by the
Brightened exclamations
And the poundings
Of a heart
That never dies

© GÄ