Soup

“We don’t have any qualms with you.”
They said with a grin. What’s in the soup?

Good question after all these years of living
It had become more difficult to see
How things are when reflecting on
Pools of water in the ground like mirrors
How things were when we are children
Or even just a young adult I could recall
Turning pennies over and leaving them
For some one else to find on it’s head
Not tails but that seems awfully
Superstitious now with the way
The wind blows you learn to really
Leave happenstance to unpredictable
Movements in the forces around while
Caring deeply about the most important
Value in the moment if one can, although
There was always some deducing
To be had like,
“How will this affect us in a week or two from now?”
Same as,
“I’m taking my life in… but somehow I don’t feel like I’m here for all of it?”

Follow the system
Rules and regulations
Breathing is the minimum requirement
That seems to be checking out ok
That’s one way to check out that is
Acceptable in the business of
Checking things in or out

Stick around and find out what happens
Appealing and more interesting plan
Also still trying to figure out

What’s in the soup?

© GÄ

Closing In

I come here
Because I want to
I come here
Because I wanted to
Spend time with you
Do you want to
Be my purser
Sail my ship
Cast a net over
My heart and pull
Me into your shadow
I can feel myself
Getting comfortable
Being close to you
Closer to you than
I thought that I could be
Again to someone who
After being with
Other folks who barely
Knew how to show up
Barely knew how to
Bring the best of themselves
Mostly just unfortunately
Incapable of loving me
In the way that I needed
Them to because
The love that they had
Was strictly for them
To hold on to alone and
As the hand of the clock
Tic-toc turns around
I can picture a fire on
The beach with you
An electric blanket
Unplugged because we
Don’t need any help
With the heat
If you know what I mean
We are the difference
Between pretending to know
What feels good
And owning up to the
Truth of our inevitable
Dream closing in

© GÄ

In

Sometimes extended
And appearing
Like a song
Or a story
Sustainable arms
Like the branches
Of a tree
Standing inside
My own wood
Sharpened perceptions
Aligned edges
Accepting heart wisdom
From beginning to end
All that is before
And after in

© GÄ