Let Love Yammer On

Let love yammer on,
let that affection bloom
like a lily
out of the quagmire
of confusion and dread.

Let love tell tales of joy
and find amenable answers
to full bodied life
where laughter isn't forbidden
by the sins of a generation.

Let love cover you in the night
when you are lonely and want warmth
up close to your skin.
The heat of that contact
was once enough
to inspire poetry,
children made of souls,
and undefinable understanding of God.

Investments

Invest wisely in this gnarled world
and the engine of your heart
may find peace.

Invest wisely in the songs
that escape your mouth
and your temporary joy
may find a home with the birds.

Invest wisely in the people you call home
and you may find laughter flowing
and easy words and dancing
like every day is a glittering celebration.

Invest wisely in a lifetime
and you will find ways to terminate
the constant grinding of bone
against bone
against the stones
of granite days
that have always
managed to rain.

Jangling Truth

The rusting vestige of this body
is a gallery of so many bold mistakes.

This classic archway to nowhere
is defined by temporary bridges
and foreign phrases meant to insure
survival and little else--
bread and water for the crossing.

Bring me a coin,
some small talisman I can believe in.
Bring me a pocket full of jangling truth
that doesn't tarnish with time.
Bring a poem wrapped in securely in light
and I will believe
we are worthy
of the blue blossoms
of forgiveness.