"Show me the way"

 Show me the way

I watch the stars streak through the night

The ever-setting suns

I pass eternity in spite

Of all the painful runs

You drive me on to stay in play

So mystically, you show the way

Surprisingly, it still surprises you

In all the lives and all the times

You've never sensed that all the rhymes

Would never have existed without you

I do not know just when the love will come

When the end to endless run succumb

My patience rivals mountains, heavy sigh

But, only you will know when time is nigh

"Galaxies"

Galaxies

I thought I knew of rearrangement long ago

But, this, oh this, enough to stop the show

A rearrangement every way

No stone unturned, no moment stray

Converging thoughts have blown the lid

On all I was and all I did

No remnant from the past now holds me still

Each thought, each pulse, each gesture with a thrill

There is no scope for what this does portend

Nothing left to fight or to defend

All doors are opened wide, all life unpinned

All life's potentials carried on the wind

I blew apart what held me down before

Pinned its ears and kicked it out the door

Arranging pieces there, upon the floor

Choosing carefully, forevermore

All the pins and needles cast aside

That someone stuck in me to match their stride

But, galaxies are matched more to my gait

And, loving is my fundamental trait

I'm pretty sure this is one that was written for the Hollywood Bowl

"A wisp of inspiration"

To channel the release from fetters bound

To kiss the sky while lingering aground

Deep within the inspirations soar

Unshackled by the wisps of evermore

With confidence, a revel in disguise

The body blows of ebullience arise

Like thunder to the lightning's will

The breadth of life and sense of thrill

Meandering exuberance remains

The answer to the fire within the veins

No chill of night

While fire is bright

Midst search for all of wonder and delight

That's you

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"Change of weather"

 Change of weather

I sense it now upon the air

A wisp of something fine and fair

I feel it while I'm far away

To light the darkest, tawdry day

A sudden change of weather

So many senses do converge

A rite of passage, psychic urge

The wonder of together

My lack of doubt may baffle you

My heart and soul both know it's true

No chance of change of whether

I often hope, by standing firm

It buoys you from stem to stern

I'll wait for change of weather

Through days, and nights and lifetimes too

A steady hand to steady you

I'll wait for change of whether

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I've lost track, but I think this is the Hollywood Bowl companion poem to 

"Woo you through the ages"

 I await that time, again, to woo you bright and fair

I'll tell you stories of a heart, resplendent in its care

No tragic stories ending on a wasted tract of moors

All doors I open, gallantly, upon uncharted shores

The brand new day we welcome as we crest upon the sun

We leave no footprints in the sand, no appetite undone

The spark between our lips outstrips the lightning in the sky

The crack of thunder goes unheard, as we electrify

I whisper softly in your ear as we walk arm in arm

The whisper ripples through your skin, a soft and subtle charm

 A solemn vow, my Lady first, I hold within my heart

To show to you it all is true, that I am just a part

A temple to the endless love that twines your heart and mine

A simple token of the love the sun cannot outshine

Ahhh, but ages pass and mountains crumble while I woo you still

Eternally our love will last, eternally the thrill

Each life becomes the sparkle and the wooing of the rose

A challenge newly faced each time, a loving that bestows

Life would have no meaning, no existence without you

A paltry, dreary puzzle with no church, an empty pew

Even when the distance ends, no need that I eschew

Even then, with loving full, I endlessly will woo

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Since all I had to do was think of you

The poems popping out in time so true

Two within the blinking of an eye

I'll send the early one along to try

To bring a smile unto your lovely face

Kaleidoscope of you in every trace

"The wind"

 The wind

The wind has changed directions

To summarize reflections

And, so, as my life is about to be changed

All of my wanderings, now, rearranged

The steps of my path become written in stone

Gregarious nature allowed now to roam

My self becomes one with the tide

My nature along for the ride

To vistas unknown

The gauntlet is thrown

For the ride of a lifetime intoned

The wind of my life is now owned

By myself and the wind

Let the loving begin

In whatever form suits what is known

"Comfort II"

 Comfort II

The wind in the trees have been singing

A sigh followed closely by ringing

As bells of the spire

Cry out to inspire

This day of all days of the year

To sweeten delight

Of one wounded in flight

This day of all days will conspire

In all ways, I try to inspire

Bring a smile to the one I hold dear

Funny thing.  It did help with my troubles today.  As I just tried to explain in "Stained Glass".

Right now, I feel like I should write another...

"Morning"

  Morning

The waves upon the water cause a brightening to gleam

To tip the scales unto the sighs from crashing waves of steam

The susurration of the waves, a gentleness proclaimed

Instilling quiet to a heart that only knows inflamed

In quiet of an evening sense a soothing morning calm

As witness to the cresting light creates a healing balm

 

"Urns of heather"

Urns of heather*

Too many years in absence of refrain

In which the song of loveliness was born

That time of year has come around again

For two and change, with revelry adorned

That revel ranging bounds of field forlorn

The landscape of the mystery becoming ever dearer

The poignancy and piquancy becoming ever clearer

Though hills and dales and streams that stretch across the country sigh

Allowing me to sketch its scope through only the third eye

Not until the focus flows through windswept plains together

Will I discern the details of the petaled urns of heather

To paint a picture full and clear, no whisper left unheard

Each leaf and drop of dew and wave of grass that is bestirred

Breathless, I await that day of rising sun so bright

In which my eyes are filled with all the wonder of the sight

Completing view at last, assuring all is painted right

"In celebration of you"

 In celebration of you

I celebrate your dazzle and your style

Knowing quite completely  all the while

I have no coign of vantage in this game

Still my love of you streams all the same

Released from any thought of pleasing me

The waves that wash the shore release the sea

The flooding of emotions raises tide

As windswept storm of oceans can't subside

The joy you bring my heart, I can't refuse

For, heavens in the sky, you are my muse

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"Ocean Dreams"

Ocean Dreams

Upon the gentle waves was rocking on the sea

Drifting in a boat that only I could see

The wonder of my life upon the ocean

Gentle days of gentle soothing motion

To rock the lovely creature into dreams

With loving heart in actions and in themes

To soothe the heart that beats within my soul

To let it Flow to shore both hale and whole

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I wonder if you can guess where that imagery came from

"Water"

 Water

You remind me of water, the tinkling of spring

The flood from the mountains releasing to sing

The roar of the canyons, the echoes they bring

The rush of the blossoms, the lift of the wing

The scent of the sprouts and the bee with its sting

Of heart, if I would choose another word

Senses reeling as the heart is heard

Paragliding pulse as life is stirred

Beyond the bounds of words, there is a sense

The trembling of the mountain so immense

The golden heart and voice in recompense

Awash with all of life in present tense