140–Did I come from the stars?

how to understand my place

here did i come from the stars

is that why i’m such a stranger

here never finding my tribe

always looking for home

though i should be living there

is my species a tree to which

i relate more easily than

most humans or a stream

flooding my soul along to

freedom and god the power

of positive thinking

let’s see if this works

am i riding a magic

carpet or just living

without mystery just

loving my lot owning

nothing really,  just

living in my body

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I tire of standing still.
Caught in a wind
that blows both ways,
how impossible
not to dance.

139–Health Care?

health care is a killer

biggest killer of any

in our system kill care

i call it a needle in a

hospital costs $800

and although we don’t

want to re-use them

i guess although we

used to sterilize them

in a autoclave now we

toss them in the ocean

making a trash bin of

god’s bath tub there’s

something wonderful

about our gorgeous

bodies healing themselves

with care, food and love

instead of knives drugs and doctors

what’s the answer well

my lover is a healing agent

through prayer

what do you think?

138–Our Earth is Quaking

how tough to live like this watching cracks in our beloved earth

is it fear rage love? what makes her shake like this moving in waves

under foot we live on her cool surface covering up a fiery core

are we cracking open loosing our footing splitting into pieces

or maybe the only damage is to the pesky pimples we grow

on her skin our roads and houses high rises and hotels

railroads and airports maybe that’s the only thing we

risk except our lives and what are we on this planet

less than what we could be maybe a partner in creation

a compassionate species with a deep love and appreciation

for this mother who tolerates instead our greedy carelessness

until maybe she can’t stop quaking in fear or anger or sorrow  

                                                                                  

137–Oh God How She Loves You

she loves me i’m sure

it’s taken some time

some leavings

a whole lot of acting out

those times we bruised the

delicate child in each other

those times we came back

learned new ways of peace

though we were old and road

weary though i always knew

we were meant forever but

we all good now girl

though we may shout

and scream now and then

all we mean is my little

girl got her toes stepped

on but oh god how she loves you

136–Embarking

my poet friend writes of fear of dying

or is it just that anxiety you get when

you’re about to embark on a strange

journey completely alone your lover

remaining on her side of the bed and

you floating maybe wandering universes

adventures are hard to love before

you get there and with no one to

share it with you may cringe at being so alone

a peace may enfold

you and then that hug that is not

only your lovers but as big as

the ring of Jupiter’s orbit you

let go again as in nightly sleep

but this time you know you will

not wake up in your familiar bed

will not spoon the warm body

of your familiar but in that last

moment you need no spoon

every longing calling you

out beyond all borders to home