here’s to the axis of space

caught in the cosmic lace

mother natures only mercy

given shelter to these animals worthy

vaulted into the magma lakes

all our hopes anger and quake

the roar of that digital drake

as we atone for empty mistakes

all that claims of this land

will burn the nails into the hand

the burning days of a Facebook ban

realize we are under corporate command

that’s our common denominator

our lust to be terminators

of all that tries to be sincere

nuclear power, to kids calling others queer

that’s the dreams we’ve set for the young

get that anger and hate washed on the rung

as a blue marble spins with no masters hung

that crash into the genesis

of a marble home finish

to measure the crest

and docile the rest

for the eyes to make the best

it’s a flower garden

a heart hardened

planes in the air

the grass of state fairs

winter freezes

leave soul creases

the plants and the animals

they eat each other

something to cover

brother to mother, sister to cover

heart hymnals to sing and discover

grass growing

yellow skies gray lines

showing

people chase and rivers

continuing flowing

and the plants and the animals are linked

and I’m the same

same as I was

young

now I’m old

planes always fly bold

overhead it’s the same

trails and vapors of the same

Hopefully there is leave

reprieve for the delicate of heart

of pure action and gentle smart

something to grasp

the good of God

even though

it’s been a broken cart

no astronomer to chart

the route back to

the start

where wheels of light

gave might

kisses with young dreams

hands in soft seams

a movie under the moon

paperback edition of these times soon

wings spread in angelic angle

to cradle my head in calm love

birds of a feather

the say come together

my wings have been

through lightning strikes

in the formation

they can sense my tormentation

that I am a lame wing

in this aerial swing

the sound of thunder

scares me still

and the others think

I am just too ill

I want to soar high

past those lighting strikes

to a place where

someone sees my heart is there

the wear and tear

scar tissue and graying hairs

a weak feather trying

to fly better

over lakes and streams

to achieve blue sky dreams

to know that sun looks at you

the soft pattern of lonely earth

that sits in the space of my room

the figures outside the window

same things I’ve always known

another midnight hour

the eternal evening

alone with yourself

that same old enemy

it feels like eternity

and all the stars

have glitter

that old familiar weather

a backdrop to your past

it is the make up of

days, to have the claw

and scratches of times pass

familiar voices

saying old worn stories

ones of yesterdays mistakes

the hue of the future

is on the lake surface

yet ripples all abound