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Berth of a Lifetime (from the Time Capsule)

from looking up
within the shade
of my forebrethren

to casting my own shadow
upon green flesh
breaking ground

till leafless gray
groom’d my breathless limbs
for others to shelter

for inquiring minds to nourish
at my newest splendor
I am at home

Quietus of a Friend

in the glittering wake
of the future
he lives

lighting our way
across the mystic sea
of souls

that our whimsical tomorrows
might toast
his favorite goblet

and share the fun
of yesteryears

Our Blessings Counted

like grand sequoian spires
so too thru time’s diverse cadence
endures heart-sprung joy

arm in arm
from friendships
to cosmic riddles
to labors of corpus and thought
to spirits bruis’d and tearful laughs
           to solitary retreats

‘tis our love’s fault

 

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                                               descendants
                                               from artless love
                                               of loam
                                               of rain
                                               of flame
                                               of hearts
                                               both rhythmic
                                               and silent

                                               let cast
                                               an eye
                                               an ear
                                               and savor
                                               their spiritual touch
                                               their wonder
                                               and know why we are