when you dance it’s not hard your body tells you exactly what to do and you just roll to the next thing keep going keep it moving keep your body moving and you step keep stepping along make your own syncopated little steps to the beat that fit with the beat that make additional music…
Tag: poetry
Lately
Lately Every room I go to I meet plants who are starting to flower These ones Despite the cold Despite the lack of moisture sometimes Despite the drought Still grow Still flower With only a touch of help From someone else Lately I am astonished by what I am capable of I push on boundaries…
deep within the moon, the heart
there is a river deep within the moon it is the kind that storybooks are made of in your heart it looks the same a river with a current that is so intensely strong both the moon and the heart go through phases the river that runs through them keeps things moving the moon is…
walking with water
walking along the wet sand ocean rushes up past my ankles then back out to meet the great expansive water each step and i can feel the grittiness of the multicolored little granules beneath my feet the scent of seaweed and clean air walking down the beach i have no destination in mind but walk…
the sister of destruction
i am the sister of destruction coming your way with no stops charging through and unceasing i follow after and make life from the path of death she leaves as my welcome mat i am not angry i am kind i move slowly i put things where they might be noticed i make things beautiful…
night lights
bright lights flash by in the darkness candle flickers from a single flame warm of the glow i can feel it from here meanwhile a million blinking red and yellow lights pass over my eyes flickering like waving — not on and off like a sometimes faltering balance like taking your time like stumbling through…
to be fast
behind the wheel of the car she drives so fast that lights become a blur and just other flashes within the night hug the curve and it’s easy to go from place to place smoothly into darkness heading forward not back never back always forward always driving fast doesn’t matter how fast as long as…
the winds that move
overcast day and the wind moves through grass like a soft flute that sounds the blend of shadows parade across the sky waves that move matching clouds they mirror each other grey and silver mixed with vibrant blue pierces and yet soothes the eyes watching the dance the interplay from far away
pool of fishes
she dipped her hand into clear water and waited all of the sudden a fish lifted its head and kissed her finger another fish swam over and another and another and she smiled as they let her glide her hand over their scales it started to rain she looked up and as she did a…
bird of paradise
bird of paradise peeking out beneath the shade i can see you dancing to the wind nodding your head with the breeze you couldn’t hide yourself even if you tried bright orange and purple makes us all happy to look at you maybe chuckle to yourself as we say “hey, look at that!” you’ve made…
The Dynamics of Groove 