Swing With Ease

It is not with anger that I write
It is with passion I provide my insight
It is not my smile that seduces you
It is the wisdom of my mind that reduces you
Down to your knees, begging me please
To swing with you amidst the trees

A metaphor for how we move
An image of how we groove
In this life we swing together
Even in the most extreme of weather
A midnight storm, A midday breeze
Our rays emit the sunshine with ease

Challenge

You challenge me to become
Radiant with true wisdom

You challenge me to see
With lens filtered by realistic positivity

You challenge me to embrace change
By which my life I constantly rearrange

You challenge me to strive with each stride
I become more alive and I hold on for the ride

You challenge me to have faith and strength
Looking back, with each tread, I achieved greater length

You challenge me to look back as I move onward
Steady march with a glance behind, my whole life pondered

You challenge me to deliberate only the meaningful
To seek truth and accomplish the unbelievable

Sleepless Conundrum

Rhythm… tip-tap, then hum
The words spin into a conundrum
As I try my best to express
My every behest hidden by the most fabulous dress

Alas, I cannot sleep
It is as though I can only hear your heart’s weep
The sound of it’s beat
As if running in a sweltering mid-day heat

Drip drop of the tears onto your soul
Envision of a big gaping hole
Oh how my ears hear it all
Each tear as each one does slowly fall

I lay here, mind alert and aware
I stay here, as if to flirt and to stare
Weary to take even one little stride
Knowing full well I'd much rather run towards than hide

Attraction, an understatement, I’m sure
Our hearts and mind are no less than pure
Intoxication, as innocent
As a sip of juice that one may say did one day ferment

The words flow as if you were right here
Listening intently with the left and the right ear
Meaningful to me, but meaningless you see
Too cowardly to admit that this was written to thee!

Reflect…ion

Reflect…ion

The light to never shun

The truth to embrace

The steps to retrace

Pave the way and follow

With mind so open, it’s hollow

With direction, not blind

Seeking truth, shall find

Certain of what has been

Sure much has yet to be seen

And heard, Explored

Climbed and soared

Treasures unveiled

Wisdom in turn hailed

A sense of clarity

Deemed to be reality

When did?

When did strength become a weakness?
When did important become irrrelevant?
When did independent become dependable?
When did comfort become an impediment?

When did having everything
Become having nothing at all?
When did rising
Become unto a triumphant fall?

When the soul parted ways with the mind
And the body was left in a bind
When the contradiction between thought and action
Became a paralyzing distraction

Taiwanese in DongGuan

round table a few feet from the ground,
little plastic red stools surround,

good company and wild dogs amidst,
view of o'er the mountain rain and mist,

...chopsticks, tea, and small spoon
taiwanese meal under the moon

a variety of dishes including soup with chicken feet
to close the day of much humidity and heat

Thank You.

Someone recently told me...

"You're amazing...don't think for a second you are single because of something in you."

I needed to hear it.

Ya Baha! Thank the Lord for loving friends to put me in check and provide perspective. Thank you!

Time

Time flies by
Who would have known
Wink of mine eye
Flowers grew, seeds sewn

Grandmother just turned 70
Daughter about to be 3
Mother doesn't look a day over 40
Me, I'm comfortably 23

Take care, stay strong
Dream big, think long
Into the future, you may or may not see
It is quite simply, one big mystery.

Together We Walk

Our souls, wedded to Joy
Our minds, united in one common Ploy
Our hearts, bound to Thy Cause
Walking with Haste, No time to Pause.

Standing tall, Facing forward,
With confidence, Marching onward
With each stride, We go strong
With each mile, We go long.

By day, we walk our separate ways
By night, the separation becomes a haze
To be near would be far too easy
Distance, a welcome challenge, believe me.

Adventure, to say the least
Assured, we will conquer our every feat
As we climb, we carry with us mounting hope
Will we stop? Even for a moment? Nope!

Take Heed and Proceed

At the hour of dawn, I awake from my rest
And turn to listen to your every behest
Twas you that enlightened my dreams
Twas me that read between the seams
An idea and a thought stirred
The divine call rang out to be heard
I took my first step spinning reflection into action
I reached out my hand and insisted in your interaction
You asked me to take heed and in the sweetest of tone
You assured me to proceed and that I'd never be alone