rainy day at Ocean Beach (Sutro Walk March 2016)
I look forward to the sleep.
not today
or even tomorrow.
the deep sleep of not waking
will happen but not today,
today I move, I breathe,
I hope.
I look for the good in the world,
I keep going.
Some days are grey,
the cloud forms overhead,
voluminous, thick, foamy,
sometimes rain.
The rain comes for days,
and when I think it won't dissipate.
it dissipates.
Grateful for the Sun,
the warm, life-giving,
heartwarming, fingers tingling,
grateful, grass-growing, wind-willing,
growth and green.
The seas seen,
the footpaths walked.
The rose garden admired.
The Bench acquired.
and then
When that day is done,
just one.
I will sleep,
having seen the things I've seen,
and the world I've learned,
good people don't weep.
I will be asleep,
nothing in the world
will bother my mind,
alone and at peace.
Thankful to finally get the sleep.
Day 5 Prompt: write a poem that is based in the natural world.
Ground Squirrel
hidden in the rocks,
grey fur on grey stone
lost then found,
hiding from prey..
sleep comes soon.
the cat walks on my face,
settles down on my pillow and
wraps his tail
around my neck.
creates a furry scarf
and a purring to sleep.
a fuzzy corridor
opens in my mind
swirling, falling coma.
this sleep would be
very fine this time..
but then he stretches,
and digs his claws in.
Day 3 Prompt: Write an elegy – a poem that mourns or honors someone dead or something gone by.
Impatient
I hurried along,
I tripped and fell
and still I
missed you.
Too late,
I left a note
written
in my head
and sent to you.
Wait for me,
I will come.
Wait
and I will meet you.
We will be
together
in the end.
Day 2 Prompt : write a poem inspired by, or in the form of, a recipe!
lemon square
lovely
crusty
crunchy,
but pliable.
broken bits
with fork
or fingers:
tart, sweet
tasty,
lemony good.
perfection.
pomegranate seeds
a book by Hafez
a spring that sprung,
a wish by one..
a following- through
a garden for you..
a really bad poem
but another day done.
