Poems

After the feast, and the gluttony, after the nap on the couch,

with the belt opened a bit, just one more notch

A turn to look at the paper, or an advertisement or two

A chance to look a your pocket book, to see what you can afford to do

It’s shopping madness time, when sales are abundant all around

Meant to entice, your imagination, as your feet hit the ground

Out the door, some with kids, some with others in tow

A plan to attack the needs of Christmas,

and map to show which way to go

Oh the deals and the steals, that one must have

With feet aching, but still partaking, fun for all to be had

Trinkets and doodads, that could glisten from your tree

Clothing that will fit after New Year’s resolutions,

you just wait and see!

Or maybe a fishing pole, or a scope for your gun

Some new tools, that aren’t needed, but needed, just for fun

Even through the crowds, and a bit of squeezing in and out

To reach the prize, you’ve given thought to,

it’s what it’s all about

Like Halloween with bags of goodies, soon to be adorned

One can’t wait to show the bounty, upon arriving home

Then lay back, and wonder, just what you have done

Have you accomplished all your shopping goals. . .maybe not,

but it sure had been fun🌟

Pay homage to the Gobble, Gobble

Then gobble down

Within the presence, of friends and your family, all around

Remember kindness, caring, love and forgiving

On this day of sharing, we call ‘Thanksgiving‘

To all, may your day be provided within the soul given by God as one

Sometimes I’ll have the TV on, as just a mere distraction

The cling and clang in the din, seems to be of some attraction

Other times, complete quiet, to help ease my mind

Even with a storm outside, I’m within myself, hiding from inside

Loneliness is not a friend, or a way I choose to be

But often is the case, it is the only place, that you may find me

An ethereal state of consciousness, that I cannot explain

Drifting in and out, through many, a different kind of plane

Now that I found someone, there is a newness in my step

A feeling that I glide, rather than plod, because of who I’ve met

Thank you Roxanne 🌟

In the pause, between the awakened,
and the moment of transition to which you seek
That last blink of awareness,
as you slip gently into sleep

Where there is a different state of being,
a different way to be
With eyes closed, within the darkness,
and another way to see

An enhancement of images,
that can be seen and sometimes even heard,
to have come to a different place,
perhaps lessons to be learned

Some that can be frightening,
some in a mystical way,
others that seem endless,
until they’ve gone away

The ones you wish to hold onto,
and have one more time,
the ones quickly forgotten,
but those still left,
on the fringes of your mind

As it all passes, from that momentary pause,
where you drifted into another world,
some real, some that will be lost
All indelibly etched, within the library you retain,
and often remembered later on,
as if you’ve turned the page

Then the light as eyes once again,
peer out from the night,
all things rearranged,
within a different form of sight

To wonder if now is here, or if it had just passed,
not always easy, or what it was, easily grasped
Take with you, what can be remembered,
write it down to call on later on

Not that your depiction, is something,
you can rely upon
For in that place, within the ether,
where you whence did dwell

Only you will know, and God is the only one,
which you can ask, or you can tell
For others may listen in fascination,
and with good intent,
but you and only another, will know,
what it really meant

Dropping in, and falling out

Of unconscious state and void of thought

A chance to be clear, if but for a moment

A time to contemplate, a time for atonement

By myself, only my inner awareness,

not needing to share, or give explanation

As to be asleep, with eyes open wide

Living within, while aware what’s outside

A new awareness pervades, and itself shows

No words to be given, only for you to know

Nothing mysterious, strange, or to hide

Just something to experience, that comes from inside

A self realization, that so sudden appears

Than just as fast, it all disappears

This is the first time, and there needn’t be more

From then on, the belief will be real, as never before

They’ll be an aura, presented on you and your path

Accepted by those in your presence, in the faith that you have

For God once found, in your heart and in your soul

Will be there for you, whatever you do, where ever you go

It’s not necessary, to provide words for others to believe

What you have been allowed, cannot be seen

Walk the walk, and you’ll never feel alone

You’ll always know, that you’ve have found a home

(8-9-24 started / 11-21-24 finished)