May I ask for a dance The wind muses softly And the tall  Aspens take a  Polite bow Their white branches Sway in the Moonlight And as the golden  Leaves tremble in  The boundless sky A crow Caws a melody of  Crisp evenings and  Chilly nights With the stubborn Chase of the breeze On the…

When your thoughts are  A canvas bleached to  Perfection And your visions Sketch a Japanese Garden with Koi ponds gleaming To welcome a Sunrise  A mosquito – a dark speck – Lands on Your dreams Sucking your  Fuzzy hope dry Why deceive Yourself in the mirror  And pen a fairytale  Between the lines When you…

In the quiet embrace of fall  I lie  Blowing bubbles of troubling Thoughts And watch the gentle Sunshine  Melt them away On the wings of Cotton candy clouds And the blue sky smiles at My thoughts and giggles At my worries Life is just a fleeting game Of search and find – A hide and seek –…

My mountains Stand tall Against the endless Blue prairie above Hugging clouds  And kissing stars An ancient love story Woven over millions Of years between Earth and sky Cradling a  Small lake – Tears of  A crest – Holding hands  With aspen trees Swaying in a soft Embrace A final hug is due Before golden Autumn arrives And as…

When hope is a  Distant guest In the bedridden  Sterile World  Of my soul My thoughts  Sift through  Eternity  Like the desert  Wind That commands Shadows to dance Upon the sand Life has taken  Me through labyrinths Of cold tundras  And abandoned Kingdoms of ice  Where frozen souls Reside Yet each dawn brings  a pale ray of hope …

Our old pains Are like Last year’s Snow Stuck in the Crevices of rocks Hidden Far away From the golden Rays of July Sunshine In the deepest Darkest corners of Our souls Where no life-giving Warm rays Can melt away The dusty words said Where The snowy attitudes And the messages froze In ice With…

It appeared on the kitchen window Winter’s delicate skeleton  Molded from a thousand  Whispers of snow and ice A translucent miracle Nature designed and Carefully crafted – An art show Composed of kisses Frozen by ice  And serene  Ballads of January peace A smile at mid-winter A ray of hope Look What a masterpiece Winter can achieve On a cold morning…

After Christmas sales Are soul-crashing  They take  The sliver of your being And sell it with a  Seventy percent discount For you to use it again  Next year  When another Christmas  Comes dressed in  Golden brocade It’s a year’s waiting That we spend  Cloaked in the fibers of Hope So when the holiday arrives We…

A blanket of snow had fallen Overnight The world is a freshly baked  Cake dusted with The powdered sugar  Of December peace Our tall chimney has   Turned into a steaming cup  of hot cocoa A table is set  For a grand holiday Brunch Warm breaths and  Warmer words fill the air Snow continues to…