For the Crow, Shiny Things

I have not heard from my beloved friend Human Being (aka crow), who lives in Iran and is unable to communicate freely since the election there. I think of her and pray not only that she is safe but that her wishes and hopes for herself and her people come true in her lifetime. Human Being is a poet, a mother, a sage and a muse. She has loved and inspired me. I imagine myself sitting across from her, having tea, meeting eachother's gaze, sharing ourfriendship and our hopes for our countries and the world.
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These poems are for her. I wrote them at a time

I was simply into rhyme,

not worried about meter, or edits line by line.
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My dearest Friend, know you are loved and protected around the world. The seed is planted.

So Sad

So sad

So absently glad.

So nothing new

So clearly true.

So many times

Lost in rhymes

So many tries

And lovely lies

So many tears

So many years.

So sad so sad

(When you return

Please let me learn)

So sad so sad

So utterly bad

So lovingly mad

So sad so sad.


Flight in Rhyme
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I dwell inside the foyer
And crouch along the wall
Waiting for a miracle
To break my gruesome fall.
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Out the window
three blue foxgloves sway and wave
as though I could be that free too
If I would just let go.
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You see, I really try to welcome fate
I don’t complain when it is late
I spread my fingers and willingly wait
But I’ll be damned: what does abate
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Is often hope instead of doubt
I wonder why I shrink just then
The foxgloves bid me to spread wide
But I forget to bend
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That foyer has an open door
Where visitors pass by
I often smile with open arms
And greet them eye to eye.
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They tell me I am whole and fit
I tell them hardly, then I sit.
But they persist until I might
Flap my wings and pray for flight.
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I could walk out the door
Into the light
I could raise my chin
And raise up my sight.
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I could give up first
And sit down last.
I could whisper thank you
In the silver grass.
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I could even agree
To heal my amends
And bypass the beginning
Until I get to the end.
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I could and I would
I should and I might
Forget about shudders
And fly into the night .