Today
you touched someone,
Caressed pain away
with a kind word,
a warm embrace,
a sincere smile.
Today
you didn’t even know
the comfort that
trailed behind you
as you walked by.
poem-sleepy June 19, 2016
On the highway
blinking, road blurring,
I should be sleeping,
not driving.
I can’t walk to bed
from here.
poem-ending June 18, 2016
The end is so close
that I can reach out and touch
the hands of the clock,
tick-tocking away this last class.
A day more of typing
the degree will be done.
This stage of the journey complete,
where will I go from here?
poem-moment June 15, 2016
In a moment
everything she thought she’d be
was sliced away.
In a moment
simple expectations yielded
to new arrays.
In a moment
opportunity seized her hand
to her dismay.
In a moment
foolish disappointments
were child’s play.
In a moment
her entire future was pulled
onto a new pathway.
poem-small June 14, 2016
Onyx eyes, black beads,
glisten with wishes,
please take the gift,
toss gently, I’ll retrieve.
It’s only time between us;
you are almost all I’ve known of love,
though you may grieve
for what has been before;
I am now, and while I’m still small,
you’re all I want and need.
With time between us,
your love for me will grow.
quote-awakening June 13, 2016
Every closure is an awakening,
and every awakening settles something.
~John Dewey (Art as Experience)
poem-calendars
Day by day,
week by week,
month by month,
year by year,
Perpetual motion
marks our lives,
cradle to grave.
Recto, verso,
each a new start
toward the inevitable,
inexorable,
final page.
poem-see June 12, 2016
See the twisting silence
weaving between them;
pursed lips, downcast eyes,
See their knot tighten
further together, closer apart.
Shawn L. Bird 