At nearly seven miles long
And half a mile wide,
The freighter cleared
The loading dock,
Her escort at her side.
Departing from the Ceres Mine,
She eased into the stars
With another load of iron
For a steel mill on Mars.
Now as she left The Belt,
A rift in space began to form–
“Great Ganymede!”
The captain cried,
“We’re heading for a storm!”
The freighter soon was torn apart,
And ne’er again was seen,
And that’s the way
that things went down
In Universe 13.
One of my favorite quotes on nature and peace of mind is from the young Anne Frank. She says, “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy, is to go outside, somewhere they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” After hiding in a concealed attic for two years as a young teen, she knew what she was talking about. And standing here today, in the fresh spring air, overlooking this leaf-lined lazy river, I feel like I too know what she was talking about.
Another quote she used was, “Paper is more patient than man.” I get that one, too.
–Photo by me
I know it seems
our hopes and dreams
arising in our brains
are written free
by you and me
and yet the fact remains
we cannot know
where thoughts will go
and so the mind refrains
from seeing it’s true–
we have no clue
free will is wrapped in chains
slowly, silently
the cumulus popcorn clouds
of blossoms explode
–Photo by me
this old stump was
a magnificent tree
and has more than
a little in common
with me–we both
have the structure
of better days seen
and the young swaying
saplings make us turn a bit green
–Photo by me
into the iron
depths of hell
the mighty brute I rode
and so appeased
the metal beast
with yet another load
at four AM
I hardly felt
the many bumps and jolts
but nothing quite
will wake you like
a hundred thousand volts
my truck box hit
a power line
I should’ve stayed in bed
and had my boss
just send to me
the million bucks instead
in the vast abyss of the cosmos
men and their endeavors
are as insignificant
as the dust from
which they
arose
but
atoms
form bonds
and molecules
can form an entire
living universe unto itself
it’s all about our perspective
when jesus came to sturgis on a harley
we knew that everything would turn out fine
and when it started raining on our party
jesus turned the water into wine
and then he grabbed a bible from his harley
and from it read how on the second day
that god made grass and saw that it was gnarly
so jesus used the page to roll a jay
he took a hit and washed it down with soda
and ’round and ’round we passed that blessed jay
and somewhere in the hills of south dakota
they’re passing that same joint around today
in the shadow
of olympus mons
there lurks
an old romance–
the wind and sand
become as one
when arm-in-arm
they dance
under the pale
light of earth
their silent
vows are sworn
and every time
they bump and grind
another devil’s
borne
the jilted lover
walks a solitary path
through the land and pines
–photo by me
michaeljordahl 