Tag: poetry

Slippery Slopes

To flying bugs and crawling ants,

A bright bouquet of pitcher plants

Becomes a water park with rides–

They can’t resist the slippery slides!

And once inside the saccules,

They’re trapped and drown in nectar pools.

And no, I’m not being frivolous–

This water park’s carnivorous!

–Photo by me

empath

i’m sitting here watching a group

of both physically and mentally

challenged young children

sing their hearts out on one

of those talent shows on tv.

they get the golden buzzer,

and the audience explodes–

people are hugging each other,

mothers and fathers are crying,

and the children themselves

are beaming like sunlight

with honest-to-goodness

genuine happiness as they

dance around the stage.

tears run down my cheeks,

and for the moment, anyway,

i’m glad that i’m an empath.

temple of the forest

i am a priest

in the temple

of the forest.

i go there now

seeking solitude

in the frosty morn.

the path of leaves

soon gives way

to a carpet

of golden needles;

i have reached

the inner sanctum.

here, great pillars

reach into the sky

opening a portal

between heaven

and earth

–photo by me

earth

o mother earth

giver of all life

you wear your

jewel-encrusted

flowing blue robe

like a great queen

your shimmering

emerald auroras

crown your brow

with ghostly tiaras

you are a tiny isle

of life in a vast

ocean of death

you are a bright

sky-blue tv screen

in a pitch-black

living room

they say that those

who’ve seen your

sphere of life

against the utter

emptiness

of space are

forever changed

shatner cried