THUNDER

THUNDER is my beckoning call

like a TRUMPET rousing me to attention

like CANNON FIRE tearing holes in the sky

like ANGELS' SONGS lifting my heart!

THUNDER rolls from mountain top to valleys

like the EARTH SHAKING the fleas from her back

like mighty GEYSERS casting its steam to the heavens

like a godly PREACHER shouting the kingdom's amen!

THUNDER is the thrust and parry of mortal challenge

like robed CHOIRS blasting ears and shaking souls

like powerful TREADS crushing rock and soil

like FLASHING ORDNANCE dealing death and destruction.

THUNDER harbors in my heart

like iron clad VESSELS

like DAUNTING DESTROYERS

and sometimes like a child's PAPER BOAT.

oh, THUNDER......

SPEAK, LAUGH

SING, RATTLE

and INSPIRE me

with your awesome 

COMBUSTING LIFE!

Scattered

Long ago I scattered
to the dusty corners
of the Earth
all the debris you left.

over there I threw the memories
of the softness of your touch
and the lightening
of your fingers.

beneath powerful ocean tides
I secured weights to your kisses
that they might never rise
to sweeten Earth's sands into sugar.

deep inside mighty ancient stones
of the Sangre De Christos
I buried the secret memories
of the love we made.

high above thin altitudes
of Arizona skies
I diluted every promise
we made to one another.

into the ancient ice of Antarctica
I buried your tender words
frozen and forgotten
that they have no draw upon me.

within the caldrons of earth's
twisting and surging iron core
I turned to ash every unsecured hope
of seeing you again.

but I did not understand
that nothing created ever
fully goes away.
when I awoke this morning...

...all the trash I took out last night
lay scattered across my heart once again.