Expectancy

Lilies and hyacinths
air's sweet refrain 
Hope's fragrance exudes
from earth once again.

Season of Birds and Roses

Patter of small feet
on a city street;
buildings brick
but ambience ever green --
far, far better than any dream. 
The passage of time can take its toll
but it cannot obscure this: 
mother and young grandmother --
childhood's Springtime kiss.

Streaming Skies

Write, write,
write into the sun
until all is bathed in light;
and then weep, weep
like thunder and lightning
and wind,
tornadoes of grief
spinning 'round
hailstones pelting
the silent soil,
until sky's fire is spent
and the fury of ice
melts.

The Desert

Syria is shorn,
the mideast is aflame,
while bare cathedrals,
empty cradles,
weep.

Caught

"I've caught your cold
[suddenly],"
I tell her,
blinking wet eyes;
and little one gives me
an orange.

Name

Meaning,
for those who see;
layers deep,
whole unfathomable
self;
nearly unutterable
but for a
whisper,
reverent;
trust,
knowing: 
Name.

Keeping Warm

Truth -- a firm
and rigorous thing
needing steel, at times,
to utter . . .
but with an undercurrent
of love. 
The hurts along the way
I cast back
with an open heart
to the gentle breezes that blow
to be cleansed in the sunshine,
always the sunshine;
for though truth can be hard,
the heart must stay warm.