Saturday, April 13, 2019

black hole

Black hole image

I completely lost an hour or two this morning
Having no memory of anything at the time
Learning later how I appeared in a blank dream state
Giving such a fright to my dearest companion.

Just like that here one minute gone the next
Unsuspecting whatever suddenly swept me away
Though I like hearing you tell me that I apologized
Being aware that you were distressed.

An experience like being sound asleep awake perhaps
So odd to hear that when you mentioned our planned destination
I kept telling you that I had dreamed of going there
Having completely lost it repeating myself without recollection.

Such a humbling frightful collapse of everything that is me
Like disappearing into a timeless black hole caught by surprise
Leaving unexpectedly unable to say goodbye
Wishing now I told you more often how much I love you.

Of course I will be gone one day but not today I think
Always another year ahead of us to do things together
How could I forget that all we have is today to cherish
Life so transient ending in a kind of global amnesia.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Saddle River April 9, 2019

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Monday, April 8, 2019

Celery Farm April 8, 2019

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first blush

When April with her sweet showers wakes the trees
Nature's first green rises as a blush of color
Buds bursting with life in the warming sunshine
Celebrated in the happy spring bird song.

As the frost in the ground loses its hold on the earth
The sap flowing up by day revives and rejuvenates
The bare-limbed gray skeletons winter held hostage
Inviting us to enjoy the weather being outside again.

Love is in the air scented with cherry blossoms
Pink petals like confetti soon flutter down underneath
As couples pose smiling about being paired together
Trusting in their future depending on each other.

Every living thing feels the urge to mate and reproduce
Though not all of us with a choice will choose it
So much procreation around us is an affirmation
The next generation continues to tell our story.