Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Simple

There is something to be said for a simple Saturday,
Sunlight cast through the dust, through the window;
There can be beauty in the act of waking up.

In the movements of the old man's knuckles
As he kneads away at the freshly made dough,
Clouds of flour fill the air in the bakery down the road.

Hands breach through the comforting earth,
Amid rocks and roots in the confines of this garden,
And the wind continues it's quiet course.

Silence blankets the museum corridors,
A landscape framed by four corners;
Somewhere I've been, somewhere I could be.

The neighborhood rests at night,
Still and at peace;
All is alive and everything sleeps.


Monday, March 3, 2014

Sleep Nightly Creature, Sleep

Sleep Nightly Creature, sleep.
To the nightly noises, pay no heed;
It's just the trees.

Sleep Nightly Creature, sleep.
Go to your bending dreams;
Weighed down beneath the sheets.

Did you have a hard day?
Did some innocence fade away?
Sleep Nightly Creature, sleep.

Peeking from beneath covers,
You don't have to stay awake to welcome the day.
Sleep Nightly Creature, sleep.