Like roots in a tree

There is more of you and I 

Than what can be seen

This our family

Of humor, talent, and grace

 Self-emptying love

Kindness for others

May this be our thanksgiving

Nothing more or less

Neglected  bouquet

Rose petals fall from the vase

Sere but still fragrant

 Careful as you step

There is more than one reason

That they’re called flip flops

 Shoulder their worries

They are young and will repay

It is worth the weight

 A point of order

Who said this guy named Robert

Gets to make the rules?

 Can they remember?

Entwined - tumid and gleaming

The fierce smell of love? 

 

With no up or down

We all live on island earth

Afloat together

 Of someone's nature

That which speaks eloquently

Where they find beauty

 To sleep - I must sleep

These dreams derange the darkness

If I could just sleep 

 When I am hiking

I feel closer to the earth

Peaceful humility

 Let us be advised

If you can’t be wise - be kind

Nature will give thanks

 With no place in mind

Daydreaming amid the pines

Wondering nothing

In the remainder

Let me ramble like the wolf

Following a scent

 Which is more dreadful

Fear of something or nothing

The known or unknown

 Elixir of thanks

Even offered for the least 

Is balm for the heart

 It pleases my soul

To put my hand on your back

And know you’re near me

Sometimes in the wild

I enjoy hearing one thing

Sound of my footsteps

 There’s more to be found

Elder folk should still explore

Always being born

 Foretelling the storm

The wind's sure sililoquy

Speaks where no one hears

 An old dusty dog

As dependable as tides 

Waits for his next meal 

It must be dauntless

When art becomes civilized

It turns to culture

Woman of color

Prices, immigrants, and wars

They fall for the fraud

 The grace of the whale

Northbound from Baja's warm gulf

A calf by her side

 If we are so great

Why can’t the popular vote

Elect the POTUS?

They know of water

 And the approach of winter

Plants have agency

Walk in the woodlands

There are tidings in the trees

Messages of sap

The burden of fear

 Worry feels better than naught

When faced with unknown 

 The will-o-the-wisp

Rises in gold - sets in blood

Shroud of ghostly light