The Myriad Colors of the Evening 

Reflect in Your Eyes

The Setting Sun is Warm

As Lovers Breath

Natures unspoilt Beauty

Mirrors in You

Soon the Stars will be Out

And the Dark Sky

Will Shimmer 

With Passion

 Dried up Flowers of Fall

Leaves having sucked

All their Blood

Turn Red

And Crumply

The Wind rustles through 

And shakes me Up

Soon it will be a Barren Landscape

With Grey Skies

And Trees that Refuse to Bend

 And there you have it 

A Brand New Day

Dawn breaks

And lights up the evidence

Of the Battle

The night before 

Glad you are done 

Licking Your Wounds

Counting all the Hurt

And as you Leave the Battle field

Remember all  

That you carry Within

It always comes with you

No matter what direction your steps 

Take 

 Amidst the sharp edges of the city

And the dull waves of the bay 

Somewhere there lies

The answer 

But I must find the question first

And that my dear friend is

The dilemma 

Of my existence 

 The cells in my body 

And your body

Bombarded by free radicals

Under oxidative stress 

Breakdown

And regenerate 

Driven by a cosmic rhythm

On the surface 

Things are calm

Your Beautiful face 

Radiant smile

The warmth of your Touch

 I was writing  me a poem

About the Harvest Moon

And then I realized 

That it’s November 

And the moon is now the Beaver Moon

And that Beavers are wet and Cold

And often Stink

Even though like all animals 

They are lovely 

And like all animals

Get Trapped/Hunted Down

At night

Under the  moonlight

A thought came to me that

If God were to arm All Animals

The Hunters could become the Hunted

 The Glass Vase

Came down with a force 

Shattering Everywhere 

Across the Floor

Wounded Flowers

Strewn Lifeless

I step in

Barefoot 

And Pick them all

One by One

 Beyond the Lights

Far away into the Fields

Lies Darkness

Life is a fog

Even on New Years Eve

Ghostly Figures 

Form and Disappear 

Crumbling Ruins

Watch and Wait

For another Year to Start

 In the Distance 

Beyond you

Beyond everything 

Is where I find

The beginnings 

The genesis 

Of 

What started it All

Dirt mixed with Rain

Trampled Smelling Flowers

A Promise 

Of the New Land

Pure Love

 Beyond all the Glitter

Underneath all the Gold

Is the untold Story

Of Love

And War

The War Within

The Sacrifice Made

Buried 

But not forgotten 

I have come prepared 

To dig it Up

Uncover the Facts 

And lay them out 

In Broad Daylight 

Even though

You might choose to look 

the Other Way

 Your Eyes Sparkle

Like Crystals

Tears 

A Moist reminder

Of all the Pain

And Joy

That gave Color

To our Love

 I am waiting for Spring

For Crocus Flowers

Warm Winds 

With a Tinge of Cold

Daffodils

Iris

Buds and Birds 

Your Smile

On a Sunny Day

Lazy Evenings

  We set out Together 

To find our true identity 

And lost our souls 

In the process 

The Road not Taken

Was the answer 

But

The Other  Way

Was Always Beckoning 

Naive as We were

We Took it

Then Found Comfort 

In Teachings of Failed Men

Now with our Brains Molded

We are

Left Incapable 

Of A New Journey

 I was outside

Doing nothing 

Twilight merged into night

Night into Darker Night

The air got cooler

I Waited for the Fireflies 

But None were out

As if They were forewarned 

Of a killer Hand  out there 

 The raging storm 

Brought calm to me

Cold and Brutal

Yet Comforting 

The erratic Pulse of Life

Churning everything 

You and Me

Struggling to Hold On

Swept away 

Away from each other 

 The sparkle in your Eyes

Vibrates in Harmony

With Love

Carved Red Lips 

Speak Passion

Your Slender Neck  Line

Tall and Thin 

It all makes Sense

Like Lava 

Asleep in the Body

Of a Volcano 

Dormant 

Waiting for the Right

Seismic Moment 

 Memories Loud as the Lake

Crash into Me

She Rides the Waves

A Dark Maiden At Night

With Stars as her Jewels

The Milky Way 

A Tiara

Around her Silky Hair

Eyes Glistening 

The Devil

Or The Divine

Both are One

Under the Moonless Sky

 If it was not for the Sun

The Moon will Lose it’s Shine

 Thoughts Light  up My Head

Like Fireflies

Burning 

Yearning 

And 

The Night Sky

Peers Down

Moonlight Twisting 

Around Trees

Stars 

Silent Partners in Crime 

The Smell of Your Love

A Deep Sigh 

 Waves

One after Another 

 Strike the Beach

Their Crescendo

Drowns Yours Laughter 

But as the Long

Day

Gives way to Dusk

And the Trees Get  Dark

Their Shadows

Merging into the Night

Stars come out 

Blinking

Everything Winds-down

Your Whisper Carries 

Far Into the Lake

 I look down from my Hotel Window

Cars like Ants

Following each other in a line

Stop and go

I am Stationary

Everything around Me Moves  

Everything in Me Moves

The Seconds hand on my Watch

Blood in my veins

Thoughts in my Mind 

Theory of Relativity 

Everything in Motion

Relative to Each Other

And I am Squarely In it

For Now

 I was telling me 

All sorts of things 

Just to pass the evening 

For I was bored of all the Small Talk 

And the Football  game

When I remembered that this universe 

Has a twin 

A Parallel

And somewhere there 

I am sitting enjoying

The small talk 

And the Game 

And it puzzled me to know

That I am a dichotomy 

Just like you and everyone else

 These Leaves in Autumn  

They don’t just  fall

They sway 

With the Wind 

Float down 

With a Rhythm

Yellow and Red

Shades of Orange 

Collecting at the Bottom

A Crunchy Bed 

I walk Softly

Not to Trample 

But to Love 

 The Shape of Trees

In Winter

All Bare  

Standing Firm

Determined To Survive

Is what Love is All about 

When there’s nothing else

It’s your thought

That keeps me going 

 The sparkle in your Eyes

Vibrates in Harmony

With Love

Carved Red Lips 

Speak Passion

Your Slender Neck  Line

Tall and Thin 

Lights Up

Like Lava 

Asleep in the Body

Of a Volcano 

Dormant 

Waiting for the Right

Seismic Moment 

 Afraid that I have lost my touch

I sit down to write a poem

Snow flakes outside 

Fall silently

The Fire Place crackles 

Time is White and Wrapped 

Around Trees

And Spread out

On the Grass

Like a Sleepy Mountain 

Has crumbled 

And come crashing down noiselessly 

 Spring Fever

Now that the snows melted

Dirty Brown grass is left exposed 

Eager to turn green

Birds butterflies and moths

Bugs and earthworms 

They are all starting to Stir

 Magnolias in Bloom

Crocus and Daffodils

In the ground

Life is sprouting everywhere 

 I flow with the Creek 

Under the Bridge

Over the Rocks 

Swirling with the Fish

Sparkling in the Sun

Shining In the Moonlight

Smiling at the Stars 

Raging with the storms 

Picking up Pace

To merge into A River

Hungry for the Ocean

 After the rain

The Night Sky is washed clean

Stars Shine

Like Jewels

And after all the Tears

Your Eyes

Sparkle 

Like Diamonds 

 Fireflies are out in force

Burning bright 

Celebrating Love

On A Dark Moonless night

White stars 

Shine Silently 

Looking down on Us

Approving the Dance 

Of Life

 On a Bright Day

Rays of Sunlight

Pierce through Trees

Remind me of the Enigma

Left Behind

Your Smile

Hiding all the Pain

Is what I live 

And Die For

 When the River was Flowing

You said 

Let’s Float in It 

But

Then we were worried 

About the Unknown.

Now  that 

It’s all dried Up

We are hunting for that Bend 

Where we were to Set Sail

Outside 

In the light drizzle 

I watch

The flowers being washed

Drop by Drop

Fireflies are  out 

Defiant of the Rain

Leaves are Motionless

Trees half Asleep

No Distant noises

A Still evening  

 On a Moonless night 

The Sky studded with stars 

Is so Quiet

Nothing moves 

The Milky Way 

A Haze 

Filled with Memories 

Of a Lifetime Gone by

 Sitting outside

 At Mid Night

With no Yesterday 

Or Tomorrow 

No Thoughts 

Not even of You

Life is at a Standstill 

Except for a lone Bat

Flying into the Moon 

 The wind 

Ever so gently 

Runs  over me

The Suns Rays 

Bathe me in Gold

I hear Nature

Speak

Love

Is what It Says

Pure as Heaven

Deadly as Hell 

 A Streak of Lightning 

Reverberates through the Sky

Fractures the Clouds 

Reflects in your Eyes

And then Thunders

Amidst the Pouring Rain

Birds

Go Silent 

Trees Dance Wildly

And we Walk

Aimlessly 

As if there is no Tomorrow 

 Brilliant Sunshine 

Lights up the Shadows

A Boulevard 

Waits 

Trees Silent

In Anticipation 

I know 

You shall arrive

Dressed in Blue

Swaying like the Wind 

 I miss the innocent 

Look of youth 

In Your Eyes

The painful Love

That used to float in them 

And come out as tears 

 An Angel Descends

From the Crescent Moon

White Robed

Dark Skin 

Eyes a piercing Blue 

I wait patiently

For the Healing to Begin

 Fluffy Clouds 

Float in the Sky

Like Cotton 

Heading to 

The other End of the Earth

Where you Stand

Collecting them All

Wearing their Crown

Dressed in

A Soft Robe 

Made of Condensed Vapor 

Goddess Of Love

Smooth and Silky

 Cool wind creeps in

With the setting Sun

The Sky 

Fiery Red

Lit with Passion

Reflects in Your Eyes

Your Warm Breath 

And Soft Touch

Ease the Pain 

Of my Aching  Heart 

 I never knew how much 

I Miss You

Till I saw

The  evening Sky

Lit 

With the Setting  Sun

Felt the Cold Breeze 

Freezing me to the Core

The Memory of Us

Warm together 

Fades 

But never goes away completely 

Always lurking 

To hit  me with a Bang

 Your Eyes Sparkle

With Love

Your Lips Quiver 

With Passion

Waiting to be Kissed

Your Neck

Warm and Smooth

Your Slender Body

Curved Like a Winding Road

Leading 

Me into The  Deep Quest

Of Passion and Nirvana

 The Answer was clear 

The Question 

That started it all

Very complex

Water Flows 

Trying to maintain a Level

And  though

I walk a straight Line

This Earth Curves like a Ball

With Molten Lava

At its core

Boiling 

Even As the Galaxy

Hurtles Towards

A Black Hole

Where all Your Gods are Trapped

And Waiting  

 Snow wraps around Trees

Like a Beautiful Maiden

Dressed in White

Bends Limbs

Kissing the Ground 

I come walking by

And see you 

Peeking 

From behind the Trunks

 On a Clear  Winter night 

The air so Thick

Nothing Moves

Cold settles Into Me

Freezes the Insides

I wait

For A Warm Touch

A Bright Smile

Heart to Melt

Love to Flow 

 I know You have been Waiting 

For the Right Moment 

Haven’t you Heard

Time is a Dimension 

Running Simultaneous

In Parallel Universes

What Happens in Your Universe

May not be the case in Mine

And We All are Manipulated

To Believe.

 The setting Sun

Lights up the Sky

With all its Passion

Hues of Red

From Pink to Orange

It All reflects 

In the still Lake

In Your Deep Eyes

And  Settles into Me

These Desires 

Of the Universe

Divine Particles

And Dark Matter

 So I hang on to each moment

As if there will be none Left

Yet I worry about

What the Future Holds

Drop by Drop

Life Melts

Melts Away into the Unknown

I am sure

That’s the place 

Where Darkness and Light

Mingle and Become One

 Snow Flakes

Some Heavy 

Some Soft 

Fall in All Directions

Foot Prints  Lead Me

I Sense Your Presence 

I Smell Your Smell

But You are nowhere to be seen

Angel in White

Mystic as Always

 The storm is Done

Covering everything 

Buried under

Are Bulbs

And Desires to Break Free

One Day

The Snow will Melt

Under the Warm Sun 

New Life  will Bloom

 The Bare Trees

Stand Tall and Unbent 

Leaves all Gone

Testimony to the Storm

That Blew through 

 An Angel in White 

You descend softly

I smell your Breath

Cool and Minty

Feel the Touch

All around Me

The Night is Still

Waiting to be 

Covered in Snow

To be One with the Sky

 The Heart

Is in Limelight Again

February 14

Ignites Love All Over Again

Rekindles an Old Flame

Flashes of Youth

Of Carefree Love

Every Year

The same old Ache 

A Desire 

A Deep Breath 

Life at its Most Tender Moment

 On a Dark Night

Enveloped in the Soft Glow

Of the Snow

I walk the Flattened Fields

Stars follow Me

Peaking through the

Denuded Trees

I am looking for the Moon 

Lost Somewhere 

On the Ground

Where Everything is White 

 Out in the Open

I wish for Rain

To come pouring on Me

Wash away all these Layers

 of Life

Of Money and Work

Of Right and Wrong 

Strip me Down

To the Bare Naked 

Where there is  You 

And Everything is Nothing but You  

 It was a strange walk 

This  evening 

Wherever I went

The Moon followed Me

Every time I looked Up

There it was

Peeking through Trees

Moth eaten 

Half Faced

A Wry Smile

Getting Brighter 

While it got Darker

Around me 

I will Stand up to You

Tonight Moon

And Smile Back 

 It is not easy

To come back to 

What Broke You

I picked up the pieces 

Put myself together 

And showed up

Against all Odds 

Only to Find 

You were Broken Too

Fragmented You Said

That You need more time 

To Heal 

And have found a Perfect Healer 

 Walking under the Trees

Sunlight streaming 

I catch Your Eyes 

With all the Colors reflecting in them 

A Rainbow of Love

Your Breath

Mingles with the scent of flowers

Your Body  sways with the Gentle Wind

Our Walk Together 

Is a Complete Experience 

Fragrant and Passionate

Subtle and Sublime 

 Soft is the sound of Water 

 In the gentle breeze

Warm are the rays of the setting Sun

Life is Still

Caught in these Moments 

Time Ticks away though

 I don’t wear a Watch but 

I know that soon this timelessness will end 

Night will fall

Sleep will overcome me

And I’ll be older

 It all came pouring down 

After the summer heat 

The skies opened up 

Drenching my Soul

The smell of Wet Grass

And we all come alive

This 2020 

A  crazy Year 

Coming back to our senses 

Is not going to be easy 

 I walked to the Edge

Of the Dark Night

In search of the Moon

Becoming one 

With the Darkness 

 I saw

This Crusader of the Shadows 

A  shape

In the Distance

Moving across the Horizon

He has Stolen the Moon 

And chopped it into pieces 

He has it in a bag sealed tight 

 I see You

With a  Smile on Your Face

Deep Dark Eyes

Full of Love

And all those memories come Flooding back 

Life is never predictable 

We all Break down inside 

And Put  ourselves Together

 The smell of Earth

Rises with the rain

And makes me delirious

I see the Beauty of your Eyes

And your lips

The curve of Your Smile

My Heart  captures it all 

And quenches it's lifelong thirst 

It is not a desire

But a need for survival

That brings me to You

Drenched in the Downpour 

We both dance and Love

A primordial feel

A divine touch

It is all eternal

 The Air around You 

Smells of Love

Every step you take 

Towards Me

The Song gets  Louder

I see your

Swinging Legs 

The  Curves of your Body

And all those Memories 

Come flooding Back 

Memories of Absolute Bliss

Cool Air

Warm Hugs  and Kisses

Timelessness 

 A clear evening descends 

Air heavy and colder

Hangs around the clouds 

And seeps into me

Fall has not begun Yet

There  is this awkward Tussle

Between the Sun 

And Darkness

I walk as if nothing is changing 

 The sky is all shades of Red

Passion strewn across

By the Setting Sun 

You and Me

Covered in it

Feel the Fervor 

Of Love

Your Lips are Warm

Your Breath filled with Passion

I have lived all my Life

To be consumed by Your Fire

 Tired of going places

I took the train to Nowhere 

I became the Journey

An anonymous Face

Amongst many 

No stops on the way

Not sure how this ends

Lonely at first

Am beginning to lose 

My sense of Self

Soon I’ll be no more than 

Part of a Collective Conscious 

Hurtling into Oblivion  

 The Moon

A thin Sliver 

Reflects in Your Eyes 

Your  Body

 Enveloped in Darkness

Glows with  Desire

The Gods of Winter

Have met their match

In  Your Warmth 

 Pale Sunlight 

Streams through  Bare Trees

Strikes a  Chord within 

I Feel the Rhythm

The Song of Life

 In my Soul

The ground 

And the Sky

And everything in between 

Vibrating 

With Cosmic Harmony 

 Flake by Flake 

Snow covered everything 

A blanket of White 

Glowing  in Darkness  

I walked Aimlessly 

Zigzagging marks

My Destination is You

Angel in White

All I found was 

Bare Tree Trunks

Silent Witness 

To my Earnest Quest 

 Snow arrives

Late at night 

And quietly sits on the  patio chairs

Long legs 

Expansive Arms 

Body Flowing

Every Corner  covered 

I step on it 

Walk on it 

Leave my marks everywhere 

 Your Eyes

Deep and Wide

Give Respite to my weary soul

Reflect the Blue Sky 

And the Red Moon

Gentle Love 

With Subtle Passion

Flows through them 

Straight from Your Heart

I feel the Warmth 

Every time You Look at me  

 And then came the rain

To douse the Fire

I was out in the park

Pitch dark

Desperate to keep the Flame alive

I turned to my friends

The Fireflies 

How do you keep it burning 

You have to have it inside You

Was the Answer

It lives and dies with You