O TO BE A SEAGULL

   O, To Be a SeaGull

O, to be a seagull

To sail the whispering sea

To catch the sun when day is done

And never need the tree.

O, to be a seagull

With nothing more to do

Than watch for food and catch it

And bathe within the blue.

O, to be a seagull

With freedom in my soul

Feathers ruffled with the wind

And days made out of gold.

O, to be a seagull

Not tethered to the earth

To know your purpose in this world

Between your death and birth.

O, to be a seagull

A common bird for sure

But special in my eyes so that

That bird, I wish I were.

 ©by Voo

May 29, 2010

1:51 a.m.

SHE KNOWS

 She Knows

The ocean waits for my waking

She lies quiet between the shorelines

Purring like a cat 
That dreams of cream

Yawning with the chill of new dawn,

I pull on clothes that smell of sand,

Stumble through the house still dark with night shade,

And throw open the door to a sunrise made by God

There she is, the love of my life!

The tides wave at me with their silvery-white fingers

Beckon me towards her with calls of love 
That too few men can hear

I can only stand there 
In amazement at her beauty

While morning wraps itself 
Around my drowsy shoulders now wide awake

The sea is my lover,

My muse and my temptation

Roaring in my ears

And whispering in my soul like no other can

The sun rises gold in an azure sky

And I can wait no longer

I run to her

My arms outstretched and longing

Laughing as she splashes my face in greeting

Where have you been? she asks

As she folds me in 
Her salty sweet embrace

I was dreaming of you, my love, I answer
Though words are not needed between us

Because she knows

She knows.

© By Voo

Jan 17. 2010

3:23 a.m.

For Larry Kuechlin

Poet/Surfer

TREES UNBENDING

Trees Unbending


We were like trees unbending,
You and I
Tall and proud, in hardened coats
Rough exteriors, ancient roots,
Painful memories that would not die,
Besetting birds that would not fly,
Growing and growing yet bearing no fruit,
Standing alone with our heads in the sky.

But in the night,
Our leaves would fall
Silent tears would downward run
Whispered vows would be recalled
And days of love in Summer's sun

We were not always trees,
You and I
Once seeds and flowers, stems and vines,
Softly swaying, in lover's arms,
Children of future that knew not a past,
Unaware of the storms overtaking us fast,
Too blind with our love to notice the harms,
Love's jealous cold rain, fell on us at last.

And we grew into trees
That would not bend,
Grew into strangers that could not touch,
Turned blessed words into curses of sin,
And lost the treasures that we loved so much.

We were like trees, unbending,
You and I,
Surrounded by a forest full of green,
Living things that pulsed with love,
While you and I, we pulsed with strife,
Living things devoid of life,
Our branches broken like shattered dreams,
And only dark skies up above.

Till the woodsman came
And cut you down,
And you fell at my feet with a grievous sigh
And the sound of your falling was a terrible sound
And the forest was filled with my too-human cries.

We were like trees, unbending
You and I,
Suspicious mean mouths with nothing to say,
Wasting the years encased in that pride,
Depriving ourselves of the joy and the good,
Starving our hearts of the heart's only food,
Not finding that love again till it died,
Two trees, cut and wounded, now rotting away.

We are like trees, no more
For death has a way of making life
A thing so precious that nothing can
Replace the woman, replace the man,
Tear down the walls,
Remove the pride,
Love lives on in spirit
Though the vessel has died.

This is our story
And you must hear
First with your heart
And then your ear
Don't be like we were,
Please heed our pleas:
The falls come hardest
For unbending trees.

© by Voo
Feb 21, 2011
6:44 p.m.

SILENT SWIMMING LIKE THE MOON

Silent swimming, like the moon

We glide on silver clouds away

Past far beyond and ever more

Into the night before the day.

Silent swimming, like the moon

We gentle kiss the sleeping sky

Fly underneath the rainbowed hues

Hid deep within the moonlight's sigh.

Silent swimming, like the moon

Two lovers, we, on joyous feet

Dance over sorrowed cobblestone

That turn at once to golden street.

Silent swimming, like the moon

In night winds, sing, the hallowed song

Of love, of love that never falls

But when it does, takes us along.

Silent swimming, like the moon

Behind the treetops, standing still

With nightingales for decoration

We clap our hands at every trill.

Silent swimming,  like the moon

Most every night, like children play

Running here and there and seeking

Treasures the sun has stored away.

Silent swimming,  like the moon

We ride the tides, we float in air

Tumbling, laughing, loving, descending

 Back down to find the ground still there.

©by Voo

August 19, 2012

2:45 a.m.

LUCY HAD A LOVER

Lucy Had A Lover

　

Lucy had a lover

Every day till noon

They met at dawn and carried on,

Wrote songs about the moon.

Lucy had a lover

A tender, sweetie pie

He chased her 'round the bed and chair

And never made her cry.

Lucy had a lover

With eyes as dark as coal

He was her man, she had a plan

And marriage was her goal.

Lucy had a lover

Such depths he took her to

Up to the skies with passion's cries

His love was strong and true.

Lucy had a lover

But one day he didn't show

He didn't write, he didn't call

And she thought she'd never know.

Lucy had a lover

One morning he came back

He slipped in looking worried

Like he'd been leaving tracks.

Lucy had a lover

She forgave him for the strife

She knew she loved a mysterious man

But she didn't know his wife.

Lucy had a lover

But that love was over soon

His wife had lost the job she worked

Every day till noon.

Lucy lost her lover

And the wife lost her belief

He left them both for greener pastures

That he's buried underneath.



　

©By Voo

April 26, 09

9:18 p.m.