Friday, January 30, 2009

Bluer than blue




















More goodbyes coming up this Friday
I look forward to the weekends no more.

Burgers and french fries, ice creams chocolate and vanilla
and smiling sad faces around the table

Lesser Hellos on a blue Monday morn
and the tight blinds encase me in a world of subdued grey

The air conditioner cools the room faster now, chills it
and I hear Joe Cocker sing “With a little help from my friends”

The once large buzzing office goes eerily quiet,
The seats around me empty and cold.

Voices and cheer subdued,
Backaches are back.

It’s an inky blue light that surrounds me,
I stumble, blindfolded into the murky grayness of the economic depression.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Determination




I have a strong determination
It will get me any where.
My thoughts on wings
Takes me places on earth and heart
It shows me hope I can’t loose.

I have a strong determination
It will get me any where.
My feet travel, ache and all,
To visions unknown

10th September 08

Image from http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/forest/recreation/rock_climbing/rocks.shtml

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Among the Kelp


I wander
In a kelp forest
Desolate brown
Unsteady in the current.
The oxygen I breath
Rises
To escape
Away from me.

I wander
Unsteady in the current
Lost
Searching for a way
Anxiety raising
Like the escaping oxygen.

I wander
In slow motion
Wide eyed still unfocused
Each moment palpable
I move the kelp
Helter-skelter
Searching for hope

Anxiety raising
Escaping.

3rd January 2009