In spite of you saying
“I’ve been expecting this for a long while”
I knew in our shared sorrow
It was not an easy decision
For you to make
Heartwrenching resolution
To do that final act of kindness
Her furry figure was no longer
Able to curl up close to you
Her eyes no longer gazed up to you
With the soulful innocence of that kitten
She was sixteen years ago
Her once dark striped muzzle
Streaked with white
Still continued to love your touch
To the very end
Together we share the tears today
For we have freed Tigger to the heavens
Where she will keep your mother company
And once more play with her sister Spitfire…
Tomorrow we will rejoice
For her spirit is no longer fettered
By earthly bounds
And will live forever in our hearts
dedicated to Diana’s Tigger
April 1985 – March 21, 2001
today
live match
or half finished cigarette butt
tossed somewhere
by a careless fisherman
landed and sparked
on brown pine needles
spewing
white wispy tendrils
drifting higher than
tall pine trees
silhouetted
against tranquil blue sky
we answered
smoke signals
with shovel, hoe, rake
united in sweat and muscle
rake, dig, overturn, pat down
smothering orange glow
with red dirt
black blanket
marking our progress
wide swath
from lake to gate
until
fiery genesis
met successful
obliteration
I hold in my hands
Echoes of almost forgotten legacy
Hear me cast my prayer
Into their song
Cleansed in Gaia’s salty tears
Recharged by the full moon
Golden Tiger Eye
Soften my stubborness
Enhance my flexibility
Orange Calcite
I surrender to thy age old
Balncing, healing, unblocking energy
Red Calcite
Aid me in the conquest
Of negative limitations
Optical Calcite
Be my guide in universal connections
Multifacet purple amethyst
Uphold my preseverance
And give me the strength to weather
Storms of impatience
Rose quartz
May thy blessed energy
Teach me to listen to spirit
And deepen my awareness
Beyond jaded edges
I’m riding shotgun down the avalanche
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche
So be quiet tonight
The stars shine bright
On this mountain of new fallen snow
But I will raise up my voice into the void
You have left me nowhere to go
I love you so much and its so bizarre
A mystery that goes on and on and on
This is the best thing
And the very most hard
And we don’t get along
After countless appeals
We keep spinning our wheels
On this mountain of new fallen snow
So I let go the catch
And we are over the edgte
You have left me nowhere to go
I’m riding shotgun down the avalanche
Sometimes you make me
Lose my will to live
And just become a beacon for your soul
But the past is stronger
Than my will to forgive
Forgive you or myself
I don’t know
I’m riding shotgun down the avalanche
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche
So be quiet tonight
B sure to step lightly
On this mountain of new fallen snow
But I will raise up my voice
Into the void
You have left me nowhere to go
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can’t tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won’t you try to come
Come away with me and we’ll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I’ll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I’m safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me
