#16

summer illyse

whatever path does come to pass,

know your presence, being, changed my greatly,

freed me from despair that would have fate be

and to your heart

wish i could give eternity

to love upon the world your radiant beauty,

to hold close unto your bosom

the pleading of tears and to care

as the dew nurtures the blossoms spring bestows,

from which all beauty, life, does grow,

and seedlings’ nectar enchants honeybees to sow,

for this is all, wish i, for you to know.   

        

                      -l.a.

#15

not am i complacent

the joy of her reaction

at my refusal of retraction

i mean the subtraction

of a statement

ever so blatant

‘cause not am i complacent

to sit down and lie down

and watch the displacement

of families and trees,

 feelings and bees,

cross oceans and seas,

won’t see it, can’t be it

so please … please

                -l.a.