Blue eyed temptress

Blue eyed temptress

again haunts my dreams

morphs raging rivers

from calm blue streams

turns a flowered meadow

into a storm tossed sea

Blue eyed temptress

dream siren

calling me

I Wonder

From the last kiss to the pain

from the wonder to the rain

and I wonder once again

was I

the one

to blame

why I didn't hold you tighter

why I didn't ease my hold

why I let you wander so long

without being one bit bold

Had the last kiss lasted longer

had my ardor been much stronger

oh, I wonder

once again

was I

the one

to blame

Blackbird

In the midst of a

black and white land

of burnt skeletons of homes

a raven sits

on a blackened tree limb

looking down

at the ground

at a mass of black feathers

beneath puffy white clouds

in an azure sky

and in the stillness

of that moment

my soul echoes

the blackbird's 

silent cry