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Vacation
by CKing
© June 1999
Being so tired, ending work tasks
To get out of town
Scrambling so to pack and drive
Not forgetting the little needed things
So as not to miss a thing
Rising to the occasion
And doing it all
Cooking by the campfire
Cleaning plates in cold water
The sand, the skinned knees, the bugs
Vacation
The picture of the tired, smiling faces
Vacation
The sound of that crackling fire
Competing with the twinkle of the stars
The trip over
The laundry started
I think more about the fresh skin
Of your bare shoulder at daybreak
The cackle of the children
Above the rush of the waterfall
Your fragrant kiss on my lips
In the tent as the frogs courted
The crickets chirped
Miles, exhaustion, laundry, expense
All forgotten
To the memories created of bliss
The nature of it all
The captured moments in spirit
I sigh
It floods around me in thought
I see only smiles and warm hearts
I feel your lips
Body pressed against mine
The beautiful dawns
A good vacation I thought
~~~
WATERFALL
by Jade
© June 1999
TODAY MY THOUGHTS RAN FORWARD;
FORWARD, AND DOWN LIKE A FLOWING STREAM
DOWN FROM THE HILLS TO THE ROCKS BELOW.
YOU SLIPPED BETWEEN THE FINGERS OF MY MIND
NO LONGER FORM, OR SUBSTANCE,
BUT AIR, WATER, AND VAPORS OF MEMORY.
YOU SLIPPED BETWEEN MY FINGERS AND VANISHED
INTO THE HAZY MIST OF YESTERDAY.
WHAT YOU ARE, BLENDED WITH MY DREAMS,
FLOWING ONCE AGAIN INTO THE RIVERS OF TIME.
~~~
ALL THAT IS
by Jade
© June 1999
ON THE EARTH, I AM THE SHE WOLF
ON THE WING, THE KESTREL
WITH THE TURNING SEASONS
I AM THE WIND AND THE RIVER.
IN COLOR I AM TURQUOISE;
IN STONE, JADE.
I AM THE MIST OF THE SPRING EVENING
AND THE FURY OF A WINTER STORM.
I AM THE LEAF IN THE BREEZE
AND THE THUNDER OF THE SEA.
I AM THE LIGHT OF AN ECLIPSE,
AND THE DARK OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
I AM BIRTH AND LIFE.
AND AGE AND DEATH'
I AM THE CHILD AND THE CRONE.
I AM ALL THAT IS,
BEGINNING, END AND ALL BETWEEN
THE ENDLESS CYCLE THRU TIME, UNBROKEN
I AM ALL THAT IS.
~~~
TURNING SEASONS
by Jade
© June 1999
Carry me up the glen aways
and set me by the stream
but don't come up
to fetch me home
till you hear the banshee scream.
Lay my old bones down, my child,
on a mossy meadow bed
and leave me lie
in the fading light
with no pillow for my head.
I'll watch the storm clouds
passing by,
and see the birds on wing, and as the darkness covers me
I'll hear the night bird sing.
I'll turn my spirit to the wind
and fly o're the tallest tree
and when you hear the banshee's cry
you'll know she's come for me.
So carry me up the glen aways
and set me by the stream
but don't come up to fetch me home
till you hear the banshee scream.
Lay my old bones down, my child,
on a mossy meadow bed
and leave me lie
in the fading light
with no pillow for my head.
~~~
MY SON DAVID
by -30- Honey Salas
© June 27, 1999
I sit and think of you my son
I ask?
What will become of you
Where my life take you?
As you grow and go.
I may not be around to see
As a man you become
But I do know that you will be
Good and Kind to all who
Through your life pass.
Always remember my son
What you give you will get back
A thousand fold.
~~~
No Words
by CKing
© June 1999
I needed no words to know
She spoke them and I heard them
But I needed no words
When she breathed
It was blushed with deepness
When she touched me
I felt her feeling me to my core
She made love to me
With sincerity and passion
She reached in and reveled inside me
She lay atop me
With fever, need and devour
To make me feel such pleasure
To satisfy me totally
To feel her
Do all of that for me
Pleasure me so
Be inside me so
When she trembled
It was for me
She let me know
Her body's need
With her look
Into my eyes
I saw her soul
I saw her smile
Without words
I feel her love
In my heart
I am in hers
~~~
"I'M HERE FOR YOU"
by bikerbabe
© July 18, 1999