Poems

the sculptor that first chiseled Bryce's peaks,
with godly hammer and divine techniques,
was it for bobcats and for Steller's jays
is that the audience that sculptor seeks

I drink the landscape in, still in a daze.
the jealous sun looks out, and sends its rays,
lights up the powdered rocks, a candy land,
flambé dessert, the mountains are ablaze.

could he have known, the sculptor, had he planned,
the color, composition of the sand,
so that when man first came upon these hills
he'd stop and stare, attempt to understand

just chance, you'll say, the working of free wills,
but there's the desert, and the sculpture thrills

My bucket list near empty -- I'm a bore.
Been there, done that: the bane of my existence.
Gone, the incessant urge to ask for more.
Inertia, having won, meets no resistance.

My friends, well wishers all, they keep on trying.
Go on a date, have dinner, see a show.
I've even tried to tell them that I'm dying.
Well, none of us immortal, that I know.

My wife -- yes I am married -- plays Mahjong.
She has her friends, and seems to like the setup.
They've formed a choir, practicing a song.
Yes, even on a weekend, there's no letup.

Some thought perhaps I'll end with words of wisdom?
Don't have a fortune cookie to appease them.

Waves crash, exhausted, foaming at the mouth.
My footprints turning into shallow graves.
So angry, the Atlantic. Further south,
some harbor the illusion it behaves

like always, but the churning sand can tell.
The hermit crabs, they too make their regrets
and hasten to avoid each coming swell.
Escape, that's if the surging ocean lets.

A lonely seagull grabs a plastic cup.
Triumphant, it will launch into the fray,
so confident it's had enough to sup.
The salty water helps it down its prey.

Walk over, and the waves regain their blues.
They're putting up new condos, ocean views.