A ribbon in your hair

I tied a ribbon

in your hair,

you asked me

to pull it tight.

A lock of curls

did not dare,

outshine it

in golden light.

The simple thread

will not fall,

because its

 fastened with might.

Oh simple bandeau

hang on well,

for you hold

my heart's delight.

-Scott

Waiting for you

I'd wait for your

in the depths of despair.

I'd wait for you

amidst all my cares.

I'd wait for you

when the shadows grow long.

I'd wait for you

until the end of the song.

I'd wait for you

though the world falls apart.

I'd wait for you

with love in my heart.

I'd wait for you

at the end of the maze.

I'd wait for you

to the end of my days.

-Scott

Vicenza

The woman cried out, in joy, in pain.
Feeling all alone in her work, but knowing the value.
Health, and spirit, her only desire.
The birth of a future, the making of a queen.
The woman did not know the value of this little girls future, only the little girl.
The lives she would touch, the love she would find, the hurt she would encounter.
The husband that would find her, the children she would bear.
The home of dreams, that she alone would create.
The woman did not know these things.
November 14th, 1974, in a chilly northern Italy.
My beloved was born, and waited for me.

-Aaron

The last time

This is the last time

I plan on

falling in love.

Funny that the last time

is also

the first time.

-Scott

Love's Lights

Two hearts facing, light, to light,

waves lapping gently at the sand,

flames flickering in the night,

paper lanterns in their hands.

Slightest breeze of ocean air,

stars twinkling high above,

witnesses this joyous pair

as they declare their tender love.

Flames expanding, lanterns fly,

two hearts swelling full of joy,

candles dancing in the sky

match this dance of girl and boy.

All along the beach this hour

candles dancing in the sky

to the stars they share their power,

for such love the heavens sigh.

-Rusty

 

Merging

And when all activity deserts me
And when I’m left with this stillness
All That Is descends and overcomes me
It is a love that tears the heart open
That rips it like fabric, even as a veil is torn.
The too-muchness, the torrent of a truth
That overflows its categories
That bashes the riverbanks of duality
Into subatomic particles.
In this moment, I know
All I can do is allow its extraordinary flow
I cannot attempt to grasp or understand.

My mind lays on the river’s edge, cast aside,
As useless as a ventriloquist’s dummy.

And I watch my blood turn to sparks of Light
I am Her, and then me again.
She is beautiful, the one who gives shelter
Who has seen death and is still shining
Resplendent, she comes to be here
Arms open, she comes to hold the children
To rock us and love us and sing us her soft truth
Even seeing what she’s seen
Even knowing what she knows
She chooses to walk the Earth
To return, to differentiate from Source

For love, for love, for love.

-Sara D.

Flowers in October

October flowers

who would have guessed?

A scent so sweet

I have been blessed.

A true mystery

it is to solve.

How pleasantly

my sins absolve.

I'll never forget

your love so sweet!

You've healed my heart

with vases deep.

-Scott

Sea and sky

A cool spash

sand between toes

towering clouds

out over the ocean.

October breeze

ruffles our hair

grass bends

as white waves crash.

Love renewed

two dear friends

hand-in-hand

like sea and sky.

-Scott

The autumn dream

In the spring I dream of autumn.

In the summer I dream of winter.

In the warmth I dream of cold.
In the desert I dream of lakes.

In the sky I dream of land.
In the caves I dream of clouds.

In your arms I dream of you.

In empty rooms I dream of you.

-Scott

House and home

I can make a house

in the most unlikely place.

But I can't make a home

unless I see your smiling face.

-Scott

The beach

Soft, white, warm.
Mother nature's power, a sailor's bane, a turquoise mirror.
My future in my grasp, my beloved past bearing witness,
The new forever is found, kept, and promised.

-Aaron

Happy Inn Cookie

I found a fortune cookie fortune among the leaves

I read it, to see if it was mine.

It said "All things GREAT are done for Love,"

I thought of my wife, our life and our time.

I felt love undying.

I felt profound shame,

I felt a tear well up in me,

Of pride that she took my name.

-Aaron

Naomi

Fecundity; her laughter spills

Like the softest, reddest roses

On the path to my magic garden.

The fullness of her vibration

Caresses and resounds; Velvet.

Devotion; I gladly lose myself

In the petals of her peals.

She laughs again; she is Love.

-Sara D.

Sunburst waterfall

Gold and red intertwined, cascading down.
From the source of ALL mystery and passion.
Feeding the sunburst waterfall from thoughts of love unending,
To rest my cheek there my only desire,
Till my cheek is a cracked dry riverbed,
Though my heart is as nourished as the day I drank her in.

-Aaron

The childhood crush

In a childhood crush

our hearts collide.

Parallel existence

we coincide.

When you're in love it seems
so official.

Hearts on the sidewalk with

our initials.

-Scott

The flying heart

A word.
A look.
A scent.
A smile.
A touch.
Heart-Flight!

-Aaron

The yearning

Where you are

that's where I want to be.

I yearn to be with you

can't you see?

Closing doors

will keep us separate.

But that just makes me more

desperate.

Opening

your heart is not so bad.

The love I offer will

make you glad.

-Scott

The poem of you

Your hair is the softest noun.

Your eyes the bluest adjective.

Your curves an exclamation point!

You are the direct object of my heart.

Your kiss is the adverb that modifies my love.

When you walk into the room everyone else becomes a pronoun.

-Scott

Two

 

Existence is supposed to be singular.
One being, one master of your heart and soul.
Until you meet the one.
The only one that matters.
From that second forward, you are two.

-Aaron

No more cupcakes

I don't eat cupcakes anymore.

And I won't even try

to go on and explain to you

what is my reason why.

 So if you see me craving sweets

I'll eat not one or two.

For certain I would rather have

a luscious kiss from you.

-Scott