just one more day

to see you sleeping

gently breathing

just one more day

to feel you

close

keeping warm

against me

just one more day

to stroke your hair

while you lay lazily

awake

not moving

but smiling

just one more day

to cuddle you

tight

safe and snug

in my arms

just one more day

to give the massage

you demand

every morning

and I willingly

oblige

just one more day

to look deep

into your eyes

to have you

look back into mine

just one more day

to hear your footsteps

going up the stairs

to see you

peep through the door

eyes lit up

seeing me at my chair

just one more day

to come home

knowing you are

somewhere

in the house

to come home

to your exciting tales

of the adventures

you’ve had

just one more day

to kiss you

and have you kiss me back

to love you

and have you love me back

just one more day

to repeat all

that I have come to expect

just one more day

just one more day

to tell you

i love you

i love you

i love you

my precious

darling girl

just one more day

that day

ended

today.

I thank you

for all those

one more days

you enriched my life

still

I can’t help

but wish

just

one

more

day.

on one street a wedding
on another a funeral
same day
same place
just different lanes
different houses
in one someone's coming
in another someone's going
one is happy
one is sad
which is which

in one heart there's peace
in another hope unfulfilled
same day
same place
just different sounds
different faces
in one someone's giving
in another someone's given
one is joyful
one is still
which is which

on one street a wedding
on another a funeral
same day
same place
just different lanes
different houses
which is which

a spider spins its web

a spider spins
its web
silky threads
stretched
across
strong as steel
sticky
 
the prey
not knowing
knowing not
once trapped
cocooned
in silk
eaten
dies

a child
not knowing
knowing not
stuck
tangled
in a web
of rules
regulations
policies
processes
all
in the best
interest
of the
child
all
in the name
of
a job
executed
a child
processed
executed
done

a spider spins
its web
silky threads
stretched
across
strong as steel
sticky
 

i is cloud

i is cloud
cloud is my
what is cloud

a little voice
innocent
not knowing
knowing not
chirped
aloud

white cloud
beautiful
dark cloud
what is this
black cloud angry
fall
fall here
fall there
fall fall fall

i is cloud
cloud is my
what is cloud
a little voice
chirped
aloud
not knowing
knowing not

i is cloud
cloud is my
what is cloud

every once in a while

every once in a while
my thoughts wander
to me
alone
with feelings
at one
at once
big and small
brave and scared
loud and quiet
humming
ringing
reminding
me
to breathe
to live
 to speak
and
not let
my thoughts wander
to me
alone
with feelings
every once in a while

when there is no justice
the half blind will lead
here hobbling there dragging
in the name of progress
of promise made
of promises kept
of promises delivered

when there is no justice
the racist will show itself
pointing here pointing there
in the name of rights
of my rights
of our rights
of our entitlement

when there is no justice
the tongue  will spew venom
half screeching half screaming
in the name of justice
of belonging
of owning
of birth rights

years upon years
the same old song
passed down
and passed along
songs of corruption
of lies and deceit
of force enforced
a country broken
a nation burdened
a people angered

when there is no justice
promises unmade
promises unkept
promises undelivered
when there is no justice.

when you're being pulled under

when you're
being
pulled under
reach
for the
sky

an exercise
in futility
they say
grasping
at
nothing

stuck
sinking
struggling
spent
awaiting
miracles that
never
came
more
of
the
same

hands outstretch
nothing there
empty
eyes
in fear

scream
kicking
angry
at
efforts
of well meaning
souls
failed
and
compromised

rage building
something here
inside
speaks
volumes
heard
seen

when you're
being
pulled under
reach
for the
sky