because I'm still in love with you

because I'm still in love with you

This moon lights brightly through the pane

and blues you feature by feature.

I watch your peaceful, even breathing. 

We've gathered in the grain, begun the winter wait.

This time of year, the moon seems nearer, brighter, dearer.

Sleep, my love, your fearless peace, 

for I will see you dancing soon, 

on this Harvest Moon. 

Fall

Fall

The leaves loose early now,

As hapless children

Pull away and run.

Bereft on barren branch,

Spotting in the sun,

Late apples cling 

Where just days past 

We loved beneath the green ---

Green scattered now, 

Leavings,  gold then rust,

Gone to ground too soon.

Too soon the hurried rush,

The barren branch,

The fallen, spotted 

Sticky, ripened fruit.

Too soon the leaves,

The fall, the spot of rust;

Outrun, the frenzied, scattered 
Sweetness gone to dust.

What I Carry

What I Carry

What I ought

Is in a pocket

In my heart.

Tucked into my heart, 

I carry 

What I ought.

What I do, 

Is on my shoulder;

Like a boulder on my back, 

I carry

What I do. 

What I know, 

Is in my hands;

In my open hands, 

I carry 

What I know.

But what I ought

Is in a pocket,

In a pocket of my heart;

I carry what I ought

In a secret part,

Tucked into my heart.