Augury

Have you ever dreamed of your future?

Coming in flashes that move quickly
Deja vu is what I thought hit me
But in fact, I've been living a dream
I can't say it's been a grand thing
Entirely it is though, it must be
The presage that lies within me.

Events in my life have been unfolding
I have seen them before in a cognitive holding
Life, previously, was just passing by
Now particular moments prompt me to ask, why?
How did I know this was coming?
A scene in my retina has my mind humming.

Dizzy and dazzled; I calmy drink from a cup
Knowing what is next, waiting for it to show up
I smile into faces
Put on my shoes, tie up the laces
I pace through the day, at the end, I feel blessed
To know this life and play out the rest.

~ B

Dear Fran

Dear Fran,
I wish more people knew you
Knew your type of love
For I've never seen passion like it
A gift you bestowed on me
As I was passing through.

A woman of God
Of good character, wisdom
At nightfall you knelt by your bed
Loving this world for what it is
For what you knew it as.

Oh Fran,
I helped you find you're room today
All day, in fact
I put you to sleep at seven
In hopes you'd get to see
Another morning.

Today as you awoke
I opened your window
And you gasped in excitement
'My, would you look at that.'
The early morning sun
Was peaking over the building top
And you smiled at me
With a quivering lip
Grabbed my hand even
'What a beautiful world we live in'
And I shed a tear
Because of your happiness
An endless moment of my life.

You are almost 100
So many years
And yet you've kept
Such an innocent
Beauty in your soul.

How happy you make your love
So true and calm
So witty
So lost
I'll help you find your way.

Because I've been blind
And you opened the window
To my heart
With your kindness and love
As the sun rose today.

~ B

Remember Me

Remember me,
At a certain time of day
When the clock
Hits the hour mark

The sun casts
It's contrasting shadows
Once again
On our round of the Earth.

Remember me,
In the crisp movements
Of the morning
When children are quiet

The house smells of coffee
The bedroom carries an aroma
Of wet hair and damp towels
In this moment, we kiss, that was us.

Remember me,
In Autumn, my favorite,
On a day free from work
You'll go walk the roads

My finger tips are missing
To grip in your own
Instead you wipe your nose
On your sleeve and go home.

Remember me,
In chilly December
Dear Handsome
Laying down by the fire

You've read my last letter
Each day as it does not end
I linked the end to the beginning
A secret only we knew; together.

Remember me,
Each day
At a time
In every season

For our hearts
Once grew great
In this hour
Let's not forget to remember.

House of Cards

Ideas folding
In the way
That cards do
Held at our highest esteems
In the open ends of our majestic minds,

How wonderful the King see's his hand
Dealt to rule a house of Ace's
A heart, a spade, a clover, a diamond
Giving these symbols to his wife
As measures of material love,

The Queen,
For whom may house
Their four of a kind
Delights in a humorous Jack
Who paints his face,

Transvesting his life
Thus he proclaims
"Madness engulfs a number of people below you"
The sorrows of death
Where victories are counted in runs,

In hopes to reach a deal unfolding
In the depth of a twisted game.

~ B