Nanakuli
Take me to the shores
Where I ran as a child
I will sit with my feet buried
I'll count the honu as they surface for a peek Patiently, I'll wait my turn.
Into the warm blue water
Into the welcoming grasp
Deep ocean waters
Calm carefree day
When the waves lap lazily at the shoreline
Like a sweet soft kiss
Until at last the the waves grow impatient
They climb the shore searching
When the current grows hungry
When the waves solidify into walls
Reaching for the moon
When the rip tide spins its hypnotic death
I will rise then and approach
The white walls batter the beach
Booming like thunder
The waves will welcome me home
The warm blue seas where
I swam as a child
Current folds me into strong salty arms
Remembering how I escaped
Current won't let go this time
And neither will I
The tide embraces me as a lover
Sweeps me off my feet
Carries me away with furious power
The tide will roll in and out
I won't be found again
The ocean remembers me
I'm home
Peaceful Daydreams
I crawl into a corner;
A crevice deep in my thoughts
Where vivid pictures whisk me
Away from my reality:
Perhaps I find myself suspended in
Emptiness
Where silence is golden
And gentle sleep cleanses me,
Where I can simply exist
And nothing more.
Or perhaps I become lost
And lay on snowy ground
Of a forest unknown to me,
Hearing the wind caress my face,
Frost running along my skin.
Sometimes I see dancers, painters, musicians;
Passions unfolding in my mind's eye.
Uplifting and captivating thoughts;
These thoughts which center me
Bring me true peace and fulfill
My happiness.
Home is Where the Heart Is
I've never needed directions,
instead I put my foot on the gas,
Passed faded highway signs,
Drove through three states,
Until concrete turned to dirt,
Other cars to cows in the distance,
I leave my house again and again,
To follow my heart to what I call home.
Old locks on even older doors,
Old house with even older memories.
