Sometime, Tomorrow

Sometime,
tomorrow,
I will ride the wave of my life.
I will be the success of successes
I will do great things—
tomorrow.

I will fly planes, across lands undiscovered,
heal the sick
and create world peace,
tomorrow.

I will write a literary great,
have scholars—digress,
regress,
possess
my words,
tomorrow.

I will—
define the secrets of the world,
the righteous paths that lead to forever,
define everlasting life to the dying
gratify the souls of the damaged,
the lost,
the forgotten.

I will,
tomorrow.

A little Girl's Footsteps

A little girl's footsteps,
lead to nowhere.
She was here,
she was,
was she?
Where do they lead,
but to nowhere,
nowhere discernable.
I saw her,
dressed in a green dress,
ankle socks,
and little black shoes,
ringlets as gold and as shiny as the sun,
rosy cheeks
and a smile wide,
skipping,
heard her laughter carry through the air,
alone she was,
but she didn't seem to mind,
I saw her I did,
I did see her,
skipping
and laughing—
alone,
so where did she go,
this little girl,
her footsteps—
footsteps,
there,
lead,
lead, to nowhere.

Diminished Light

Oh!
My diminished light,
what has become of you?
I started off with great intentions,
big plans and the need for success
and what followed—
pure misery.

Where did I go wrong?
Oh, light of lights
that you should distinguish at that most crucial moment
that you should leave me blind,
not just in the dark,
but with a darkened heart
and soul that left me to find refuge somewhere else.

What happened?
I do not know,
did not know,
could not understand why...
still do not.

Oh!
I am rendered helpless,
hopeless,
a failure—
lead me again,
show me something,
anything,
before it is too late.

Life in the Green

A seed thrown

seeking life,

blade of grass,

seeks sun,

water to grow,

hungry,

yearning

almost abandoned,

a fighter

against the troops that

threaten it,

invading

suffocating

determined blades

spread their arms wide,

the war is lost,

but ever brief,

this is history,

a multitude of green shape leaves,

the sun teases,

teases,

overnight a green carpet

some soft,

some prickly,

I lay myself down,

enwrap me,

let me become

from a seed,

nature’s life