Sheila

Not another word.

Ironic it's the funeral convoy lost its bearings,
and circled west to east and east to west
the Jewish cemetery across the road
from the Christian bone yard
where Sheila was buried.

She had been kosher
before she converted
to Episcopalian.

Give and Take

Life is enriched. nature shows.

The new leaf, the young bud returns to the ground
from whence it sprang.

Life is enriched in the giving.  In finances it is similar.

Money has no value unless it circulates
and renders a healthy return.

Two hundred Years Termite-eaten

He being He,
me being me, 
what can I say?

You call it luck.
I call it grace.
Random or scheduled,

you can't get too cocky.

The Gospel

"Blessed are the peacemakers..."

Steve makes peace.  First he made peace with himself.
Then he made peace with his older brother by not talking to him in 10 years. 
Where peace is, quiet is.  You can not stand by a gravesite, murmur rest in peace
and make a racket.

The Mark of The Beast

You'll die multiple deaths for sure
burdened with guilt.

Seems that's the challenge,
avoiding actions you'll later regret
and forgiving yourself if should've known better.

Forgive you must
but forget negates "never again."

Dark Energy

calm, calm, calm
you can not think clearly
if the chaos has you spinning.

easier said than done ---
of course t's easier to say than do,
that is the beginning

the rest is you and resolution
the rest is calm, clarity
and good conscience.

The Flag

She paints a spiraling sun with arms like an octopus.
She puts to float  divers verses on azure waters.

Not yet twelve, totally a new experience,
her menstrual moment is pending.