How Lady Sun Soaks my bedroom At 7:30am Good morning she sings Greeting me With the gift of gifts: Banishing Any sense of darkness How could I not arise When she loves me so

Let Poetry Pour out of me Not harm Not greed Not hate But healing Truth And love Spill from my lips Drench my feet And soak into the ground Let the roots Drink And grow And flourish Earth What shall you create When nourished with love

Lovely are the quiet thoughts I hold within my chest Of peaceful good intent Hidden beneath my breath The thoughts unknown to others And only known alone In the comfort of my being Shall I find within me home

Written for P&P on their wedding day, 8.31.25. Wishing you Many blessings ahead In all that you do Not just this day But as your lives voyage through This journey of life You both at one’s side May you cherish each other May you feel joy and alive May you be the anchor When sailing out at sea A place to dock your ship Supportive safety May you be the compass rose If direction unknown Together navigating Never alone May you be the telescope If hope faraway seems Bring close th

Feelings are The privilege The consequence The requirement Of being human To run away To minimize To reject Is to deny The soul to breathe