OCD (3)

OCD (3)

You stare
Your eyes say done
Your brain says not 
So you stay

From the fear that you failed

You must undo the knot 
In your brain
To breathe easy
You repeat
And repeat 
And you do it again.

Copyright LJ 2017

Life

Life

 

If we saw life as children do,

Light would let the spectrum through

We’d find surprise in tiny things –

Flower petals or fairy wings?

Sand would become sparkle dust,

Forest dwellings wanderlust.

We’d seek the unicorns in the trees

And feel their magic in the breeze –

See all the animals as miracles too,

Offer them tea cups, as children do.

Copyright LJ 2017

From Eden

The World is a Cat

The World is a Cat

The world is a cat –

Her belly, the ocean

The land marks her back –

A forest in motion

The waves of the moon

Are found in her eyes,

The stripes of the trees

Run down her side

In one perfect jump,

Fierce and softness collide

Yes, the world is a cat –

Fire and water, combined.

Copyright LJ 2017

My Ark

My Ark

There need be no flood,
 No water around  
For me to build my ark.

There is danger enough

On the expanse of our ground

For me to make a start.

No spears, no knives, no guns

No greed

Will come aboard this ship.

All kinds of kind

Will sit inside

While man’s cruel reign still drips.

Copyright LJ 2017 
 From The Gold Leaf