Dearest Beauty

Dearest Beauty:

I have seen sunrises over distant oceans, the fogs flowing and shifting, as dreams of the night faded.

I have seen infants laugh as they first suckled on their mother’s breasts.

I have seen hearts bursting with the first kiss of lips knowing that that kiss

Would be theirs for a lifetime.

I have seen worn feet crossing thresholds of home.

I have seen hurricanes blow across the face of life

Leaving only the knowledge, the certainty, the kiss:

Life can be rebuilt.

Ships moored at docks, fresh, and broken, from hurricanes,

Crews knowing they have come home.

I have seen wives weeping,

Children laughing, strong men on their knees.

I have seen a thousand other things

With no hope at all.

Why do I see you now,

And know I am home?

Forever Yours

The Beast

Fred
The Boatman
So Simple Things
Tattoos
A Bear, A Fawn, An Otter
Fat Men and Boats
Flowers
Letters
Christopher
A Funny Thing
Home
The Edge of the Moon
The Rod and the Ripple
Darlin’
He did Write
Aye Lass
Down from the Mountains
Silent Thought
Each Note
He Wished He Knew
But He Grew
Road Stories
Darling Daughter (continued)
Old Dogs New tricks
Dramatic Lives
Christopher Columbus, and Julius
Dawn Stretches
Sean and Megan
Dearest Beauty
Words
Dragons, Dancing
The Wild and Wooly Dog
About Dragons
Big Dog Gone Running
Autumn Waits
Sunday Afternoon
You Can Write Words
Lions in the Dawn
If I Listened to the Moon
Gifts and Purposes
First Kiss
They Were
Carp
Hipness
Old Pictures
To Stand Free
Candles and Flames
Dear Mom
The Moon is Floating
Artists can run Hot