Stormy Weather

Refreshing Raindrops

holding fast on my windowpane 

Teardrops of rejuvenation

Sparkling Sun

Pushing through the pain

Peace bursts from within

glistening crystals of love

Comfort my being

Inconvenient Irritations,

Subside

Contrasts of life,

Embraced

Time of reflection

Soul re-examination 

Anger dissipated 

Once more on my feet

Holding fast opposing   

Stormy Weather

Tea Shop Serenade

Following the garden path

the perfume of the roses wafting 

towards my senses 

As the gentle music of

the song bird allows me to be present

To water trickling from the meandering

brook purging blood

from my lonely self

Encompassing sweet sensations

brings me an ease of a tumultuous 

past. All temptation subsides.

My footing grazes the cobble stones

reassuring me of moving forward 

past my ill heart

that only the blue jay understands

Lost in the mural overshadowing

raspberry orange tea, I come back to 

the present as my pot of tea once hot

now tepid. The jazz overhead 

clears my mind.