“Tideborne dreams heal me
washing failed missteps of life…”

“…I’m compelled to ask one solitary—stark question
deep within the hallowed sanctums of my spiritual
confessional—    What would Jesus do?…”

“My paths are branched, the more I walk
the more they multiply, like weeds…”

“…I hold all truth to be self-evident

All people are created equal

They are endowed by their Creator…”

“I secretly spy behind the edge of an echo
observing little children jump and laugh
climbing upon sparks of excitement
discovering endless colors in new friends…”

“How much of our heart
dare we sacrifice
to save one green home…”

“I’m dreaming of spring
when we arise together…”

“death is not an end of life
or forfeiture of opportunity…”

"how many of your beloved stars do you know—
who stare through the cold molasses of night..."

WEBB NGC-604 photo courtesy of NASA and STScI

“beneath leaves of shade
countless ancestors water
a blooming garden…”

“my heart bleeds blue tears
when politicos transform
Jesus Christ’s image…”

“God carved alabaster art out of dark space
a magnificent—reflective moon
to shine a standard of beauty and peace…”

“I learned from my years…”

“now—as my old eyes fade into flint
to humbly close in a fading entropy
I hope to carry one precious virtue
to a never-ending world of spirits”

“in our eclipse of age
we imagined calm bliss
in soft—empty nests…”

“there's a perpetual sadness stirring
the pure hearts of our whispering waters…”

Photo and inspiration courtesy of my good friend Rod Sorenson. Visit his Website at: rcoakley.com

“we are God’s colors”

Two Acrostic Poems that are also Square Poems (8 x 8).

I could stand to learn much about patience…