“that subtle serpent slithered
like a dark—vaporous spirit
rising from aches of stony deeps
to flood our peaceful home…”

“There is one place we go
Where time grows ever slow…”

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

“The greatest miracle
we can unearth in our lives
is discovered in the shared hopes
of family and friends”

“Beginning in my timid youth
I crafted meticulous maps
with squiggly lines and words…”

“while appearing to subsist in normality
encircled by lights of love and security—
not every shape of life we encounter
floats on calm mirrors of untainted waters…”

“And Jesus said: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God…”

“…She nurtures our vast, growing tree
And I am her deep—endless river”

“The soft thunder of a summer storm
awakens hibernating spires of alpine life…”

“grateful seeps of clear fickle water
Ancestral Puebloans drew upon…”

“A silver water pitcher
gifted for our wedding
forty-five years of age
reflected young smiles…”

“raindrops feel different in spring / drizzling anxious bark / melting our xylem frosts / pumping hushed hope…”

“our Christmas tree began small
but has grown enormously…”

“as we wander along the glistening beaches of life
our weary footsteps imprint into sands of time…”

“cold dormant forests
cuddle their offspring…”

"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

"you linger in dreams
immersed in a placid teal sea
protected in the chest of my heart..."

“forgotten roots / unearthed / sustain a soaring tree…”

“the final flows of our weary sky-blue rivers
turbid from stretches of exasperated erosion
stirred up in colors of boundless branches
will gracefully empty into an endless ocean”

An Antonym Diamante poem flowing from Fear to Faith