"kachina as osiris reborn"     2013
marker and acrylic on drawing board                    
           

This...

O this heaven, oh this happiness

this home of hearts and dreams

Let it be the reality of love 

for me that it seems

A charter for the future

A plan of active work

A refuge in the midst of

A mad world gone berserk

Solace comes not easily

whilst tossed and flung forlorn

Chaos reigns supremely

midst the torrent of the storm

Let me seek this quality

during hours that feel the worst

Let me but remember

bliss so brilliant I might burst

into a shining star

whose gleaming does recall

this heaven, this hallowed happiness

which holds and heals us one and all...    

"Heaven's Tears"  pen and marker on paper   1997

"On Crying..."

Tears will always fall

Tracks never rise up into air

They can come in copious drenches

That gather and linger where

The drops form prayers and puddles

Tales speak of growing pains

Though ominous or blissful

Their message yet contains

Telling righteousness of meaning

Touting marvel of review

Thine innermost reflections

Thrown forth and fixed anew

To reveal curt introspection

Teeming growth and lauding change

Thorns may mold melodrama

Transformation true remains

Toast heartily the bursting

Torrent of the well

This flow is but a thirsting

Thy truths begin to tell

The Inner Journey

"Colorfield Triptych Panel III"  acrylic on canvas  20013

Traveling a journey from the I to the we  There loving others is the place to be  This body we claim is the vessel we ride  The valleys and mountains are all inside  Every ocean and river is made of our tears  Each obstacle to surpass is but one of our fears  Unending is our effort through work and play  Prayers of our mothers guide each step of the way  Faith of our fathers pave roads leading us there  To a heaven that holds us, a consciousness we share...