Tranquility

Footprints to follow

A hand to hold

A head to lead

A heart to show

The way to live

With a peaceful soul

The way to age

Without growing old.

Pundits

How Minnesota nice
To sit back and complain.
How passive aggressive
To armchair quarterback.
How easy to rant and rave
About simple solutions
To complex problems.
How convenient
To have all the answers
After the mistakes
Have been made.

Fortune Cookie

"There is no one so rich

That they don't need help

Or so poor

That they cannot help."

Were fortune cookies

The original "Tweets?"

Tuesday Afternoon

Black spots
Dotting the skyscape.
Fluttering crows
Riding the clouds
Across the sunset.
Darting in and out
Pecking the pink
Cotton candy cumulus
Settling on the
Hedge of trees
Fencing the sky.

Locked And Loaded

The political rhetoric
Of "Mama Grizzly"
Is a cute simile,
Until you realize
The damage done
By the reckless passion
And disregard for
Anything in its way.
Rather than clawing through
The woods
Wouldn't learning
To teach and understand
The hazards
And responding in a
More human nature
Make more sense.
We do have the ability
To communicate
After all.

Frigidaire

I feel like

An ice cream sandwich

Cold and creamy

Between two wool blankets.

Melting over the edges

As the sun peeks in

To warm my toes.

January Thaw

I'll love you

Until the icicles

Touch the ground.

I'll love you

Until the snow

Piles higher than my window.

I'll love you

Until the trees

No longer hold upright.

I'll love you

Until the winter white

Meets the sky blue.

I'll love you

As long as winter lasts

In Minnesota

Or hell freezes over.