What a Mystery You Are to Me

What a mystery you are to me

What a wonder to behold

What a dream I had that you were mine

In a land so long ago

When a knight rode in on fiery steed

When a faerie came to see

When a love grew up from a tiny seed

In two hearts where dreams were free

Where the knight was deft with his two-edged sword

Where the faerie sang a spell

Where such noble deeds were told of them

In all villages and dells

Why a knight so sworn to gallantry

Why a faerie queen so fair

Why a pair whose bond would seal their fates

In a moment's mission dared

How a knight did say to his lady love

How a faerie was betrothed

How a promise given then is now

In a mystery so told

Who can say what is to a soul so old

Who can know when faeries die

Who can fathom such a mystery

In our hearts where love abides

Faerie Sojourner

©2002

The Healing Stone

Once carried in a Faerie's pack

Far across the mountain track

Through searing heat and stormy seas

Protected for the circle's needs

Pass around the healing stone

Let each one touch it's light

That glows within, how--one can't tell

But knows it's power shining bright

From ancient days and legends born

When elves and faeries lived

To them great gifts were then bestowed

The greatest one, the healing stone

A rock so plain, and gray with age

No one could see it's useful need

Once touched by grace from age to age

It then became the healing stone

A healing stone lit from within

With wisdom borne from pain

To bring a touch of caring love

To all who came in need

Pass around the healing stone

Touch it and be healed

And if you don't believe it's power

Stay a while, in time you will

For love can light the darkest night

And laughter build a bridge

Deep compassion finds a friend

In everyone she meets

Pass around the healing stone

Let none be turned away

And if they need one for their own

Then give the stone away

For love creates from ashes burnt

So well that they can't be

But from their essence love can build

A diamond bright and clear

So pass around the healing stone

Give it to a friend

Let them handle it a while

Watch it's work begin

Pass around the healing stone

Give it gently, give it well

Bring a broken heart to heal

In time those bones will rise again

Pass around the healing stone

Lit by love and charity

Kindly, gently, tenderly

Love can heal the greatest need

let love flow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Faerie Sojourner

©2002

Culinary Masterpiece

smooth black serving dish on
nubby turquoise linen
long graceful fingers slide
steaming breasts of
exquisite culinary artistry onto
centre stage
rustling of verdant parslied curtains
brushed aside by
mounding attaches in parade dress
sienna's drizzling from the height of fancy

slight tinkling ring of expensive wine glasses
poured and filled with clearly delicate eau-de-vie
ringing of one urgent moment's opportunity
nervous footsteps hurrying to join destined voices

gently smiling faces ripple on clear blue waters of
smoothly flowing rivers with
softest beds of grasses lining all the banks

rising celsius temperatures vibrate earthy drawn emotions as
steamy veiled intentions rise from polite conversations like
undulating rhythms from glimmering mirages in desert regions
of the heart

murmured sounds of gracefulness mix with ringing, clinking, tinkling
and softly muffled musicality's of jovial trivialities in
flavored savored waltzes of mutual admiralities

tick of time in ticking clocking orders down from deep night tocking
reminiscent of the docking of a rowboat on the grasses flocking to
the banks of rivers shocking with the forward knocking of the boat
to shore

scraping chairs in unisemble, shuffling footsteps to
assemble by the orifice through which fate of late had
opportuned

long slow good-byes and fond agreement of an interest in
retrievement of the essence of the evening's thrilled momentus of
achievement amid the closing of the door

then a sigh, a slightened shutter as the feeling of the flutter of the
heartbeat as enchantment floats about the room
slowly, eyes closed in enhancement, dancing to the scene's
romance lent effervescent coalescing attitude
remembrance of a lowered eye glance, touching hand upon a hand
dance, thoughts revealed in talk aside chance

a windowed gaze upon the moon

Flowtrvlr

©2002

Fool's Gold

You won't never fin' no precious ore

Way yur pannin' in this stream

Yur a bigger fool than any tha' I seen

You keep thinkin' that by settlin' down

An' sloshing grit and silt

You'll be richer than beyon' yur wildest dreams

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

The longer you keep pannin' in this stream

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

She took yur heart an' left behind her dream

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

An' fool's gold t'ain't seem nuthin' new t'me

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

An' fool's gold ain't done nuthin' good fer me

You always was a foolish girl

Dream'd half yur life away

Wantin' things you know tha' you cain't have

Don't you know when you been beaten

Cain't you ever say 'enuf

Fool who thought tha' love was true this time

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

Cain't you see tha' yur jes' wastin' time

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

G'wan back home now'n get her of't yur mind

If I tol' you once, I tol' you twice

Don't never cross tha' bridge

It's too fer gon' and swayin' to beat th' band

It'll only lead t'a broken heart, 'n you'll come cryin' home

'n I ain't got the time it takes to mend

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

'n fool's gold t'ain't seem'd any good t'me

Nuthin' but fool's gold

She'll likely blow yur mind

Firs' chance she gets she'll only leave again

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'all you'll ever fin'

The longer you keep pannin' in this stream

Nuthin' but fool's gold

S'time to change yur mind

She took yur heart 'n left behind her dream

...took yur heart 'n left behind her dream

She took yur heart 'n left be-hi--i--nn--nd her--er dream.........................

a luv song o' sorts...........

Flowtrvlr

©2002

Journey In

I must now abide

Within

Inside the spirit

Of my soul

Where imperfection

Doubt and fear

Cannot reveal

Their hated goal

I must then go where no one sees

To find the deepest inner core

To bring to love that part of me

That must now be the open door

I must now save the inner voice

Before she silences my soul

I dare not miss the calling choice

To bring to light the fire below

With torch to light my trembling way

My hand to wall to steady me

I will descend the heart of me

And find the treasure that I seek

And then once found, will it reveal

All that I need to life revive?

No, only that one thing I need

To bring my spirit back alive

To light of day, to health of dawn

To warm, soft earth and healing life

My journey to resume again

With renewed spirit in my pack

~~let it flow~~

Flowtrvlr

©2002

Just Looking

I've had many friends in life, seems fortune smiled each day

Some came by me for just a while, and some have gone their way

My sister came to be my friend,

And then my best-est too,

For after many years of life,

She's remained tried and true

And over time I've also learned

Some values of my own

To be my own best friend is good

Especially when alone

But there is another kind of friend missing for a while

Seems nearly fifteen years have passed without a best friend's smile

And not for lack of looking, nor for lack of need

Not for lack of anything, I guess, just lack for me

But travelers do get lonely,

And sojourners feel the strain,

When years go by without a love

They sometimes cry in pain

Someone to laugh with me in spring, in summer love the sun,

To work together all year long, sharing what may come

Someone to cuddle in the night, and spoon when it gets cold

To live and love in full and lean, to grow on till we're old

So if you spy a traveler, wandering lone and free,

Who says she's looking for a friend and wants some company

If she is kind and true of heart, a friend to all she meets

If you've a love to call your own, please send her on to me

~~Flow

Flowtrvlr

©2002

Ah, My Dove, My Beautiful One

Ah, my dove, my beautiful one

Come let us dine on mangos and apricots

Let the cool evening breezes

Lift the hope of our spirits

As we laugh in bright colors

Of cerise and turquoise

Let us stroll by green oceans

Of bright phosphorescence

That sparkle like fireflies

On wavelets of starlight

Let the wet sandy beaches

Beg us stay in our footprints

Till the wash of the neap tide

Hides the trace of our path

Ah, my dove, my beautiful one

Let us wander in unison

Speaking in rhythms timed

In tune with our heartbeats...

Let us listen intently to the

Song of the desert

With it's sky never-ending

And it's stone memories

Let us dance in the moonlight

To the melody playing on the

Harp of the crickets and then...

Fill ourselves full of the

Essence of daybreak when the

Pink dawn of summer swells the

Air with it's breath

Then we'll lie down together on

A bed of green grasses by a stream

Of cool water in a land of our dreams

Ah, my dove, my beautiful one

Come let me love you

As you love me intensely

And we'll pledge with our truth

To be one in our sighs

~~~~~~~Flow~~~~~~~~

Flowtrvlr

©2002

What a Mystery You Are to Me

What a mystery you are to me

What a wonder to behold

What a dream I had that you were mine

In a land so long ago

When a knight rode in on fiery steed

When a fairy came to see

When a love grew up from a tiny seed

In two hearts where dreams were free

Where the knight was deft with his two-edged sword

Where the fairy sang a spell

Where such noble deeds were told of them

In all villages and dells

Why a knight so sworn to gallantry

Why a fairy queen so fair

Why a pair whose bond would seal their fates

In a moment's mission dared

How a knight did say to his lady love

How a fairy was betrothed

How a promise given then is now

In a mystery so told

Who can say what is to a soul so old

Who can know when fairies die

Who can fathom such a mystery

In our hearts where love abides

Faerie Sojourner

©2002

Afternoon in the Rose Garden

A rose garden-peaceful, light,

And thoughts of you, invited, come

In splendor, like the rose,

So beautiful, it’s essence bright.

What color should I name my love

Purest white, or deepest red,

Brilliant yellow like the sun,

Or baby pink and innocent?

Perhaps the orange, all gaily dressed

Like festive parasols in a row

That line the boardwalk in the sun,

Where bathers sit to shade their heads.

Or no, then like the lavender

Pale and quiet, soft and silent,

Fragranced lightly in it’s breath,

All delicate lace, it’s petals fragile.

All lovely scents, all beauty formed

Of nature’s choicest vibrant color

In newest bud or aged bloom

Everywhere I look, I see the wonder.

And then I see you in a rose,

Growing quietly among the rows.

The deepest pink -- a blushing bride

Is not as lovely as this one’s pride,

Which blooming fully in the sun,

Brings you to mind, my dearest one.

It’s fragrance light, it’s blossoms free,

It’s buds coiled tight, it’s leaves deep green.

I see your neck, so soft and fair

So graceful, in it’s petals there.

Within a bloom so perfectly,

I see your face, your smile for me.

And as I touch the velvet side

Of petals opened full and wide,

I see your form in beauty laid,

Your grace before me on your bed.

I want to spend eternity,

Drinking in the sight I see

Before me in the darkened room,

Your loveliness, a rose in bloom

As deeper into me you cling

With every movement as I bring

That cup of water you so desire

I feel, then join your inner fire.

I hear your moan in pounding breast

As our two hearts approach the crest

As higher unto heaven’s state

We climb, until we reach the gate

Of purest bliss, and in that place

With I in you and you in me --

We melt into each other’s heat.

As one pure rose of deepest pink,

The deepest pink

The one I chose,

My sweetheart‘s face,

My darling rose.

Flowtrvlr

©2002

You Are in Our Thoughts and Prayers

The Dogwoods are in bloom

And I thought of you today

Spring is here already

You were in my prayers last night

Easter will be coming soon

A yellow ribbon marks your chair

The choir is rehearsing songs of praise

And we all miss your voice, your laugh

Your presence in our midst

But we hold you close beside us

In our thoughts and in our prayers

My children have a new baby girl

I'm a grandmother now times three

I went to see her on a sunny day

And I thought of you way over there

In sand and heat, in danger's way

And in my heart I said another prayer

That God would bring you safely home

That He would hold you in His hand

That you would feel His Presence near

While you are in this foreign land

The white and pink of Dogwood trees

Have given way to leaves of green

I held the thought of early spring

And sent it on to you

With baby scent and children's smiles

With laughing friends at bar-b-ques

Oh, and by the way,

Your cat and dog are safe and sound

Although they miss you too

We're doing all we can at home

To keep things running smooth

And each day in our thoughts and prayers

In everything we say and do

There is that thread connecting us

Even through the miles that separate us

No matter what you may be going through

We here at home are holding you

And the sacrifices you're making too

All the while you are over there

You are here in our thoughts and prayers

Thank you,

Artwumyn

c.2003

2 Easy

love is
unspoken
phrases of
freely circulating harmonies
lightly twirling swirls of
exciting similarities
lovely lofty cloudscapes of
gently flowing transitions
pulsating rhythms of co-mingling
differences balanced in security on
firmly laid foundations of
steel-stated linkages of
reinforced gaugings of
respectfully waited
kindnesses and
loving inner coursings

giving circulating circles of
receivables of valuables of variously
unmeasurable hopefulfilling
dreamwishes and satisfying
lifevisions in sharefully and
carefully driven vehicles of
accepting compromisings

really not mechanical
but very enterprising
and easily instructable
when loveables advising
come to the table dressed
for journeys lengthy and uprising
in their natural proclivity for
partnerships surviving.

2easy

~~~~~~let it flow~~~~~~~~

Flowtrvlr 2002