1130 Miles: Day 33: Direction

Direction

No new snow showing

I begin to cut back

recall the year's profusion

yellow flowers across the walk 

1130 Miles: Day 33: Gold In White

Mist forming
Winter coming
Flower blooming

Glorious confusion

Gold In White
Originally uploaded by vajra

1130 Miles: Today

A readied man ascends
heart in the sky, holy fire

to ghost walk
bird in the tree

behind me
memory

1130 Miles: 32 Days: Preparation

California Buckeye
Originally uploaded by vajra

rain today
pouring the brown leaves
down to the sidewalk
while golden maple leaves remain against
a gray sky
the buckeye tree bare for many weeks
shows tough purses leather
filled with seeds
ready to drop
to the soggy grass
with curling root
ready for its
journey

1130 Miles: 31 Days: Vision

Agave In Silver
Originally uploaded by vajra

VISION

we you and I
we write as we speak
or try to
by slow attention
capture pin down
repeat
capture or pin down
the moment
past remembrance
memory
What we felt or saw
once
upon
a time

1130 Miles: Day 31: Pitchfork

Pitchfork

on a wall, the points that remain

unbroken and the ends that have splintered

words that fly like shrapnel when least

expected. the delay in communicating with you

as life rolls out large tumbleweeds, harmful rocks

under soft jostled soil. stubs that pull you 

out the door toward the dry field of wishing. 

to talk. to plow under. to reveal.

Homecoming Up Dos

What do you do with an up do?

Afterwards, do you put on pearls?

Do you sit forlorn in an open air car 

all alone on your throne driven

onto the field waving at cold constituents 

who are confused by the sweep of hair 

where before there was a free bird

their favorite girl, untanned natural, 

inviting them to shed the cost, 

all smiles undone.

1130 Miles: One Month: Misty

Misty
Originally uploaded by vajra

soft rain so small
only white petals
can gather you into
small drops

November's still warm and rain
no more than mist walking
home while
Spring calls before November