The petrels have scented wings

fragrant from the salt air...

A waft of a breeze from the low-tide mark

brought the scent off

a shingle bank

of the petrel

to my balcony

on which I stand...

A petrel…

Inanimate things endure

as you mother rot, a corpse

among the angels of heaven.

No more rat dog and horse,

or apple tree bowing

by the stream it drank from

in the summery meadow

of fat cattle lowing

and horses grown sleek.

1. 1.        time, love

The hands clean, now quiet.

still. recovering. end

of century nerves. and

decadence. eye

sharp. see, much better.

legs like these, arms

are tight, muscular,

lean andangular.

long, hard muchlonger

Into-you. This morning

                *

the ½ moon still high

saw you too.

at the same time:

mad it is – 4 him

not…

While following a ventilated translation

from a lucky find 2nd hand book

my eyes lift, with the lightness

and perfection expected

from the bright black language

in lines of writing, landing 

immediately far below, on the long 

black shore in the crystal 

ball of twilight...Inside, with, drawn

to this, I appreciate…

Do I intimidate you, boy,

Since I know who I am inside,

And because there is no way

That you can make me feel inferior?

Do I intimidate you, boy,

Because you aren’t hard as you think?

Your shaking knees give way

And give up on your false exterior.

Do I intimidate you, boy,

Because I know what I am worth,

And nothing you can say

Can ever make me less valuable?

Do I intimidate you, boy,

Because “now” is not an…

I've never told you  

if you haven’t been around me, 

my heart would stop beating. 

My heart would turn into 

a rusty silent bell 

hanging on a God's forgotten belfry. 



I've never told you …

dawn ride

that dawn      like      the loudness of dream

                                              in…

    sun showers

i never recalled

it this way

coming into a…

“I promise I’ll be back” he said “when this deployment’s done”

I said “why are you fighting for a war that can’t be won?”

He said, “when I return the memories of it will fade;

Just keep the faith and I will keep the promise that I made” 



He said “I’ll try my best to send a letter every day;

I may not always do it but I’ll try in every way;

but just in case there is a gap don’t…

Y, when you are with me don't:

Put on the washing machine as soon as I get home from work.

Talk loudly when I'm beside you.

Rustle plastic bags.

M, when you are with me don't:

Go on about your latest money making scheme.

Tell me more than twice you regret doing something to a stranger.

Ws, when you are with me don't:

Pick my brain.

Ask me for tips to help you do better but then purposely give me nothing in…

When you are with me:

See me in a positive light, or try to.

Touch my hand, my shoulder, my face, or my leg.

Speak calmly and kindly.

Laugh joyfully and openly.

Listen to the music I'm playing on the stereo and praise it, or even better momentarily tap, sing, or dance to it.

Taste the food and drink I have bought sometimes just for you and thank me for it.

And when I'm with you, I'll do the same.

Copyright: H. Withers 2012.

When you aren't with me:

Forget any stupid thing I did, or said, or wrote to you or others.

Think of me nicely, or at least fairly.

Laugh or smile at something I once said, or did, or wrote.

Reply to one of my email's questions, or send me a completely new one.

Call me or leave me a message.

Write me a letter or a postcard.

Mail me some food.

Play the cd or tape/s I gave you.

Read the mag, or articles, or books I gave…

Eyes with Thought

Sitting here in my chair without a care; looking through the eyes of my house to the outside world, all the sights that I see bring thoughts that flow through me.

Into my brain they get mixed around ,down the body drain they do flow.

Trapped inside you get the buzz ,makes you think how lucky you are, sitting there in that chair, with a view that does that to you. Fills your life just by natures lovely sight ,

We do look, but do not see we…

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Older Version Of Mayan Calendar Continuing 

Past 2012 Discovered In Guatemala.

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In the movement caused by breathing,

the beating of your heart, the…

The blackbirds seem

to be watchful for the End of Days

of a distant destination yet to come

floating in the Sea of the Infinite

islands of consciousness

visible through the tangle of branches

of confused minds

like veins and synapses

bearing…

Don’t over press the crease,

let the garment fashion itself;

new friends fit, or they don’t. 

Over committing wears thin; 

laugh only if you can’t not, 

and live practising letting go.

Practising, like a lawyer,

like a surgeon, finished with training 

and not like a child 

learning dance within the multitude

of lumbering…

When the best you can do is average, 

                                 average is perfect.

Surrender unto those who are faster, 

                                 funnier, wiser.

Surrender to those more creative, better 

                                 parkers, diplomats, clairvoyants;

who are taller, stranger, more alien;                                              …

YOU ARE:

You are a gentle breeze,

Cooling me in the summer’s sun.

 You are the golden sun light.

Shining through autumn leaves.

You are a close embrace.

On a cold winters night.

You are as delicate,

As springs first blossom.

I love all of these things.

Yet none of them are mine.

You are unrequited.

1.                                                                                                                                                                  

If I appear strange,

it’s my actual self.

If grace seems absent

from my strange

consider my oddness faked.

And bring to my attention

what Ego dares not mention—

If being different

isn’t really daring,

dare to be the same.                                …

Life’s in control, in that big picture way

Gives us a process we live every day

Orchestrates us and creates our routines

Plans all the details and sets all the scenes

Propels us forward, or compels us back

Makes all decisions to keep us on track

Functions our bodies and programs our brains

Makes us feel losses and celebrate gains

Puts us in categories,…