ODE TO A ROSE (Inspired by my Sister....Pamela Bain).....

Natures perfect gift
Timeless
Fragrant
Feminine wonder
Wrapped in such delicate folds
The dew adores her secrets deep within
And patiently waits
For the pleasure of her smile.......

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012

FLYING

My dear Sister asked me
"If I could re-live a memory"
"What would it be?”
I answered her

Quite simply

To the mystical place in time

Where I return daily

The dream stuck in my head

The one where I am falling

Never landing

Thinking I am dead

When suddenly I realize

I am FLYING

Instead.......

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012

SILENCE

Silence can be deadly

Exception

Deep reflection

This "new world"

Political medley

Far worse

Than the one i vaguely remember

When i truly gave a damn

My focus is on light

Peace

Love

Sacred art

Once

Worlds apart

Now flowing thru my veins

Dig it if you can

Forsake

If you must

My words are my thrust

And i smile........

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012

ART IS LOVE

True art

Whispers

To people

ALL people

We artists may not see

At the moment of conception

The audience

We share our soul with

Thus

The magnificence

Of such divine gifts

Art

Is love

Deftly woven

Thru threads of mortal time

Creating words that rhyme

Pure beauty

Surreal

Precisely as God planned

And i smile.......

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012

ODE TO THE SAND FLEA

I can only laugh

In cynical reflection

Aging misdirection

At this life’s cruelest joke

Arthritic hips and knees

Such agony

In measured degrees

I’m reminded of sand fleas

Nibbling hungrily

At my surf soaked feet

In sacred Ormond Beach

God’s loving bounty

So easily in reach

Burrowing in the sand

I simply scooped them as i needed

To fetch a mighty blue

A Pompano or two

As my children frolicked

In magical glee

To be one with the sea

I smile in quiet reverence

At this paradise i lost

How i deeply cherish now

Despite the brutal cost

I pray

To return some sweet day

Forever baptized

In the salty water

Buoyant and free

As it’s meant to be........

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012

YOUNG ONE

Take a moment

Young one

With eyes that swim

Amazed

Sweet

Blessed child

Sit with me awhile

At this horn of plenty table

Set for me

And thee

I pass my portion to you

And the lofty dreams

That fascinate you

And above all

There is LOVE

Sacred young one

You shall need it

Courage to survive

Instinctual wisdom

To overcome

To thrive

To keep the fire alive

An achievement

Necessary

Prophetic

Deemed quite bold

By Angels i am told

Hear me now

Sweet young one

For i am growing old

Weary

From the battle

Now merely

Passing through

YOU

Are surely destined

To craft a world

Brand new

Where love and peace

Shall RULE

As it was written in the stars

and i smile........

　

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012

I SEE

July 4th, 2012

A day of independence

Laced with sentiment

Lonely width and breadth

Achieved by patriotic death

Heroic last breath

Tribal knowledge gained

Only truth remains

As I ponder immortality

Just what it means to me

I’m grateful for the guidance

Transcendental clarity

I see

The mystery

Of our universe

Raw power

Majesty

A force far superior

To me

As it’s meant to be.......

(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2012