We watch the skies go,
As the little ones grow.

The leaves are falling,
And the year browning.
The river's far wide,
And the morning, wild.

In the rinse of the sun, we bask.
"Is fall the best season? You ask."

Um, come spring,
Watch the river ring.
These wouldn't fall,
Had not the rains fell.

#ts #ssn

I am a little bit the ocean.
I am a soul somewhere
between a September sky,
And a black bunch of berries
that the blue bird sees.
I am half the man you see.
Take me to dry shores,
And I promise you before
October and all the birds fly,
You are going to love me.

#ts #kbts

To my feet,
The earth whispers.
And I walk like I'll
Never be back again.

#ts #wrds

The season shifts—
It only gets warmer.
You change your alarm
To catch the sun rise.
It kisses you, as you sync,
You watch each other
As you burn,
It is the simple things
That make life better.

#ts #kbts

I cry like a summer cloud.
And when I am done
Crying like a summer cloud,
I'll be with those who
Cry like a summer cloud.
Now, these surely know how
To embrace rain and its cloud,
So together, we'll help those
Who yearn for a summer cloud.
And together, we'll watch earth
Embrace rain and its cloud,
And together we'll smile,
As does a summer cloud.

#ts #nss

I would sleep like a tyke.
But tonight, I'm thirty one
& hugging my pillow tight.
I'm bleeding with a June
kind of longing; the type
of longing that is both
restive and tentative.
All the days are ventures,
and that is where
the nights are crafted.
I feel my presence,
like a war, to guess if
it will be over by dawn.
It will be over by dawn.
And I feel my absence,
like a war, to see if
I will survive myself.
I will survive myself.
I would sleep like a tyke,
to be blinded by the night;
I will watch the sun grade.

#ts #bb

For we grow
By living,
And we know
By learning.

#ts #nss

When people go,
"Wow, that is deep,"

I cannot help but think,
"Thanks, but why
Do you mean, do I
Have to think shallow?"

And that must be right,
You know.

On shallow waters
We walk or crawl past,
But on deep ones we swim.

Either you think deep,
Or you do not.

#ts #nss

Oh no, exceptions do not invalidate truth.

#ts #nss