On this New Year’s Eve Direction lost Drifting like blowing snow To and fro. A freeze comes

Cool breeze rustles through the tr… drifting into my open door and leads me to the window to see leaves falling with abandon. Highlights of red and gold lace

In the blink of an eye It’s a different scene On the big movie screen So easy to get absorbed In the story line of time.

It is what it is Despite my wishes for it, Otherwise. You are who you are Despite my expectations,

Red cardinal dancing On white snow, How regal you appear With your cloak of red, How it cheers my heart

An owl hoots on this cool, crisp Spring night. A sound that’s distant yet echos

The wind went through me, it carried the yellow, orange and red leaves lightly on the air. Another change is coming,

In the dead Of Winter, I long for Spring. In the rains Of Spring,

Some days you’re in bliss, Some days you’re in pain. Some days you’re up in the clouds, Some days you’re down in the flame… Some days you get what you want

Orange full moon with a half smile, a hanging lantern, lighting the way, through dark streets,

Itchy eyes scaly feet achy joints and bad teeth hair so fine

Geese are honking As they fly Across an orange colored Sky. My spirit soars

Lately, a sadness pervades, I mourn for youth, perhaps passion of younger days. With age, some of that passion

Half a world away, I walk a narrow, stone path. In the rice fields, the Balinese people

Easing down the gravel road, yellow leaves spiral across, like a welcome