Nell Haque

For the sweet peas
and roses
their array of colors
and their fragrance
thank you Lord
and for the capacity
to feel
what they birth
in my heart
I thank you more

Oh my glittering heart
stands and stares,
picking and sorting
snipping thorns
from their faces
so loved so dear.

Dry are the lilies
and the pond
the fishes gone
Oh brother Wind
Oh cousin Snow
All is quiet today
Oh father Sun
Oh brother lake
Oh cousin April
Oh sister May
all is waiting
to birth

For this one minute long
I’ll be alone
Slow my thinking
To a stop
In just one minute long
I will do hold
Your image sole
and in soul’s rapture
Timelessness
Will be eternal
Joy

A life of purpose
is satisfying
A life of successes
is exciting
A life of joy
is bliss
Choose the fun path
to go
Happiness is made of
bits of joy

I said Mama is here
I saw her as a dream
so little and so rare
with a halo of purity
around body and hair
The lips almost smiling
bread dipped in sweet wine
about to say a prayer
her chest all resplendent
child mother pure light
her heart flickering
with love

What can I give you
my beloved
I have become a flame
at your feet
longing to be consumed
at your altar
in the forever urgency
to give

In the Christmas
The resolutions
Shaken – fear
Long lists – timid
Weak – ache
Feeble complaints
Ghostly prescriptions
Hope
again awaits
for the New Year