11 Ben
Red Spectral Skywalker
We
escaped!
From
City to Desert Wilderness
We
escaped!
From
blaring Cacophony
To Silence
and Birdsong’s
Sweet Liberation---
Through Air clear as Glass
I
see Mountains green---
Now
I am calm
While Aspens rustle
In the turquoise Dusk---
Now
I am serene
Like
the Night.
©Kleomichele Leeds
10
Eb
Yellow
Planetary Human
Up drove I through the border Towns---
Texas towns of Wind
and Heat
Dust unto Dust
Up drove I from a
Valley of Death---
Border Patrols---screaming
Sirens---
Burly men searching
for “Wetbacks”
Crossing the Rio
Grande---
Swimming for their
Lives and Children
Braving Cold---Darkness---Barbed
Wire---Death
Cops everywhere in
those Texas Towns---
Armed and
dangerous Vigilantes
Looking for Reasons
to kill
Small brown People
Gentle and proud
With Hope greater
than Fear---
Nothing to lose…
Up drove I through
ghost Town after Town
From Palm to
Mesquite---
North I came when Night
descended
Looking for Shelter---none
to be had----
Every Lad from the
Oil Fields
With Pockets full
of Cash
Filled every Space---sold
out---locked down
No Room at the Inn
for
Brave brown People or me.
©Kleomichele Leeds
9 Chuen
Blue Solar Monkey
Amid the glossy
Steel and engine’s Roar
I saw his Eyes point
blank---
Blue like Skies---Jay’s
Wing -- Ocean Water
In the Sun that set
as we flew north
From Warmth, carried
on a soft Wind
We sat in antiseptic
Splendor
On a Plane of Strangers---
In Time we broke the Barrier to Sound---
Decided that we’d
found
Too much to speak of
to let go---
“No”---suspend the
Night and Day
Escape from Pain,
seek Peace, delay
Your Flight and stay
with me---
I heard his Plea
Asking that I change
my Course
Rearrange my Night
and Day
For him
I uttered my Reply
Dared not deny
myself the Instinct
Too long held
captive, Wings clipped---
Not allowed to fly
Shimmered with our
Heat and Light---
Our Bodies fused---
Desire keenly felt
And tightly wrapped
around us
Is this my Fate---
My Destiny
incarnate?
Bronze Strength---blue
Fire
Cool green Mountain
Shade
On white hot Desert
Sand
My dear One---
My Atlanta one Night
Stand.
©Kleomichele Leeds
8 Oc
White Galactic Dog
How do I tell thee of my Love?
Are Verses sung in Tune enough
To move you beyond moving?
Shall I paint a Portrait of Affection
Reflecting deep Enchantment?
My Affection turns Affliction---
It Weighs heavy on my Heart
Fear battles Hope
That in the Telling I will see
Acceptance---willingness
To love me in Return---
Fear locks the Gates of Love
Faith alone holds fast the Key.
©Kleomichele Leeds
7 Muluc
Red Resonant Moon
There once was a Man
Who would use and abuse the Moon
For Profit--- just because she’s
there
Why?
Obviously
The Rhythmic Dance of the Tides
The Movement of the Waters
Would cease---
Apparently these Cycles
Are Inconvenient for this Man
Our Culture demands
Immediate Gratification---
The Instant Fix
A Negation of Life---Death---Rebirth
Linear Time rules in no Time---
A Time out of Time with Nature
Earth's out of Time---out of Touch
Out of Tune with the Moon---
The sacred Feminine
There once was a Man
Who would blow up the Moon---
One wonders what was
In his Mother’s Milk!
©Kleomichele Leeds
6 Lamat
Yellow Rhythmic Star
I frequent Beauty
As my Duty and my Due---
As Honey
To the Bee---
Beauty be
The All to me.
©Kleomichele Leeds
5 Manik
Blue Overtone Hand
How---why---and when indeed
Does Love transform to Need?
The giving Hand goes on the Take
The Heart grows dark and cold---
Once open Arms and Eyes
Close to Possibility and Passion---
Suspicion suspends Belief
Trust steps out for a Smoke
Neither Love nor Faith survives
The imminent Loss of Hope.
©Kleomichele Leeds
