TAKE ME TO THE SOMEPLACE ELSE

(Feb. 2020, REWORKED May 18, 2021)

– By Pamela J. Pine

The brightest stars in that night sky detailed Orion
Who regained his sight after being blinded
Delivered not only from the dark
But into the full color of days

Take me to that someplace else
Besides the boulders that surround the sea
Where wildflowers grow around the stones
And golden pollen is released on a breeze
Where the presence is as solid
As free

Direct my steps to that place
Where I can sit when I am tired
While I smell the fragrances in the wind
Where I can walk beside you
With my feet in the sand
Where cold water laps
Leading us
Toward a fire
Waiting to be

It’s so much work
To keep the color at bay
To erase the blues of a Caribbean ocean
To ignore the warmth and wonder of a tropical son
Why would I try –
But to punish the gods –
Rather than celebrate
Starlight from the Heavens

– By Pamela J. Pine

I awoke this morning
And saw my thoughts
As if fabric in those shops in Thailand
Stacked
Each long piece
Wound over and over
On itself,
Each in its place,
Ends of cloths hanging down,
Waves upon waves,
Multicolored, paisley, other-patterned
One upon the other
Together but of their own threads
They flow, draped over each other
Changing their stature and effect
With each breeze that comes
With each person that comes
With each person who goes
With every opening and closing
Opening and closing
Opening and closing
Of the door

– By Pamela J. Pine

Vulnerability
Gone
With the wind
Present
For an instant
In time
Dust
Claim it when you can
A precious metal
It is horded
Counted
Protected
Selected
It can be robbed
Grabbed
Keep it wisely
Hold the child
Sooth the man
Calm the woman
Rest your head

– By Pamela J. Pine

Years ago
A friend
Took me
In a glider
Towed up by a plane
Flown by another
Then, let us go
When we were high
In the right place
The tow-er let go the cable that towed us
A jerk toward separation
Delivered us
Startled
Into sudden quiet
Drifting
Nothing supporting us
But wind currents
We floated on wind currents
Exhilarated, frightened, and solitary
And when currents no longer held us
We circled
Slowly
Meandering down
Landing
Safely
Carefully
In time