live in Gettysburg
see Abraham Lincoln
driving a car

the bright sun
declares the brilliant jewels
of God's Love

in my dream
a pink ambulance
waits

dog under bush
furiously digging
unearthing the past

enveloping warmth
invigorating coolness
each day a gift

I open my eyes
at midlife
suddenly unsure
of whether I am riding on a speeding roller coaster
or falling off a steep cliff

illusion
stripped away
like the bark of a tree--
the pain
of relentless sanding.

endings
made bittersweet
by spring life

morning darjeeling
fresh in a flowered tea pot--
sublime happiness