In the shelter of my mind
through the window of my eyes...

I watched a video today,
not a DVD, it was a video...

Morning newspaper
the world's depression in print...

...lie beneath a headstone
with the words...

Bare branches with outstretched limbs reach for...
autumn leaves surround...

Grasshopper absorbs
grand master's words of wisdom...

A token of love
and a promise of forever...

A dry flower falls
from pages yellowed with age...

You said you saw me waving
from across the crowded bistro...

Soon the lily pond became
a home from home for 'opper...

And...as I pulled back the latch
and slowly opened the gate...

Next morning I arose
with the sun and crept outside...