NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTION
As we climb naked
Shivering in blustery wind
Vowed promises missing rungs
Snow birds announcing thaw
As our flowering trees
Have forgotten to blossom
Himalayan myths misty teardrops
Deep glacial fissure scars
As we dance around
And kiss so passionately
Your lips resurrect hopeful
Possibility of eternal spring
As you hover near
And drain my nectar
Wounds embrace your flesh
Sheltered within my petals
As your palate grows
Ever richer and deeper
Our caresses become loving
Nipped buds fully blooming
As our joy returns
Resuming steep upward trek
May our doubts taproot
Somewhere else this year
EVERGREEN PEACE
Secrets of our storybook universe
Backed into corners unfolding pages
Flipping through yet-to-be edited chapters Scanning indexes for prophetic solutions
Chips off old writer’s block
Bipolar slow unsure glacial meltdown
What lies beneath monolithic icebergs
Once upon certainties currently aren’t
Compromised more-or-less climate change
Rising global temperatures shifting gears Weather patterns heightened sea levels Extremes increasingly frequent severely intense
Global warming bodes cataclysmic effects Fact not fiction apocalyptic forecast Taming circus freaks of nature Illusions deled droughty famine stetted
Uphill struggle pitted against downtrodden Pretending to love each other Forced smiles fake friend betrayals Denying inevitability of sharecropper fate
Help make our endangered planet
Safe for diversity uniquely special
Respectful tolerance our humanistic goal Environmental protection united common cause
Nothing worth knowing can be
Taught prefatory wisdom proofread enlightenment Skepticism turned to leap-of-faith derring-do Conviction copyrightable granted literati authority