Where is this heavenly road leading?
Will its sheer beauty take me to the
Happy knowledge that surpasses all
Things earthbound? I want to realize
The allure of the world in its wonders.
Is this the way to the end of the world?
I am an atheist and will not acknowledge
This sort of transcendence but am so
Happy for you that you are pulled to
The spiritual, knowing your way on a
Highway to heaven, a road to nowhere.
The path that leads you to everywhere.
Where does this beautiful road lead?
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?
It might suit you, but I would
Have to pass. What you are
Proposing is way above my
Class. I really couldn't and I
Know I shouldn't. So I will
Just have to say no 'cause I
Can't and I mustn't. I have to
Say no because it wouldn't be
Right for me to do what you
Ask. I find it hard but "No," I
Have to pass 'cause what you
Are asking won't do for me at
All. It might suit you, but no.
I would have to decline. No.
Inevitably, it all passes
Sometimes, slowly like
A drifting cloud on a
Windless day or as quickly
As a car race at LeMans.
Inevitably and without a
Warning, time steals away
Feelings. Emotions. Is too
Much enough? Is a lot all
There is? A lot can be too
Much or not enough. It's
Hard to sort through and
Too much to feel. It's a lot
Sometimes your nonsense makes
More sense than all the carefully
Wrought philosophies others take
To heart. What we don't know fills
Our minds with theories and sends
Us scattering willy-nilly in and out
Of rabbit holes. Thoughts can also
Be empty like the junk food you're
Consuming. No value-added just an
Automatically registered ooh or ugh
Sometimes you mumble truth when
Others spew misguided words that
Scatter like ants surprised off their
Hill. You know better. Lying doesn't
Come easily to you. You seek clarity
Until it slips from your tongue like
Honey. Honey is sweet but it is not
A junk food. Honey can, like a well
Thought out thought, add value to
The conversation. It offers cohesion.
What I learn when I listen
To you is why my heart is
Full and my heartstrings
Play songs all of their own
Creating. Easy lyrics, hard
Choices, soft sounds, like
Purring, the slow beats of
Love and care. Feeling the
Swelling of joy in my daily
Discovery of you! What I
Learn just listening to you
Is the depth and meaning of
Tender fondness, emotions
Neither carefree or free of
Care. Heartening, heartfelt.
You are why my heart sings.
I string words that I hope
Are as wise and even or as
Uneven as pearls. They can
Shine white and iridescent
Round or fragmented as any
Sentence I have ever written.
Telling my story or sentiment
I hope as well as the perfect
Pearls the Pacific yields or the
Little bitty ones my mother
Once had before she got a
Beautiful blue gray strand.
That was a show off necklace
But me, I so admired those
Ones that looked like hen's
Teeth, laying simply and
Easily against her sweater
I lament the Ben-and-Jerryification
Of the creamy flavorful cold dessert
Most all of us love for its texture and
Its taste. Ice cream should be smooth.
Ice cream should be velvety. Lumps
Of candy bars and cookies complicate
A straightforward treat. I don't want
My tongue to encounter popcorn when
I look for the excitement of a neutral
Flavor, a simple chocolate. Uninvited
Caramel candy bars or hard peppermint
Mar my experience. I turn to gelato for
What I crave. "You scream, I scream, we
All scream for ice cream." What's your
Favorite flavor? A clever pun or a single
Origin like plain old vanilla or coffee?
Tamara, really