Life Goes On
Even when
summer heat
stretches past
mid October
and no rain
comes
and the trees
are too confused
to change
their colors
even still
life
goes on
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Gideon’s Challenge
Breakfast
Peppermint leaf
and chamomile
licorice root
and cinnamon
blue lotus extract
and kanna root
blended together
sweet and pure
giving
mornings
a bit of happy flavor
to slide
over the tongue
and warm the belly
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Gideon’s Challenge
The Lost Fall
Indian sumer
stretches on
and trees
refuse to turn
as smoke rolls
with the east wind
and we’re left
unable to see
our nose
while summer heat
drags
on and on
as if
it will never end
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge
I’m Here
Your heart beats
heavy and hard
as you drag on
and fight
the good fight
showing others
you are strong
while inside
your heart bleeds
and I reach out
to cover your soul
and help keep
everything in
that is trying
to spill out
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Gideon’s Challenge
Sateen Sheets
Skin slides
over smooth surface
feeling like silk
but softer
and like satin
but gentler
and within its
delicate brush
of fibers
against
sensitive skin
a sweet fragrance
lifts
to tease senses
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Gideon’s Challenge
Leisure Time
I want to curl up
in your arms
on the balcony
and settle
into you
as the sun
slowly sinks
below horizon
until only
a golden glow
remains
and your lips
brush my nape
as you whisper
“Mine”
Twisting the Leaf 