SELF
So I said to myself
Self
Where is this leading
this living
this being
where is this leading I asked in a moment
of weakness
in a moment of pure futility
maybe the only pure thing I’ve
ever
known
as pure and as cold as the
mountain stream this futility
and I have made me a home in it
a warm home with a
fire
where I can burn my moments
and watch the smoke rise up from them
to heaven.
– david michael jackson 2009
Fireflies
fireflies
we are
you and I
a sparkle over there
here
now there
how can we hope for more when
the stars
are
fireflies
too
these mighty suns
burning in the eternal night
a night which will be there
when stars are
gone
as gone as the children
of war
these children deserved more
than those majestic
meaningless
stars
the children of war deserve more
than some unknown poet
can give them
I am the same as them
You are the same as them
greater than mere stars,
galaxies
what galaxy can equal one
child
fireflies poem david michael jackson 1999
here you shall find me
must find me
we must meet
having met, we must
meet again in the shadows of
truth
beauty shines through the window and
dances with the dust in the air
the cat sits by the window
watching the birds
I sit by the window with your memory
watching for you
in the birds
in the trees
we must meet across the river
in the shade of that tree
that tree we cling to
so the raging waters of the flood
may not drown us in our own
innocence
Rolly Rabbit Poem
I’m a rabbit
said Rolly Rabbit
I’ve been a rabbit my whole life.
I eat carrots and other plants.
I do my rabbit dance
I wiggle my bunny tail
When I see you I
hop hop hop away
then I stop
and look at you.
Oh Rolly you sure are a rabbit
said Spunky Squirrel
All you do is eat and
hop hop hop,
You can’t climb a tree
like me.
You have no ears to speak of
said Rolly Rabbit
and your tail is
so long and so thin
why just look at the thing!
The dog would catch me
on the trail
if I had that tail.
Rabbit Poem david michael jackson May 8, 2012 editors@artvilla.com