In Times Like This (new poem)

IN TIMES LIKE THIS (New Poem)

by Tim Kavi

in times like this, we feel so afraid

but then I come home to your love

and feel the comforts you've made

while the lights of the universe

shine so bright; in this darkened night,

when I see you, my fears disperse

there need not be any fear

when the love of my life

is so near 

in the gentle repose

there is a stillness of peace

in memories of those

many nights of your kisses

bringing sudden healing

to all the world's remisses

hope in your arms tonight

where all troubles forgotten

all wrongs are made right

asleep in your arms tonight.

Author's note: while the coronavirus ravages the world, this song arose from the kisses of my lovely wife!~~TK
Psalm 91:5-6

A Tree Overlooking Existence (new poem)

A Tree Overlooking Existence (poem)

by Tim Kavi

A tree, I'm looking for

where I'm the same

in Nature grown

And what is known

Flows in a sweet refrain

of my existence, la la

Where gladness pours

across the flowered meadows

where the sunlight feeds the tops

of the seated places

where my sadness goes in retreat

of my existence, la la la!

lost in space

from the Earth's froth, my roots

run deep into the watered ground

across the withered plains

there's a forest, by the winding brook

of my existence, la la la la!

collapsed in time

superpositions, gray matter

fired neurons across a landscape

bring disturbing visions that promise peace

something's not right, in the light

of my existence, fa la la!

We, my fellow primates and I

are sitting in the treetops

safe where we imagine we see all

heavenly thrones of power

dripping knowledge, like raindrops

of our existence, fa la la la!

there it is; the quieting path below

one we have sought, 

in silencing reverence

as we descend and ascend

the ladders of the places we've got

of our existence, fa la la la la!

there in the calming spaces

of the open vistas 

the countrysides and rocky

paths and highways

that shine to us

Peace! in the open arms of our existence!