morning:
beauty drips

like soft light.
red autumn leaves.

dressed for a meeting
i wear a costume

of respectability.
walking near the lake

i stop
to watch

dark desired waves.
a playful storm

floats out of sky.
children play

in shadowed forests.
i am wind.

 

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Rick Davis lives in the Chicago area, USA.  He is married to Marianne. Marianne has five children, and twenty-four grand & great-grandchildren.  They have a loved cat & dog.  Rick graduated from Northeastern Illinois University, and several graduate schools.  He’s has worked in market research and other positions.  He has worked as a volunteer pastoral counselor at Blind Service Association in Chicago, and at the University of Illinois Hospital at Chicago.  He is an ordained minister and interfaith Rabbi.