Intuition falls upon her
as the night winds begin to sing
And the visions guide true insight
To the soul’s yearning
For the kiss of wisdom
©jkn
TONIGHT I LOVE YOU
Tonight I love you
Having come to know you
through your words
The feelings of poetry
An intimate quality
Souls binded by a guiding light
Someone told me it would be good
As I came to the realization
Innocence is just
Our powers unused
I respect you
in our mutual dream
©jkn
CREATION
Everything is an act of Creation
Even destruction is an act of Creation
Art is a constant process of
Addition and subtraction
Creation and breaking down
Reconstruction
The ultimate goal being a
Bringing together of elements
Light and dark
Thick and thin
Man made or organic
Joy and melancholy
Chaos and order
An infinite exploration
The energy of life
This is my vision
and these are my creations
©jkn
I AM
I extend my arms
And let nature blow through me
And taste the earth on a springtime night
I am the exhilaration of a midnight flight
I am fire which withstands the rain
I protect you from your pain
Sparkling light on the waters edge
I am the promise which you pledge
I am the dream of rapid eye
The shape shifting of molecular time
Crystal wing of dragonfly
A gentle reminder you are alive
The silencing end of bitter scream
In the background of a complex dream
Oxygen, plasma, liquid metal
I am pain at the threshold
I am the color of the wind
For this is just where we begin
As you fall down time and again
My bloodshed cleanses sin
I am keen and alert
I dance in the wind, perpetual flirt
The leading edge of a bird in flight
Feline vision in the dark of night
I am prediction of summer breeze
I am the wind which shapes the trees
I am cool, without the freeze
I am endless, come mimic me
©jkn
IMAGINATION
And you, my friend
Never knew the
Meaning
of
Imagination through a raindrop
The peace of a clean breeze
To hear
dying things
Sing
their way to Heaven
Screams are sent
As those who came
now went
And the sun-filled grass
accompanies me
©jkn
I WOULD DECORATE THE SKY WITH YOU
If under this domed roof of laughing stars
I could wrap you with wispy strands of clouds,
And place you in the heavens
To shine and sparkle among those perfect jewels;
Would then that all your doubts and fears
Be made as gentle as starlight’s smile,
Caressing these meadow grasses
With the faraway light of a billion suns.
There, beyond earth’s pull,
Your breath no longer heavy with sighs…
Freed to coax the clouds
Like drifting whorls of milkweed seed,
And give these stems of grasses their song
Where storms no longer trouble you;
A place so high that you can never more ignore
How delicately you bless this world
George Lightcap
July 1992
LUNA
This golden globe, oh Luna
Holds striking presence
Against a blackened sky
With glimmer and sheen
Glowing across ebony vastness
Your evening aura
Such delicate, genuine highlights
As if kissed by the sun
And blended carefully into the darkness
By my own fingers
Your intrinsic shine
Rays from the soul
Beam brightly from within
Your silent midnight
Calls out to my own existence
You even shimmer amongst
Clouds that stray in the distance
And your essence transcends
Into what touches me most
©jkn
RAIN
Rain screaming down the window pane gray outside I love this feeling
I am cozy in my warm shell I am happy in the web of my cocoon
watching the rain come steadily down progressively saturating
grass and pavement and my permeable soul as I bask in this moment
it is still dusk and on the hardwoods inside I dance to sultry jazz
cat brushes my leg I head for the window to watch mother nature
her glorious fury scares me not makes me think of my grandmother
no moon can be seen rain gleans on cast iron railings
shimmering molten glass drips falling in patterns of random symmetry
©jkn
MUSIC
It’s all in the music
listen and you will see
A network of energy
racing along the
highway of creativity
Words that flow
Melodies that soar
Hearts that open up to pour
out feelings of
Raw emotion
Pure energy
Crossing the barriers
of ethnicity
Rhythms abound
Answers are found
within the complexity
of musical eccentricity
Letting music flow
Seamlessly
through a complex marriage
of instrument and voice
Languages blend
Instruments combine
The arc of crescendo climbs
Building synchronicity
With strength
And grace
And eloquence
Suddenly fading
to a whisper
Leaving the realization
of just how beautiful
That melody was
©jkn
VOLUME
Tap into my veins
And pump the rhythm in
I cannot live
without music
If I cannot live
I cannot love
If I cannot love
I cannot create
Turn up the volume, now.
jkn
BLACK & WHITE LADY
I love the black and white lady
I love to watch her stare
How incandescent glow her eyes
How mesmerizing her glare
Purple blue
Behind dark glasses
Fine lined black perfection
Straight to the point
Are her words
So interesting
So cool
©jkn
PURPLE
Everything was purple
The needles on the trees
Different shades in the sunlight
Like a purple Christmas
The clouds were lavender
The wind came in gust of violets
The sky itself
Was a beautiful, soothing
shade of purple
Purple became my fancy
My passion for life
Everything I wore
And everything I made
And even what I smoked
Was purple
Why such a crazy shade, you ask?
Why not? I laughed
And danced around your feet
In my purple sandals
Tossing purple petals in your hair
Purple became my dreams
I only dreamed in shades of purple
Purple was my gaze
And when you looked at me
Into my eyes
All you could imagine
Was purple
We rolled in the purple grass
Swam in the purple sea
It didn’t matter what color others saw
Purple was you
And purple was me
Even the sounds became purple
Anger was violet
Ignorance was indigo
And lavender wouldn’t let you go
From my heart
Surrounded in purple fluids
Tied by purple threads
You and me together
In purple dress we were wed.
©jkn
STEGOSAURUS
A stegosaurus in my cereal bowl
I poured the milk
It ran down his scales
He jumped onto my spoon
And, glaring me in the eye
Told me he needed the calcium
©jkn
RUSTLING SONG
Crisp leaves dance
In the chilled air
Like jumping beans
Scratching across
Asphalt sand
Skittish little creatures
Without mind or reason
No one to please
As they hang on
Desperately seeking
The dance they once
Knew, shared
with wind and branch
In a former life
Not so long ago
Not quite gone
©jkn
FIRST LOVE
Ah, my first love.
How comforting you are
in the moment I need you
You stand beside me
You come from within me
You are me
In brevity, written form.
©jkn
TURQUOISE SEIZURE
On the brink of a turquoise seizure
The salted crest of an ocean wave
Breaks free
Squint my eyes at the sun
Envision everything crystallized
In particles of light
Tiny beads of sand
Adhere to sun drenched skin,
Later to fall away
As wind and sun evaporate moisture
Everyone is in a good mood
Dancing, laughing…
Animals mimic with genuine affection
A tropical frenzy breaks out
In what will soon become
A tri-tone memory
Fading long after the blackest clouds set
Against the deepest tangerine sky
©jkn
SAND
I disintegrate into you
as you become the sand
washing into the raging sea
and I, stretched out upon the beach
taking in the waves
taste the salt
upon your lips
from mine
and lick it off until you're sweet again
as it should be my friend
©jkn
SLIPPED
Feel me drip from the tip
Of your tongue
Escape your lips
Like a sweet, sad song
Perfectly mobile
Impossible to grip
Through your fingertips
I slip
I escape
And become the air
Too far to catch me
Way out there
I’m still not here
Yet everywhere
And for that
I am no worse for the wear
Quiet like a detached tree
I am growing, I am free
From the tips of the tops
of my dreams I can see
Traveling eternity
I fall short of your demands
Illusive Intensity
Slipped right out of your hands
©jkn
SKIN DEEP
She walks
Streamlined
Perfect lipstick smile
Flawlessly etched
Reflecting her eyes
High heels click
Like a static stigma
Echoing from stone to stone
Hollywood silks
Drape slender shoulders
Flowing with the rhythm
Of an electric city
Glass smile
Ready to break
But not give in
Flawless features
Frozen
Coy eyes set
On the size of his credit card
Trophy wife, says
Let him pay
© jkn
MORNING STAR
I kiss you beneath the morning star
And smile, my love
Though your eyes are still closed
Content in your peaceful dreams
Gentle orange peeks over indigo horizon
Daylight soon to come
Earth still cool yet to warm
White petals relax to open
Before the daily hum
Softly you stir, beneath Venus’ gaze
A full dreamscape beneath your eyes
Far beyond this horizon of indigo and orange
The passionate glow
The excitement in your soul
Where strength coincides with peace
And the morning breeze
So sweet upon your lips
A place where only I know you
A place where I am so grateful for you
A place of fullness and perfection
I savor these delicious moments
©jkn
