Dad, Hero

He's my father

my best friend

An Arabian blend

Don't bother

he's amazing

start gazing

he's a star

A radical 

political

singular enthusiast 

out of a bell jar

not a member of a party 

No he's not

He's an individual

He hit the jack pot

It's his luck

he won a duck

fuck

He's a leader

a speeder

an exceed-er

he drives like crazy

although it's hazy

he naps while driving

his car on auto-pilot

He's an author

a teacher

sometimes preacher

an angle sent 

in the form of a creature

a talker

Oh he's a lot much more

than just a walker

He's a savior

 a hero

my savior

my dad

my hero

COVID-19

The year is a mess, a cuss, a fuss
I cannot reach for you and thus
I long for nothing but you

I gazed at the stars and how they shined for you
They told me it's times like these I got to be patient--you have the flu

I miss you, that is all I feel
I miss you, that is all I say
I am hopeful to see you again one day

--

I am hopeful to see you again
singing, ringing, clinging, but until then
for you I will pray
and till then,

Stay safe

A Stranger in Heaven

Or hell?

Could this nature and beauty be heaven?
Or is this heat and struggle what's called hell?
Oh well
I am a stranger--could you tell?

I left my roots, forgetting them somewhere
Somewhere I call home--but define home
A feeling at which roots belong
at which blood blossoms best
and at which I hear my mother's song

Gracious grace, i'll be okay
I will pass and prosper at a pace
After all, I'm in a heavenly place
Or am I a stranger....
in hell?

Our World

Between the Earth and the sky
there stand you and I 
without saying goodbye
let me tell how much I admire you     with tears in my eye

Between the noon and the moon
for us     there is enough room
complete and eternal
let us stay then     you and I

Between a garden and a mountain high
there will be just you and I
my favorite song to you I will sing
to show how a woman madly in love shall live     I will dance and I will swing

Between my mind and my soul
in pain have I struggled
to dismiss the world and keep only you     my all
let us stay then     you and I

Ravenous

stay with me a couple of minutes more   two hours or four

relate Qais and Ladylove Layla
Friends and the Mexican telenovela Rafaela
let us share ravening feelings and all

on a beach ride
stay with me a couple of minutes more
Californian mountains by our side
hug and gaze   it's summertime

send me a song
a resemblance of nothing and nobody but our secret love zone
stay with me a couple of minutes more
"you can't be wrong in your song"

said you had to leave and head to the far door
oh don't you just know
I am living   longing   looking for your next call
stay with me a couple of minutes more