A passion, warm, splendid
Envelopes me,
A presence, strong as daylight
Falls over me,
A peace transcending time
Caresses me,
A love beyond boundaries
Consumes me,
In a single exchange of gaze.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.

Are you surprised
That some doors
Should remain closed?
Some journeys never taken?
Had no one told you
Of the whirling winds,
The tumultuous waters,
The blazing fires,
That lay behind a certain seal?
Did you believe yourself strong
Enough to bond with what lay inside,
To hold fast to the motion?
Did you imagine such zest
To be accessible one moment
And extinguished in the next?
Rather be astonished at the Force
That held it well for so long,
Be in awe of the Power wielded
To bar the entrance
These many years.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.

When I am gone,
Upon my stone,
Etch as you should,
She did what she could.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.

Biology
Philosophy
Ethnomusicology,
Psychology
Neurology
Immunopathology;
Anthropology
Mythology
And surely
Criminology,
Sociology
Geology
Definitively
Ecology,
Through it all
A river winds
Arriving at Theology.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.

Between sleep and awake
Lies a powerful land,
Filled with mystical creatures
And strangely dealt hands,
Differing worlds
Seem at will to entwine,
Authoring storms
Whirling through mind,
Slight sense of space,
Tin sense of time,
Various fates
Both wind and unwind,
Twisted together,
Recklessly ripped,
Muddled and mixed-
All circuitry tripped.

Copyright 2018. L.L Shelton.

Can the will of the wave
Cast aside the sea?
Can the wind refuse the howl,
The forest quit the tree?
Can the moon abate the shine,
The cave the rock set free?
Of the shelter of the sky,
The brilliant sun take leave?

Treasures of the earth hidden
Deep in dirt remain,
The moth will ever flutter near
The bright and open flame,
The bird abandons not his song,
The bee will not the flower flee,
As the stars belong with night,
So I belong with Thee.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.

Tomorrow doesn’t exist
To complement today.
Today does rarely care
What happened yesterday.
Yesterday has disappeared,
Tomorrow still awaits.
Seems to be today’s the day,
Truly makes our fate.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.

In between the poles we’d fly
Twisted heart and evil eye
Round and round the mind we flew
Seldom sure who’d be our view
Upside down then right side up
May stay awhile with any luck
Change in the weather
Take us down together
Ties too tight to ever sever
We’ll be here till the twelfth of never…

Copyright 2018. L,L, Shelton.

In the shadow

Of your manic mood

I developed a magic mind:

Superpowers have become mine,

I can see when I am blind,

I can’t sleep but I can fly.

I don’t bend in the pouring rain,

Don’t always know when I feel pain,

Though daybreak is not always plain,

Break free the chain.

I catch it in midair,

No need to try.

Copyright 2015. L.L. Shelton.

Thirty-three
She stared at me
I once was blind
But now I see

Frozen in place
Stunned look on my face
Hands grip the wheel
Unsure of this space

Time stands still
If I don’t blink my eyes
A need to grieve
Takes me by surprise

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton