Random Poetry... Its Been Way Too Long

Coffee
© 2002
Julie Jordan Scott

Strong scented with bitter
Undercoatings covering
My now warm tongue
My mind slowly wakens

The scent draws me
Inhaling deeply into my belly
Inviting memories of years
Upon years ago

Dream like
Wary
Reflective
I take another sip
Of Coffee

I Will Wait No More

© 2004

Julie Jordan Scott

Late night gentle breeze tells me

It can’t be 90 degrees as that thermometer

Declared from its jaded post downtown

The website says 82 and even that seems high

As again, the air tickles my face asking me

To play – to journey – to escape outside

Into the dusty dusky air filled with

Poppling, crackling, getting less noisy

Fire power proclaiming independence

The invitation of the wind is inviting

Yet I continue to type, continue to think

Continue to reflect aimlessly until

The moon peeks over the palm branch

Winking a personalized hello

I will wait no more

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I am so good at reminding me of my failings

Rather than seeking forgiveness

I fret and stew and point my own

Stubby wagging finger in my face

YOU THERE! You, blow it soul, YOU!

So much easier to exert grace.

So much simpler to say Yes, you made a mistake

And Yes, you can easily fix it and

Yes, you are love incarnate so
WHY are you torturing yourself

When you KNOW what you KNOW?

Ssssshhhhh, shhhhhhh, shhhhhhhh.

There, there, there.

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