watching her

the light shines through your skin
the sun captures your billowing sleeve
slow, in the fragrant orchid breeze
of spring's conclusion

freedom and truth

fireworks
stars on parade
down Hollywood Boulevard

time stops

a show of color
of desire
freedom

thank you veterans

free to watch fireworks
pray to God
or Buddha
or my blanket if I choose

free to love
who I chose

free to realize
we are not all free

the suffering of one
threatens humanity

my bookstore

words of wonder line
knotty oak brilliant bookshelves
they share a coffee

love at the first word
from the poem he whispered
in Lord Byron's voice

Copyright Laurie Molloy

She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

lost in love

find yourself
on a grassy knoll
skipping in step
with your favorite song

find yourself
dancing with daisies,
singing to the moon

find yourself
find love

arrive home

go far

throw rocks at me
i'll build a garden wall

glare at me, I'll smile back

tease me and I will
take it as attention

at least i am noticed then

notice my strength,
I will see yours

i travel with ease,
with complements,
with a smile too share

this journey is too
short and too long
to travel with a glare

color and wonder haiku poem

earth’s colors course

from place to place following the

current of our thoughts

color your world

with high swings and  curvy slides

visions of wonder

allow the beauty

breathe in the laughter

catch the soft rainfall

gentle on your hands

it glides along your fingers

to cleanse your spirit

be your beautiful self

with actions of grace,  love

designing magic

avenger of light

when all of the days
become the last day

it is night
the light exposes
the night refrains

the darkness looms
an avenger
to disguise the day's worries

with stars
moonlight
a swing on the old, solid,
wide-plank porch
overlooking the glow
from the stream

of the moon's reflection
of what was once the day
and now is the last day

that worry is heard

because night
the avenger
has allowed us
to remember

night is magic
summer is love
the dark is really
an avenger of light

surrender

delicately thin
her worn sweatshirt, rugged with sweat
joins the sun's remnants
in keeping her warm
as the moonlight
fades in -

the gleeful summer day
has become the anticipation
of a summer night

he waits by
the moonlit bay
for sunrise
to lift this
gnawing mystery

sky

through fog,

worn tracks

the sky looms

over me

reveals its answers

that I extract

from its shapes

elephants, sunshine bears

the new unicorn

that has returned

from the arc

unscathed

the sky

i am convinced

will help me fly

to stare up

is to know why