ARLENE DANCES

In the summer
of her charm
she dances
with elegance
and lightness,
her soul
sprouting wings
that float
in sparkling air.

Grateful
that her life
has its own rythm,
she is pitch-perfect
and will always be
a friend
of my heart
and the secret smile
in the mirror of my cha-cha eye's.

© JOHN PISCATELLA

INFINITE TENDERNESS

Tinged with power

from the last time

I did something

for the first time

I am living here and now

the past I will grow into

soothed

not only by

the unrelenting beauty

of the present moment

and the hours

yet to come

but by the days and years

of infinite tenderness

from those that

stroked my brow.


© JOHN PISCATELLA