'Electric Encounter'

'Electric Encounter'

Caught in its field

As our eyes met

Compelling...

We stood in the moment

Hearing just hearts

Primal beat

The ancient drums

That kindle

Love's sweet flame.

Kesti

1980©

'Crescendo'

'Crescendo'

The fiddler plays

Whilst I ride the

Strains of sadness

In his song.

He knows that he can

Carry me along

To re-live with him

The moment that we died

When love was lost

No matter what we tried.

Play...Fiddler....Play!

Till our hearts have shed

And pool of sorrows bled

That I may someday

Ride with you

On strains of light

To new and awesome

Journeys in the night...

Kesti

1990©

'Futile'

'Futile'

I planted

A field of Flowers

To harvest seeds

The devil

plucked them all

And left the weeds.

Kesti©

May 1, 2001

'The Gun'

'The Gun'

Precision to perfection

Work of art

Solid...heavy

Demanding respect

Smooth to the touch

Hungering for powder

and pellet

For which it was born

to taste.

It spews forth

With trigger

Action haste

Just doing what it

was designed to do.

Are YOU?

Kesti©

1-13-95

'Silent Friend'

'Silent Friend'

To my secret place

Where hollow tree

Stands serene

I run for solace

I touch...then grasp

And squeeze

This dead old tree

Until my shaking yields

and settles

Into calm embrace

Awakened from

Life's tangled web

and stilled the

Rumblings Roar

Consented to forgive

and thankful unto

God once more...

Kesti ©

1-16-97

'The Lie'

'The Lie'

How often we kill

The truth with a lie

Never thinking what

Demons...loose

Now can fly...

Circling like vultures

Waiting for chances

The lie grows bigger

The vulture glances

Waiting to go

right in to attack

His target the Liar

There's no turning back..

Kesti

August 16, 1998©

"Wish I May'

"Wish I May'

I want to be an

Air Head

And float above the pain

And not interpret anything

For what is there to gain?

I'll soar above the tree tops

In my pink and gold balloon

and look through

Colored glasses

At the purple moon.

Kesti

1-24-95©

'Self Contempt'

'Self Contempt'

You fish out of water!

Flopping around on the

Sands of life!

No good to yourself

Or anyone else!

Even in death

Your remains

Will stink

Up the

Atmosphere!

Kesti

3-7-95©

Resolution

Resolution

Each day has its

Own story

Written on the

Parchment of life

Each day in all its Glory

Filled with

Love and strife

If the sun

will rise tomorrow

As it has done

Through every age

I'll write a better

Story on

The brand new

'Fresh Start' page.

Kesti

6-25-95©

'Step Swiftly Past'

'Step Swiftly Past'

Oh...darkest night

You have come

And found me wanting

For my spirit has fled

And is hiding.

If you take me now

I am but an empty shell

A mere husk of what I was...

Surely you don't want me

When my own spirit

Has deserted me?

Let me lie here

With my memories

of yesteryear

While the sands of time

Sift gently

And bury all my sins...

Kesti

4-18-95©

'Pond of Tears'

'Pond of Tears'

When love flies away

It seldom will return

For it is afraid

Of the pain

And the burn

When love flies away

It's sadness weighs it down

So it rests for awhile

To mend it's broken crown.

Love flies away

To where others so forlorn

Swim in ponds of tears

'Till their spirits are Reborn...

Kesti

10-5-96©

'Morning Prayer'

'Morning Prayer'

Would that I

Could let you live

Without Advice

That turns

Your saddened...Angry

Face against me.

Kesti

2-14-94©

'I Didn't Bring a Basket'

'I Didn't Bring a Basket'

I didn't brink a basket

For I've gathered all my dreams

Now I know the secret

Of the Spirit's mighty schemes

I promised

Not to tell you

I know that isn't fair

But each of us must stumble

Down life's path

To see what's there.

Kesti

12-31-96©

'Choices'

'Choices'

He was a kid

For just a little while

Time spent

Learning all things wrong

Now in a cell

Time to think

How choices

Mattered all along...

Kesti

6-22-97©

'A Friend'

'A Friend'

A friend is made of many things

All good...he makes you smile

When he's around

It seems to be

That every thing's worthwhile.

He doesn't try to best you.

Your joy he wants to share.

And last of all...when you need help.

Just happens to be there.

Kesti

6-24-1997©

'1939'

'1939'

I was just

A little girl

They left me home

All day...

They said if

I was good

They'd bring a

Present for me.

All day long

I imagined

What it would be

A doll perhaps

or a buggy?

or maybe both?

They finally returned

and I ran to them

Expectant eyes

Shown bright...

Mom reached into

A bag

and handed me a

Ten cent ribbon

on a card...

It was blue

And so was I.

IS THAT ALL?

I said

Ingrate that I am...

My Dad's eyes teared

He turned away

A lesson hard

I learned that day.

Kesti

6-19-94©

Egg Shell Powder

Egg Shell Powder

Save your eggshells. Wash and set aside until you have two dozen.

Bake shells for ten minutes @350º

Grind them up in coffee mill or blender until powdered .

Add A tablespoon to water to cover feet

and soak your feet for 20 minutes.

Feet will feel soft and will absorb calcium.

A nice refreshing break.

Pour used water on plants outdoors.

Kes

'Abrupt'

'Abrupt'

"To live is to dream

To die to awaken".

Those words flew

Straight to my mind

I rolled them around

I savored each one

Testing the

Flavor I'd find.

For life, it is true

Is the dream that we make

And to die holds a

Fear that we dread

What Joy to awake

From death's

Heartless grasp

To live in God's dream...

Instead

Kesti

2000©

'Restoration'

'Restoration'

The bridge came down

Between us

But we built it up again

It wasn't easy

Especially those

Trust bricks.

The Love Bricks

Were still there

In the rubble

Shiny..golden

We brushed them off

For the foundation.

Kesti

12-14-93©

'The Condom Speaks'

'The Condom Speaks'

Yo Dude!

I can't keep quiet

Any longer

Whoa...Whoa...Whoa...

I'm only latex

First my job

Was to keep

Thousands of sperm

In check.

Talk about pressure!

And now...Whoa

This HIV thing

Life and Death..ya know...

Don't rely on me!

I fall off

I break

I leak

I don't need this trip!

Think with your head ...Dude

You know..the one

With the brain in it?

Kesti

1992©

'The Smoking Cauldron'

'The Smoking Cauldron'

The Media

With their white hats

(and white sheets)

Have set the dogs loose again!

"A black man was seen..."

"The police have a black

Suspect in custody..."

"A black woman was elected

to a high office..."

On and on

Fanning the Flames...

Equal time, I say!

A white priest was found

Guilty today..."

"Our white president was

involved in the Iran Contra..."

"An Olympic Gold medal

was awarded to a white girl

For her achievement in..."

When will this madness end?

When will we all be

Just humans?

Kesti

November 20,1992©

'Addiction'

'Addiction'

He laps you up

On his silver tongue

The ride is smooth

He takes you to places

You've never been.

Thrills you've never

Dreamed of..

All other things

Become mundane...

When you're not in high

You're in super low...

Going through the motions

Marking time

Marking time

'Till he comes for you again.

Money...Money...you must

Get it somehow!

Anyone standing in your way

Is the enemy..

The ride is no longer free

Addiction alias futility

Alias Darkness

King of Darkness...

Know him by his name

He'll draw you in

Feed off you

Lap you up

His tongue no longer smooth

Fiery hot...he licks at you

'Till you're consumed..

Mere fuel for his

Insatiable need...

Kesti

1992©