NAPOWRIMO Day 19: Mating Calls in the Romantic Zone In Puerto Vallarta, working and mating sound the same. Outside my terrace, construction workers using jackhammers. Headboards of lovers bang against the wall. The Funicular to a nearby rooftop restaurant hums off and on. And the bird who gathers at the pool each morning is the … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 19: Mating Calls in the Romantic Zone
Mexico Musings
NAPOWRIMO Day 12: The Evil Tope
NAPOWRIMO Day 12: The Evil Tope (pronounced toe-pay) There are stop signs that don’t always mean stop, one-way streets that may or may not be one-way, and road signs that make little sense no matter how high your level of Spanish fluency. There are streets filled with slow-moving vehicles, sleeping street dogs, and banyan-type strangler … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 12: The Evil Tope
NAPOWRIMO Day 10: In The Garden
NAPOWRIMO Day 10: In The Garden I sit at Our Lady of the Garden Chapel in the Vallarta Botanical Gardens watching an orange butterfly kiss an orange Zinnia as if they were meant to meet there. Two young lovers walk starcrossed among the chocolate plants and cacti, across the stone Bridge of Dreams, which was … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 10: In The Garden
NAPOWRIMO Day 9: Hidden Beach in Banderas Bay
NAPOWRIMO Day 9: Hidden Beach In Banderas Bay My daughter visited me in Puerto Vallarta today. She is 27-years-old, 5' 6", a size two, largely beautiful in every way. We sailed to the Marietta's small hidden beach in the Banderas Bay. We saw grey whales breaching and blowing their spout, and dolphins wanting to play. ~Just L … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 9: Hidden Beach in Banderas Bay
NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life
NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life Give us little portraits of everyday life. Let our prayers transcend the world. Light us and the fire will rise to the heavens. We arrive at your altar. At your beckoning. We arrive at your masterful feet. At that place that is no longer of the world. … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life
I am Not a Tourist Destination
Please don't arrive as a tourist; I'm not interested in a day use pass. No overnight camping allowed; I don't care to be tomorrow's trash. Of course, I enjoy tropical vacations in exotic locations; Yet, I prefer the finer things built to last. A lifetime of quiet moments and intimate adventures; With one bold affirmation, "You are … Continue reading I am Not a Tourist Destination
I thank God for you everyday
I will never really know why you were drawn to pursue me. I mean beyond you saying I had positive energy. I am not sure why we met except to challenge each other on everything we have learned about love, life, and time. I am still attached to outcomes, and your "soon love" is not mine. … Continue reading I thank God for you everyday
Never Were We
You are strange And strangely familiar Cool as a night swim In the deep blue sea Gentle as the breeze That brushes my cheek Warm as cashmere Genuinely soft Sinewy, but not hard To reach, that is Dark but not mysterious I see you clearly We are not strangers Never were we -Just L (November … Continue reading Never Were We
September Heat
Roosters crow As the sun burns through The rain drops timidly Pouring intermittently From the plantation chair on my terrace The church is in view 88 feels like 103 80% humidity Nothing sticks to me But you ~Just L (September 19, 2017) Published in the October 2017 Blender of Love Digest.
Just L Poetry 