beyond eyes

beyond eyes

'tween iris and pupil

beyond the vitr'ous

down the anchored ret'na

questions gaze back

piercing the observant eye:

do you love me?

am i someone?

do i matter?

will you hold me?

can i trust you?

will you hurt me?

will you mirror

the good i see

the God i need

the hope that enriches?

can you love me for me

and not for gain?

are your eyes damaged

that they might damage me?

Look into your eyes.

Tell me what they be.

*The Price of Admission

know 

there is no price

break

the ban

against

silence

let

words go

beyond

themselves

await

the unnameable

weigh

the wind

-Jerry Schroeder, Cap.

*Horsefeathers

blue

they drop

few

they are

at  once

neither

of

either

yet

they one

they 

wonder

they

wander

for 

child

to hold

awhile

-Jerry Schroeder, Cap.