I was crying To put it bluntly But the sharp stinging in my eyes Was anger and no, I was not the least bit sad I found myself wishing my life away If the rain falling through sewer grates was Rushing water city serenades Then my head was so hot […]
Whimsical and sick Delighted though distraught Diseased and can’t resist With heart lessened, learned to not Perturbed and taught to be tied in knots Restricted, each breath comes to a stop Halted in the silence then loud gasps in a struggle To be swimming but losing energy Trying to find […]
Ad infinitum a never ending sequence Lying in the wake of repetition; habitual frequence To wonder predictably all the same things is the unconscious Dauntless and diving, freefall thoughts thriving; to want, I want this Faultless and driving, the sea calls out trying; a wave, reaches for the sky .. […]
Rustling leaves along the smooth red fade of pyracantha Hummingbirds hover gracefully over trees Fast wings will fly away with my mind chanting mantras But the melody of my words are lost in bees Pollen to which I’m allergic they gather and bring to me Mistaken because I am no […]
We were laughing “Tapas” What was it that we found so funny about that word I wonder now as I lay by our favorite window seat The rain tapping at the window As if someone is calling to me From somewhere far off Splaying along the translucency Like fingers spreading […]
The aurum of just after day Sincere and so serene Golden sets of mannequins, they’re reaching for the sea The plastic wishes fragile yet extreme Washes away in our sleeping sunsets I guess No let’s — Find our ever-after Bathed in moonlit matter Neon lights and laughter Drunken stupor or […]
It was anything you — Wanted I could do it for you if you had — Conviction Confusing intimate and inanimate An objection Of how your confusion makes you an inmate Imprisoned Holding thoughts like love is just an object Just… Try to pull back your words but actions will […]
All times end This time is ours Until it’s not Now and then Like cherry blossoms Fallen gone A moments bliss Life goes on Our beauty but a season Existence without reason Blissful smiles we need them Lamenting cries; the grieven The future we pass on To never see new […]
I tried For a long time Cried A loss of mine Everyday I read the labels and their instructions You and I pulled by cables at first introductions The fabric of my favorite tee shirt Was now less tightly woven than my heart strings We laughed and smiled a flirt […]
Lavender Lavender Lavender The smell of her a reminder of how only in memories I will find her Time blurs the images of those times and as I age I grow blinder All life has a destination preset but on a different timer Some countdown on clocks; others in sands […]
