Disclaimer: This poetry contains melancholy, and depressing content. “Sailing through the cosmos, In the ship of stars, My life illuminated, By a few plastic lights, And distant stars, Never did I once think, My life would end, in such a melancholy way, But because of…

Sitting with Family as Stars Come Out Over Tahoe   cricket soundtrack             light loses to darkness across every fir tip summer’s dome opens to constellations                      each mind’s eye meditates,…

There was no bypassing or avoiding her- This black, forbidding, shadowed figure, She stood at the end of my narrow road, Her arms outstretched, her dark head bowed. I could not deviate, turn aside, I had no precedent and nobody to guide Or introduce me,…

Sometimes I want To threaten someone With an, “I’ll go Vegas on your ass!” It’s not a threat, But it isn’t a promise.   Growing up in Vegas, You knew parking lots And movie theatres.   You knew mesa’s And hot leather seats.   You…

I take walks home Alone.   And they Whisper to me “It’s better without Your jacket on His shoulders” But that was Fourteen years ago And I like That When I’m not Alone Your hand Feels nice On my shoulder

Hour 5, Prompt 13, Year 2021 I lay coughing in my bed at night The same routine as had been for several months But somehow, today felt different As always, I was surrounded by children, grandchildren, great grandchildren Trying to cheer me up and waiting…

Skyscrapers silhouette against the periwinkle sky clouds spread softness as bird wings beat the air in an attempt to fly in a cloud of happiness.  

White-veined blue petals, a loving heart, Is this nature, or is it art? Flower pressed inside a book Evokes a loving look– Of a love that’s lost Of years long past Was it you Who wore Blue?

  Crow,crow,crow,It’s blacky black. Dark,dark,dark,It’s blacky black. Black is so, dark, is so hard, is so good, Not is so ugly and Worsley scared. If it was scary,I never used. If it was ugly, I never mind. Black is so sweet,is so cute,is so lovely,…

Hr 1 Prompt 11 Way up above on this skyscraper Got these clouds in my sights Ready to spread my wings and fly Dancin’ to the beat Catchin’ that rhythm Soon as the needle hits my vinyl