Hour 16 Emma

Emma the first character I couldn’t help but fall in love It was amidst the first time I couldn’t help but fall in love held by the elegance of the character of Emma to be loving yet possessed with inner grit and esteem To have…

what I miss

this sweatshirt smelled like campfire even though there’s no tent nearby I it wore to bed to remember our camping trip to the lake a weekend for two with morning coffee made over a campfire and evening stars for story telling, oh, I miss not…

Poem no. 21 I carry my darkness to the lightest day

And that this place may thoroughly be thought True paradise, I have the serpent bought. John Donne I carry darkness with me to the brightest day, when, falling from my careful grasp, it tumbles – careful and complete – into the moments of the earliest…

First Blush

She knew her ears were blushing, and wished, in that moment, for long tresses to come back. These up-dos were far too revealing; and she, with her pale complexion, could vaguely hide her interest. Head turned, she watched him saunter closer, greeting dignitaries at each…

Old friends

You were my first love, did you know that? I’m sure you did. You were always pretty clever, even if I didn’t always act like it. When you said yes, I was so grateful. Then you said no, and it was like part of me…

THE DIARIES

Once we were slaves in the land of Egypt. It hurts my eyes to look through a telescope as His reflection joins me in the mirror. I feel sentimental over champagne, whispering until 1, 2, 3 In the morning. The prison lets me keep my…

My Cassidy 23

Golden fur and chocolate eyes, She loved being pet, and barked at flies. Not the brightest pup but she was mine She didn’t know a ball from a rock but that was fine I remember ten fond years of play-time, fetch, and catch. Just talking…

A Friendship lost

    Lack in friendship whom I deemed so much respect Knowing every element of entirety aspect Consuming immensely my soul and spirit Entertaining immensely to given aspiration     Nothing much is given Entering in a given silence To thresh out the inner sanctum…

HOUR13

  No money law   What if we had no costs? Indeed, what if money disappeared? Wouldn’t we be happier? Wouldn’t we have less obstacles?   What if presents costed nothing and if we could offer them all the time without paying a thing? Wouldn’t…

Miles Apart

Many miles separate me From my family, they’re my pride. A country border, many states I’d have to cross To be by their side. My two sons make me laugh As we stumble through the days My daughter in law makes me smile As we…