My love never goes away Every moment you pull farther away my heart waits for understanding why you stayed away I have grown up so I know my heart is open and you can filled your empty pages I just want answers but if you…

peeling off white   Don’t be fooled by the colours on my skin. Don’t you be fooled! I hide red under rainbows of ink over white scars torn by moments of doubt as to who I am.   peeling white off red like paint off…

covered in lichen stoic guardian of the trail orange tempers rock  

Good morning the sunflower radiates gladly Everything welcome. Flowers in party clothes Dancing merrily with everything Flowers with thorns Smiling Oh, such strength! criticism, praise; Thorns and flowers both have their uses. Oh , such harmony!. What a bold display courage to stand out With…

Whispered ever softly, did they Plan the fate of whom they met. A dark and darker room. They went in, Dignified, to seize the day of a Martyr in a bowl. No questions did they ask of Hell or spirits who are molten. Only of…

X marks the spot on my lip where I was kissed by the hollow rusted handle of a fought- over sledge hammer pulled from the fists of my nine year old brother. A blood blister swelled against my bottom front teeth while the outside was…

Rainbow Lorikeet I love the bright red cardinal And his dun-colored mate The bold blue jay that visits me And the robin on the gate I sometimes see the goldfinch And the purple martin too The other birds who visit Are of a duller hue…

Green is my favorite color around It fits my second favorite season spring Fall is the best season where colors abound Summer is the season of growing offspring Fall can also bring ripening yellow and brown While winter does its’ own frosty white thing Colors…

When my hands were small, I clutched the wand of my mother’s curling iron, plucked from atop the deep freezer on Madden Drive. I held it to see how long it took before I had to cry out in pain– I smelled burning hot dogs,…

Vibrant colors Colors, chosen with care Care given to painting Painting a silly birdbath Birdbath for the garden Garden abundant with colors Colors, patterned hues Hues to help distract me Me from having to wait Wait for news of a baby Baby thoughts in my…