Abandonment feels like this Staying out of the reach Of waves. Sitting pretty on the beach longing to mingle with the roaring oceans To be dissolved in eons of life Stay away human You will drown.   Shining neon On a lone road Attracting wasps…

Modesty Proud, Seemly, Respected, Protected; Safeguarded. Proper, Demure, Ashamed, Unsure, Obscured, Concealed, Suppressed, Precarious, Vulnerable Insecurity

In a hospital waiting room, they meet. A prisoner of war and a plastic surgeon.   Pale in color and demeanor, the POW. Bronzed and tan, is the rich, successful doctor. Sterile is the air between them, ammonia-tinged and  frighteningly still.   Though the room…

Motionless, like a painting broken By a wren’s panic, The wind watches And waits For the Earth to flutter somewhere. It always does Flutter On its wobbling spin through space And time. Its fire within, alive Like us, Alive. Devouring itself As we devour its…

How imperfect you seem now. How much work would it be to restore you? All the beauty that surrounds you, why do you remain? I’ll bet it used to be a gorgeous view. Warm and safe, a home for the ones who built it together….

We were invited to what was called an “unusual meeting of the minds.” The chatty hired driver caught our eye in the rearview: letting us in on a secret. The conversation was one-sided. His concern for our pleasure not extending to getting out of the…

As the season change days began to warm Snow began to fade Rain flow and fish began to play in a swarm Fresh scent follows as things turn back to jade I shout Yes, It’s Spring But little do I know mom is behind me…

poem#3 truth and discovery we are all just pushing along- struggling to be deliberate and independent, determined to find joy where we can- love in any form; trust more, hate less- hope for satisfaction in what life has to offer; making every effort to be…

Blindly seeing the countryside as it speeds by. The rhythmic swaying of the train car crowded wth the distance between the passengers. Short phrases in foreign tongues add another blanket to the isolation, enveloping me in my silent desperation. As I lean my forehead on…

why do you ask me like i know. I’m just as scared as you I’m just as small as you I’m just as alone as you/ can you help me find it please