We need…food that we might break bread together We need…wine that we might laugh and make merry together We need…understanding that we might lean in on each other We need…joy that we might find our burdens divided We need…love that we might always belong together…

Poem 9 – Quick Quick Slow Quick Quick Slow… We must a go Into the night Oh it will be such a fright… Quick Quick Slow Now the time has come – We must go…  

All I know that is is that rain never falls twice in the same place. Dampness at my eyelids, sliding down cheeks, Hush my child, it is merely rain. I am not cryin, those are not tears, and yet even as the thunderclaps and the…

operation mechanization materialization motivation enchanting and evoking invoking and attuning   allegories of old and new enchanting scene in the mind gathering thoughts prevailing even twilight so delight   carol of new dawn enchanting amplification simplification simply expressing dynamism motionless antidated a  mandate   narrating…

Do you hear me? Sometimes I wonder, As I watch you watching me. Do my words get through? You don’t respond, Just that gaze…And no reply

He comes in with curiosity and excitement, running to the desk that bares his name. His mother hides her eyes, but the tension can be seen in the shoulders under the threadbare sweater.   “We need…” the teacher says, handing her the list.   He…

Home I fell apart (we need you together) I fell through (we need you safe inside) I fell down (we need you up here) I need to find my way (we need togetherness) I searched myself and got lost (we need to find you) I…

I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror Shadows cast dark circles under my sunken eyes that have been open for far too long The soothing sound of Thom Yorke “I keep falling over, I keep passing out when I see a face like you”…

Food comas are great on Thanksgiving day when you are stuffed full of deliciousness. But when the goal of the day, is to stay awake, your plans may turn into a mess. As your eyelids begin to droop, you jerk yourself back into consciousness again….

Organs on my pillow Trouble my dreams   Movements of chemicals Through my inner fabrics Send signals To my organs   There is nothing to do Body knows exactly What’s up in the story   Organs are magical And mysterious They provide me With so…