On a calm, clear, crystal lake I sit waiting. It’s quiet. I wait for that one bit. That one tug. That one burst of adrenaline that gets you going. Reel it in, reel it in! Tugging, yanking, holding on for dear life! Here it comes! The…

Hate. Such a vile word. The feelings it derives are guttural. As if I’ve contracted food poisoning. I hate Peaches. Those Fuzzy. Devilish fruits. Hanging Ever so innocently from their trees. Do not believe them. They are liars. Their colours welcoming. Yet their Innards strike a…

The shaking fingers thread a hook through wiggling worms casting out for me.

Still my beating heart. It’s just the demons stirring Soon they’ll go to sleep And in the dreams you’ll be. Neverland is far away But wonderland is just next door. With the crazy cat we’ll soon meet And directed to the tea we’ll be. The…

In the sea of Facebook posts There is always bait For an empty compliment

Full “super” moon illuminated my walk to the beach Mid-August night Is a gentle reminder of summer’s end. People on porches, shadowed by candles, talk, banter, guffaw, whisper, share libations and points of view… “Israel and Palestine…” “When I was in Ireland..” “Remember the time…”…

You were my shield You were my story teller You were my friend You were my disciplinary You were my sun You were my moon You were my wind You were my rain You never left me You no longer around me But you planted…

Their chilled fingers brush down my spine, And I erupt into shivers. The room is dark around me. My eyes meet only shadow. But there are breaths flitting through the air, Some carrying baited, icy words that dance at the very edge of my hearing….

I wrote my best to the morning asking forgiveness for the love lost between us for when moonlight met my heart I knew I’d never again wake bathed in early golden light with both eyes open.