Ten Things I Love about You

Your laughter always sparkles. You make every place, no matter how humble, feel like the most welcoming and comforting home. How charm just naturally flows out of you; mesmerizing entire rooms. Creating magical gardens on simple balconies with wildflowers, roses, jasmine, and fragrant culinary herbs….

Way to go

Say it whenever you can Tell someone who listen See everything when you can Observe what appeals the most Travel to the far land Wander to find the unknown Walk while going to work Run to catch your dream Do what makes you happy But…

Voices

I hear voices all around me, Shadows call and taunt me with whispers of Friendship Of love and of joy, but none of them are directed to me.

drumsick

I do not know her anymore I once played cymbals in her honor I learned percussion to compensate for the beats she made me skip after eight months I loved her body although she was deficient in attendance I thought if I held it like…

Dementia’s mind

Locked inside a strangers mind, they wait. In search of treasured memories, they wait. Speaking to loved ones they no longer recognize, they wait. Playing a lone game of seek and find, they wait. Scared the second control loses grip, they wait. Masking forgotten words with…

Circles

Circle dance And circle round Then circle back again.   Life is a circle Circles in Then circles out again.   Two circles joined And crossing through The flower of life Begins.

My Child Poem 16

Got to thinking today If you had lived If I had carried you to term If we had finished what we started You would be about 14 now We’d be worried about sex Fighting over curfews And doing your chores I would be practiced at being a…

Smoke

Inhale Exhale Breathe in Breathe out Repeat Pounding smoke Into my lungs As if it’ll be the last thing I do And it burns I love it Repeat Scented sweetly Tastes of Mango Something I’m not too sure And It’s bitter I love it Repeat…