Ablaze.

I saw it down the telescope, The last decaying ray of hope, Glinting in the setting sun, Confirming that the end had come, Sat there in the browning grass, Light caught it like a shard of glass, The ground around it caught ablaze, An ode to…

Hallucinations

He allowed himself to be carried away by the massive hallucinations he had produced and why not? he asked of the wallpaper and drapes bees fly, birds glide, balloons loft and pollen….disperses so too my sights my visions shall smear across the sky shattering the…

2pm

Maybe I could just write the million times I say clean you room or put that away or don’t do that my thoughts couldn’t penetrate anything more maybe the delight in this hour comes from my kids since I’m laughing that I turned my frustration…

The Raging and Consuming War of The Poetics

Part VI It’s never over, conflict – the war fought between mind and action; a bird flutters helplessly near a puddle, should he drink before he tries to fly, or die? should he release his spirit to the open sky? he dips his beak into…

for maya (dedication to maya angelou)

you were not afraid to share your dreams to show us how to be born from the dirt and grow tall, stretching always towards the light. you were the sister who told her truth leaned on oaks and let the wind carry you. i have…

(v)

truisms and cliché: brother of sleep, our common fate, (be not proud); no one here gets out alive. tamam.

Death 1 PM

the end that’s it gone forever remembered maybe? By whom and why? Did I do something great or even good? What does it take to be remembered? Is it how I laughed or my crooked smile Or my stubborness about never giving up.

Turning pages..

Today while turning through the pages I met myself in all those stages There were times when I had fights Just to find out what was right They were the times when I was fearless my mom always said that I became careless The times…

Dear Frost

Dear Mr. Frost, As a person who shares the same first name I must admit, It never felt good sharing that name with so many who have come before me who actually made a difference to people. It never felt like sunshine and flowers feeling…

how much is that doggie in the window?

how much will it cost me to spend a little time- wait for you on the sofa so we can conversate way into the night; it isn’t just a passing thing- it always calls for more, the energy we exert can burn a world down…