two years or less They told me out of the blue As she laid there dying In front of me   ~   We slowly went home through my tears I held out my hand rubbing against her cheek While she purred for me like…

Meaningless indicators of time that seek to subjugate us to their will. But we will not be subservient to unseen forces trying to control our every move.   The free will granted to us will supersede any constrictions they attempt to impose on us. Because…

coffee with a splash of soy milk just enough to change its color cost $2.37 with 63 cents in change six dimes and three pennies that I scatter throughout my day like the folks who leave kindness rocks hidden in plain sight six dimes and…

The sun is not quite ready to come up The world is black I hear the ocean out my window I cannot see it I trust the sound It is soft, rolling, waning Not tumultuous Not violent Just lazy, constant The birds aren’t up yet…

I met myself  in the quiet  barren darkness the suspended hollow of time  and eternity alone  just me and a ticking  discontent mind insisting that  I was not had not  indeed been fine   I laid down laid the whole of my body down letting…

the dog was not mine but it was my friend listened only to its owner and to me the dog would put its paws on my shoulders look me in the eye and lick my face and I would stand my ground, five years old,…

Sharp angles, empty spaces, when your thoughts have been beaten by the sound of endless chatter and permanent novelty and more of this nothing to click on and click through to tap with your flesh and make electric your dreams to be categorized, sorted, and…

(from the title Coffee & Change) I sometimes dreamed of days before, the heavy-eyed early morning drive. Turning back to academia, the long hoursof winding highway, rewarded with a seat of hard-backed vinyl, a cheap crooked table, and coffeeshop coffee, fresh brewed. I can still smell…

I take in the fragrance of my Lover as He steps across time and space. Drawing closer… Kicking cornerstones out of His path, clearing debris from the battlefield, removing so much death and decay, serving notice to any lingering enemy. His movements are sure. He…