Breath spirit wind, over the face of the waters, separating mind spirit from body, bringing life into each sustaining a human trinity, through tiny caverns in our lungs to the expanse , of our interconnected atmosphere, flora and oceans cultivate an airy link, interdependent cycle…

A wonderful device is the pogo stick you can go up and down and do it really quick As an exercise device, its role is concise and at sixty-one I jump in a very small clique! – Mark L. Lucker © 2020 http://lrd.to/sxh9jntSbd

Each time I pace this route I see new offerings 3 doves, the gloss of the holly if there is a time to feel mortal, it is now. all the plums are forming, an altar under a tree a bottle hangs on a branch We…

Moonshadow Running after the moonshadow Over the clouds Over the hills and over the plains Holding the elusive streak of light Lost in the meadows Down to my last breath Gasping and gasping… The shadowless me wakes up Moon goes over the bend casting a…

I love the snowy, frosty, winters The blowy dismissal as it enters,  Centers, the stage of gloom,  Merely because it is followed by bloom.

The Toll of Toxicity The ghosts of my past have started to haunt me. I know that they are really just humans, but that is scary nonetheless. I am scared that they will hurt me Or that someone will find out. My life could be…

I was revered and loved,  My words cheered and read,  Read with love, with longing, in all corners of the world  Until I met him and everything swirled  My fame, my love, drowned in his name  And then all I could think was him  And…

I write, I write because it is an extension of my being. I give pieces of me to the world, And in return, the world gives me a page to write on. So that my words can reflect my emotions, And the pages can voice…

Five times a day Sometimes more I stand at the ready To salute my Lord I recite his poetry Reminding myself of his words of advice Then I reach deep down And loosen the valve I confide in Allah And ask for guidance in all…

He came to me in a dream, God, he used to whisper secrets divine  Watched my thoughts unwind  Behind, the ruse of godliness Was unkind ugliness,  Blind, I built his shrine  But he never returned to my dreams I no longer sleep Oh, but I…