A love was spawned from the roots of the earth A friendship, passion and lust had given birth. Your love carved into me like a name on a tree You cut into my flesh and set my soul free. As beautiful moments are planted, the…

Enveloped within the tile walls, The mist between us dances to the ceiling, And my body calls out to yours. I hold you tightly against my skin Trying desperately to fuse with you. We exchange kisses for nothing, But the water droplets around us are…

Boat upon these tranquil waters— Resting in a pool of stars. If I dip my fingers over; Might I tinker with red Mars?   Firmament— divided waters. Might I travel through the void, to the other side of heaven? Seeing God, yet not destroyed.  …

By Sandy Lender   I craved understanding of his message. The ranting. The raving. That rabid passion could divert rivers to water desert lands.   His eyes flashed like lightning announcing storms. Intensity. Piercing me. His voice thundered from the pulpit like Malachi Prophesying, Signaling…

Perseid’s Shower Submission #5 Ann WJ White We laid on our backs. Lake Itasca, the beginning of the Mississippi parkland. A family waiting for the dusk to transmogrify into night full of stars and silence. Waiting for meteors to travel at thirty-five seconds per mile…

As the night settles into the cooling of autumn the lake mirrors the illimitable sky and on the dock, between the mirrored indigo of all direction we drift in the ether. There is no sound but the drum of our hearts caught breaths of words…

I wonder sometimes What it must feel like to be a leaf Slowly falling Aimed toward the earth Anticipating the sudden stop Upon the ground I am destined to one day be under What must it be like To one day be high up Close…

                Both of us knelt by the boat, and ensured the light – using our last two batteries – would stay fixed. My knees, already scraped by the rocks when I washed out your shirt, nearly buckled as…

The stars are thick in the sky The stars are scattered in the lake A star encased in glass sits in the boat The stars shine from the town I build constellations from sky To water To boat To land Wrapped in starlight

Light spills into the gap between here and gone yesterday and tomorrow what is, and what will be. Walk the illuminated path to the other side. When you get there, turn and wave. A recognition of the distance you’ve traveled. A greeting to those walking…