Longing for a Love That, once in a lifetime   Everlasting   Shaped from the crusted blood Of old wounds That expose us The beauty, of Our scarred souls   Everchanging   Hidden in plain sight Beneath the wooded exterior   Who has the eyes…

We lay entwined,  skin breathing skin, gazing upon  branch and sky,            We danced to each other’s  dreams, growing  vast beneath branch and sky Our murmers  directions to the earth a map, a pattern , to be stitched from branch and…

I in a separate land called land i feel in love with a beauty whose character is like a odious vermin But she pleads with me not to leave her for she knows how much disrespect i take daily Her lies is enough to put…

It started with a howling clock – a coyote or a wolf Hair prickling feral screams in disoriented darkness Nowhere I can identify not even the when And then there was the wailing of cats outside a window Human wailing didn’t sound like mine but…

Luminaries I take myself away to a dark place to reacquaint myself with the stars Leo the Lion, Hydra, Canis Major, winged horses, dragons, warriors, kings Stories of gods who are no longer immortal and creatures both noble and nonexistent Eyes skyward, I fall back…

I took a picture today. It was first of sun hitting the mountains just right to highlight the greens, reds, golds merging to a new color. The next was the many colors and designs of the umbrellas which reflected the sun and the rain. I…

I fell in love with a saxophonist, And she played a dirge to my heart.   I admired her everything, And ended up in a sea of loneliness.   Damn! I loved the way you carry your presence like a gamut of beauty. Beautiful flower,…

I was 8 blocks from my camp site Then surrounded by sirens and flashing lights Another DWB, driving while black violation Unholstered guns pointed my direction Flash lights beaming in my eyes Cause to search my car based on lies I got burned at my…

Intelligence, Resilience, Tenacious, Loving, Nurturer. Immigrating from a country that didn’t give her many opportunities, She risked everything for the betterment of her child, So that her daughter would thrive in the land of opportunities, So that she could see her child enjoy a life…

I stood on the ground and looked up at the sky But tree branches covered my eye Enveloped by the greying branches the sky whispered, “I am high”.   Spread in majesty the tree branches clasped in unison Intent on masking the light of the…