Time Traveller

He travels through time without me loses me as he wanders in decades past or generations yet to come I can’t follow him there see what he smells paint the views blank canvases remain untouched yet touch can bring him back to me sometimes I…

My own star

My own star Profound is the night sky Bathed in a sea of vastness Jeweled with as many stars As there are life forms below There’s also my own star From which I came One day to return Bright and sparkling beside the stars That…

Possibilities

Just above the valley Just beyond the hills Just outside of a sunken place Close by but not enough to feel If you stay afloat If you keep your sail If you stay inside of the boat Move forward without fail There are stars above…

When they buried you

I was ten. Service started in the mausoleum, cold in August, dry in Charleston. My face was swollen blooming in red— crying still doesn’t suit me. Men I didn’t know in sharp uniform draped a flag over your casket as if it was an honor….

Ready. Get Set. Go! (Poem #4)

Be strong Stand tall The battle isn’t over The journey has just begun Life isn’t easy But we can make it fun Do not give up Take heart Stand tall Be strong

Perspective on Obstacles (prompt 5, Hour 4)

  Dark rocky cliffs rise abruptly up to block a starry night sky. They feel immense seen from the base. A tall waterfall heaves violently over the edge in the high distance. There is no path forward. In a perfect world I could take my…

4 – closing

she lay, a hill in the half light an echo of laughter creased her brow a rag crumpled, against the wooden floor lips parted a drop of blood kissing the still soft strands of hair dressed in the memory of a mothers love, knit one…

Rainer Ep: 4

The mines were treacherous places, Everyday a worker or two would loose their lives And they were carried away never seen again Stained air and polluted gases clouded the atmosphere The workers were assigned to different tasks Sut and cement were dug up from the…

Prompt five hour four

  On powdered wings we glide towards sticky sweetness a nice surpirse. Who leaves this treat? This trickery display? Luring midnight butterflies a moths flame away. Out of our element, a risk of feast To feed on daylight and forrbidden sweets. Our ritual is of…

Listless

The rain hangs like a thin curtain in the air As i savor the citrus aftertaste of butterflies from another life Listless. Heap. Of. Lifelessness. Broken bodies of mass energy in the universe scattered Above. My. Mind. Leaving a sweet bouquet of Freshly.picked.flowers.