I have taken an offering Meant for others And broken a chain of understanding And rendered intent directionless, untethered And made of it something more beautiful than could have been achieved by following the rules.

starry starry night When all the world is asleep But me…   Total silence.   ~until~   The rustleThe bustleThe hustle The beautiful sound… Of the water …Falling behind me…   Not from the mountain, ~Pristine in my mind…   ~but from the ceiling!  …

Bowled over by the truth Decimated by the lie The burden once thought able to bear Has knocked me down – left me to die I now lie in agony Weighed down by your sin Your love was always shallow Yet I believed I could…

Almost Clean   The old farmhouse windows painted shut Wavy glass with four panes held together By hardwood strips shedding white flakes   Air inside in measured climate No breezes visit bringing a clean draft Bugs enter through unnoticed cracks   It is the floor…

Neighborhood wallpapered light poles bus stop shelters shop doors ‘Lost cat’ every week, every day new signs, different cats Neighborhood social media exacerbates frenzy hysterical ‘owners’ angsty postings, pleadings ‘Lost cat’ every week, every day new signs, different cats The cats all come home lost,…

It’s a starry night and I am lonely as a ship in the middle of the ocean or as a mountain deprived of company.   I need a gentle touch and a word or two. Who feels the same and wants to join me so…

Chirp the ref’s whistle sounds Five green girls face off  against five grey boys Sweat runs down red faces  “Ugh,” kick, thwap Ball hurtles down the court ”Go green!” The goalie stretches and leaps THUD The crowd erupts

  Distressed Sky Laughs itself to tears Swallowing the dry And drowning out my fears

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That book I wrote has now been published It’s a success and I am so surprised how easy it has been Simply because I wasn’t attached to the outcome And that I simply created this habit of writing every day( in the morning ) So…