scoop out the soft parts with a sharp spoon. the scraping of metal on bone proves that you are becoming. place the parts of the pumpkin that make more pumpkins in a bowl to the side. carve a smile that finally shows your light. hope…

In the end, will these words of mine consume me? Or will it be the worms? When I go I hope it’s through my own creation. My final work my final gift to the world. No one can take it away from me I’ll use…

    “What’s a nice girl…”   “Bug off!”

Waiting, soon Virginia Carraway Stark On this summer day the day slowly brightening from a constenance of gloom to one of brightness hope that I’ve cherished holding swaddled and tight so that it can’t spread it’s wings fly away leaving me bereft that sweet butterfly…

The copper bar When polished correctly Could reflect your face The copper bar Held up Our drinks, food, sleepy heads and dreams The copper bar Was neutral ground Where we were all equal The copper bar Was where I sat As I watched the storm…

    I am entranced by the stars Small beings of light Filling the sky with promise We know we are not alone So infinitesimally small In a Universe so huge, so epic We bow to our inconsequence Stars above Small beings of light Pointing…

I will find you in your darkness and resurrect your deepest fears please love, whisper in my ears your secrets like black diamonds on your tongue that I’ll unearth hold close to me protected forever they will be

Skinned knees and loud voices Constant movement Constant yelling Everything is a game And everything is funny So full of emotion and love, Told to tamp it down and keep it in. Forced into dresses and skirts. Unsure about why their body is changing Unsure…

Indulging a fruit of the earth Marvelous ways of latent judgement Colossal task lies ahead in short span of time Till the fulfillment of its duty consummates Enriching the life of the universe Far out and near sight grasping each moment Gliding thru life journey…

Prompt 4 There is something wonderful about the way you used to sit with me in early morning darkness, both of us wondering about life’s mysteries. Four years old and already you were eager to seize the world. Though you did not know it, your…