Strength is a word  With echoes of defiance and war  With a history  Heavy  With blood  And the need to prove  A call to defiance and deed  That demands the fortitude  To survive  But Were that  The only face strength wore  There would nothing  Left…

I go to bars Alone Just to be hit on.   I like it when An older man Leans into me And I can ask him About Why he’s sad Today.   I toy And play And this is Why I respect cats.

A Septet   Great Beyond Just what is out there? Beyond the stars and planets. Past the UFOs and James T. Kirk. Hidden in the Great Beyond. No one really knows. Time will tell.  

You were taken before you took your first breath, but you will be loved till my very last.

As I sit here contemplating Completing the down hill slip Of the annual event I wait for Like a child at Christmas   As We sit here waiting For your blessed arrival I’m on call As we walk along each day, closer We ponder who…

just kiss me softly we have only just begun slow dance preferred  

She get’s distracted by it, and has trouble paying attention to the real news. The manifesto from the screens, dissolving resolutions Entertainment breaking the then news Jostling, packing, and filling the spaces — pop-up ads for the mind As they all are.   Click here, here,…

 Fly fly away this is your day do not fear come what may see the world so beautiful from land to the sea It is made for you and me   In a balloon up high far away from the sky life is fragile,hold tight…

At forty-five, I found my voice; It was like music to my ears. My feet moved to the melody. I danced for the first time in years. I felt the tension fade away As lyrics invaded my soul. A brilliant diamond, I burned bright, Ne’er…

Disclaimer: This poetry contains melancholy, and depressing content. “Sailing through the cosmos, In the ship of stars, My life illuminated, By a few plastic lights, And distant stars, Never did I once think, My life would end, in such a melancholy way, But because of…