TWENTY-ONE

For twenty one, we must return to my thirteenth year where a boy noticed me in passing.   It was sheer luck we were there in the same room, at the same time at Kennedy Space Center.   On vacation with our respective families, we…

#18

Soft bass bumped from the car speakers My arms pinned above my head You fucked me in rhythm to the music that meshed with our hot breath that steamed up the wet, rain kissed windows Thunder boomed Grabbing on to me, pulling yourself in more…

Little Things

There are little things in life that I can see, Like the tender markings in a tree. The dew that clings to the grass anew, These are little things that are special to me. A bird with wings that are so blue, A certain kind…

Haiku

Rain falls steadily In time with claps of thunder. A summer rain storm

Out of sorts

losing track of time the hours are slipping and so am I cloudy eyes fuzzy brain 4:55am searching for that perfect combination of words to arrange for you but right now I wipe the sleep tired eyes Ready to keep going  

Your Courage Mustered and Relish the Day

Welcome you are to my life and my home. find some comfort in my company find our fun and misadventure maybe sail across the sea of ecstasy Forsake the norms of genteel reproach and gather here on my mushrooms head of power and persuasion and…

Hour 20, I Grow Old

In my youth, there was sometimes beauty, a grace of form unmarred by lines, skin tight to the flesh and muscle well defined, hair curling and furled down to a waist a mere eighteen inches, spanned easily by the hands of the man who became…

Bookworm

Munch, munch, munch! The Bookworm chews through a book Gulp, gulp, gulp! The Bookworm slurps up the knowledge Nom, nom, nom! The Bookworm finishes another.   A pile of crumbs left in the wake It’s off to the library to re-fill their plate.