giants walk on us walking on our shuffled selves ant’s eyes see big things  

WALKING DOWN THE AVENUE I see you and blink- Eyes glow-my body tingles Wish I had courage Golden hair blue eyes We’re opposites are-you attracted to me? We pass in the night I turn and watch you walk away Sigh-maybe another day © Diane Morinich

Old Perry lost an eye in a fight in Barbados He lost his leg to a shark that swam too close He got a hook for a right hand When a mutiny didn’t go as planned He had scurvy three different times But lived through…

stylized carpet rams’ horns and pomegranates hiding in plain sight

Image Courtesy of “Prawny” at Pixabay   Thoughtful, I wander past my nextdoor neighbours’ gate. Yip, Sally is “at it” again… Boy, does that woman have a voice! I pity her poor husband… Not to mention her gandchildren when they come to visit… There! She’s…

A year passed by and I turned three My mom finished school and stayed home Mema went back to work and left me With a crazy woman whose mind tends to roam.   She beat me once with a leather strap For failing to write…

When the wind touches my skin It feels as if you touched me When the smell of the wet soil enters my breath It feels as if you are around When I hear the sound of the rain touching the ground I feel I hear…

A magician named Sally, so I hear Wanted to make all her bills disappear She waved her wand and she chanted “Poof,” her wish was granted Her debt she no longer would fear.   Debt free would be Sally’s new way No more struggles on…

In the golden glow streaming in from the rafters, I feel glittering magic descend. In times of trouble golden hues lay a blanket of calm over me. Dark tunnels lit by glowing torches, holding my breath until I reach the next fire. Cold air fills…

The underbrush and tree leaves are sprinkled With dew. The golden rays of summer Make dewdrops glitter Akin to a third-grader’s Paper project. No birds warble this morning. For a stranger stalk the woods. His paws are covered with a strange skin And he walks…