I have become a counter not just one who opposes but a keeper of numbers that move me forward I count stair steps and reps of all sorts, with a blind faith I didn’t know I had I shuffle the order mix it up keeping…

36 CORN RD PART ONE – The Trip   We left early; station wagon packed There was always a bucket Placed where I could find it quickly Usually I’d make it to Circleville, usually   I hated the trip, smooshed against my siblings All of…

I saw my ex at the filling station yesterday Clothed in finery His pungent bitterness disguised as Calvin Klein’s scent He tried to scorn me into grounded shame….. as usual But I stood proudly to let him see what I have become I am all…

I am the dreamer stirring in their sleep And waking to a world devoid of rest I am the things that I decide to keep The tokens that I clutch against my breast   I am the thunder hiding in the clouds The pouncing of…

Will “I Am”— Will you pose with who I  Am? I-Am-bic poetry? Prophet us oh Mir-i-am. Will “I Am” is me.   Willingly I say “I AM”. I Am, The Word, I’m one? Her “I Am”  a sacrifice. To “I”— Am-“er”— I can.   Merriam;…

I am new I am old depending on the view I am deserving and valued, a mercurial perspective Isn’t that up to you? I am reality, normality, banality, senility evasion or evisceration of a restless mind hidden from the majority celebrated by a minority calling…

Malicious   I am the thing that crawls around your brain That whispers madness, disregard, distain I am the darkness when you long for light I make you dismal in the small hours of night I am the words the swirl ‘round your head Repeating…

All power and authority Summoned and required Fervently preparing urgently daring Striving to our hearts desire Some collapse some surpass Some crash some succeed Connection to entities greater The need Through all terrain and realms Valleys, Precipices, and Venues Forward onward The Marathon Continues

God Just blow me away Let my melody run with the wind Nothing can stop the breeze you are flowing within me. It is an overflow of your spirit, an overflow of your joy, your promises are everlasting. there are no circumstances! Just as you…

Heigh Ho ____________________ I am the cheese – even now I count the times and lose track I am background noise – outside the light’s beam or on the periphery of something beautiful. You move on and on and on while I am the one…