Return When the Hour Calls

How it Ends is just the beginning. Sleep here tonight, then leap out that bright new door. See, I love you too much to measure.  Tommy, may that day come again, where I curl into a bowl and you purr, where you speak and I…

New World Order

The world was quiet on the 15th of April, 2017. Everything worked the way it always had, and everybody went about their usual business. But just as 8:35 p.m. came around, something decided that it wanted to watch the world burn. All creatures and organics…

The Cosmos Cops

If the world stopped spinning, You with shallow grips on realty Would hurl to space, flora and Fauna: trees, mountain tops, Cats, mothers, SUV’s, and dirt. Or the endless day burning on Would singe sight, burn stars And the Northern Lights? Out. The moon, introverted…

Hopefully Again (13th Hour)

Your land of fire and ice Still flows through my senses Raw brisk air hits my lungs My body begs for warmer defenses But my eyes did not want to miss your fiery sun Slowly but vibrantly it raises its beams upon your land I…

Hour 13- a haibun

Dream Come True I am growing younger by the minute. So is everyone else; everything else. Whoa! Time is in reverse gear. The sun sets first and then rises. But no one notices it after the first day as they alternate anyway. Like repeating “maraa…

Natural Selection (12)

I looked at the crowd, so like myself. Brown eyes, brown skin, brown hair. At the highest clearance level, I had access to readings – stories, really, fables – about a time when humans had blue eyes. Or green. Hair called blonde. Or red. And…

Random Prompt #13

  The air felt heavy burdened with betrayal loss, heartbreak and dismay. It reeked of abandonment This is where dreams came to die. As disappointment set the tone for the atmosphere strong stench of opium, marijuana, cocaine  nicotine and infected needles…. choking the air in…

Hour 13-A Different World

In a different world You and I would be walking upside down On a balance beam Or flying a kite Beneath our feet We would be challenging each other to duels With cyber sticks And puppet guns We would go to work And play with…

Black Wings

We cannot eat this bread. A shadow reached all the way around the sky as a life tilted away like a country road headed north.   We sometimes forget just how to move air in and out — There are no easy breaths here. We…

Light as a Feather

The rain dripped over my lashes and I awake to the thunder roaring above the clouds. Streams of lightening color the sky with magnificent rainbows. I must be dreaming the water gently removed the discontent from my face. How did I end up in this…