surrender I thought I knew love when I was younger in the days before life and death wrote my life like a soap opera.   in all those deus ex machina moments I thought I knew love locked in the mysteries of trust or blindness…

  I hated Junie B Jones  The outspoken  frazzle haired  Loud speaking star Of my childhood chapter books  Running through pages with her shoes untied    Still, I read every single word Drank the letters like water And wondered why they boiled within me  Had…

forty-six moments to a lifetime, you and I remained while the sun shined curtains of gold, as your green eyes foretold me stories about our lingering hands and famished mouths, within arms reach, a mere three feet  

When I was young, I thought too much I only ever wanted To be a grown up I’m older and I remember When I was young Good and bad were always around I know now that they were all lessons But i wish I had…

afraid to run out of time I look in the mirror and don’t recognize the face what ever happened to your skin, I ask where is your bottom lip, it’s shrunk   your eyes look blurry afraid to run out of time You keep squinting…

Yoke yellow spheres hold a buttery glow Sun silhouettes stand tall Shy satin stalks break from the breeze Imprinted mud stays motionless, dented and dry Knotted wood sits still, sturdy as an archive now Submersed in memory I sit and swing as my audience of…

It was only by a sheer coincidence that I changed my routine Went for a walk to Eggerslack Woods And not in the Oak Woods nearby. I walked for nearly two miles And then out of boredom, I decided To walk through a long grassy…

Waiting to sit down on a most inviting swing, if surrounded by a sunflowers is your thing? Grab a cold iced-tea or some sparkling water, and you’ll find this sunny scene is made to order. So, take a chance on this set in Kansas romance….

Be a swing in the sun inviting you to become stillness in the motion like a wave in the ocean seeding your space with grace.   Let go and fly forth! be a swing in the sun that never stops but slows over the flowers…

Sitting here at the table startled as my phone rang was not expecting anyone to call me this late. Good thing I wasn’t sleeping Hello? Who’s this? I hear the breathing on the other end of the line something tells me it’s going to take…