Palms lifted, eyes lowered, voice steady… thank you, thank you, thank you for today’s journey with the words. Psalm comes back in dove murmurs, I am Here, here, here. With pink feet tracing in the fine sand, the dove continues to murmur. Once more, I…
Category: Miscellaneous
Living with the Heat
The anger sometimes Is too much to take Most times it’s simmering Just beneath the surface But sometimes Only sometimes When I can’t take any more It’s like an erupting volcano On those days When he goes too far When the humiliation is too great…
Hour Seven: Era Erratic
i, spellbound, have turned a ritualistic pattern into a death bed. i, ritualistic, have turned the death bed into a mating ground, not mating for fulfillment, to enrich the dusty corridors of our desires. We lay in the aftermath, dizzying and erratic, I am fantastic…
Lady Justice Kneels and Weeps
Leviathan gave birth to iron bars and execution Locke’s order morphing to beast Cruel and unusual the order of the day Gavel cracks on the back of poverty Survival becomes violences screaming isolation, violating dignity demanding obedience Our Lady crawls along pipeline choking on legality…
HOUR NINE: MIST
You make the time to find the line on the horizon and trace a path to it Wending your way over wooden planks, through landscapes of grey and mist, you linger in seclusion, and forget the constant reach, the perennial contusion: a multitude of windows…
Today I’ll Walk
Today I’ll walk with meekness I will find strength in humility I will put my best foot forward And be the best that I can be I will not linger in the negative I will stand tall and walk with pride Knowing that my Father…
To my Mother
In times of glee In times of sorrow You stuck with me Through dawn of tomorrow Beautiful smile Eyes of love Had me thinking all the while You came from up above To my mother A woman so great A superhero and friend…
Lemonade
She squeezes me like a lemon In her hurry and her haste Which only makes me sour In the heat of summer days If she would only add the sugar Teaspoon at a time to taste Then pour me into a glass unused And send…
Lovers
I’m closing my eyes Stepping into ur space Coming closer to ur face I feel u watch me U moisten ur bottom lip And bend ur neck Grabin my hip Meet me half way Shuttin ur eyes They meet and press Push and kiss U…
Unwelcome Visitor
Someone once said Tennessee is always green. To which I replied – why what do you mean? “I fly from place to place you see, And from the air, Tennessee Reminds me of dear old Ireland.” Is it the hills and lush green grass? I…