Who Said I Can’t

Seven decades of life experience… Who said I can’t tell my story? Protect the innocent some say… From my experience there are none who truly are… Who said I can’t tell my story? Bring them, bring them here. From my experience there are none who…

Trance

Lost in trance Within your walls Music to guide Soul beacon call You keep watch In your silent way Metronome pulse Keeps time you sway Today I felt The burning need To drink your eyes Quaff with greed Velvet whisper Escapes your tongue Piecing together…

Flowers in the Spirit House are Borrowed

Flowers in the spirit house are borrowed, the life that has been given us is lent; we haven’t got a promise of tomorrow, so gather blossoms ‘ere your time is spent. The life that has been given us is lended, like butterflies that live at…

Parable of a black coal

Oh my God, my mother exclaimed, she’s so ugly. Yes, I was the most unpleasant to look at, with big pouting lips, oval face and dirty blonde hair, with big short legs and arms.. Not a cutie chunky monkey. The children at the park avoided…

8

O do not feel this is finished yet but here it is   When I work on the holiday albumĀ  I call to mind a ton of laughter and love Memories of those days a sum Of days we spent below and above I call…

Watching Her

Each day she rises early puts on her yoga outfit and bikes to the community gym. I don’t see her for another two hours. When she returns home we have breakfast together. I prepare cereal for her, bacon and eggs for me. Both of us…

Weightless and Free

Land and sea, I traveled. Three lifetimes of laying foundations among the clay, with clay covered hands, far from shifting sands and tidal waves. My hand to the plow, my heart intent to see the bloom of change among the walking dead. But all efforts…

It Has To Dawn On You (Hour Eight)

I am waiting, eternity upon eternity, For signs of your remorse. It has to dawn on you eventually, Because we are all expanding in our empathy. For signs of your remorse I grow impatient, and hate-filled. Because we are all expanding in our empathy, I…

Pride…

I looked into his eyes & could see his pain… When I realized, I was the one to cause that hurt… He accepted me, & the guard was let down…