I  linger in agony … I live with despair …  I escape this cruel reality  only to enter a even worst fantasy .. I am blinded by illusions  and I shiver with my thoughts … This poison rushing through my veins .. .Drownning me slowly…

inspired from a facebook post   A bright morn to shine up all gay and fair Dressed up so well for today is farewell Reached school first , all lone , tire and boredom Books make the best pal so off to book room Standing…

Today another old friend passed further on to a place I don’t know depths I can’t fathom despair over politics lashing out in anger over villains not real slights he imagines typing out his anger regurgitating nonsensical rumors sharing humorless memes making mean comments about…

EeeeGads! It’s that time again. Oh that I were 30 years younger and knew then How demoralizing health insurance would be for baby boomers! I’d have stashed away all my petty cash, Now I know why they called it “petty”! I’d have put more pockets…

Darling Turn up your mouth Push the ends to the sky Share the joy of your soul with me Please smile

Abrupt, full of doubt, steady movement swollen ankles, motion sickness broken charger, new journal 5 pages full, heavy clouds, cool breezes, police lights, hotel rooms, bus rides, unfinished apartment, cancelled debit card, missing my kids, sleeping on floor, broken friendship, airports dead cousin, funeral, pregnancy,…

Let me tell you the story of the things that I did To silence one of the dual voices in my head Let me confess to you the sins which I so lately hid Unearth my past mistakes and return them from the dead  …

Poetry marathon responses to prompts– I am working on number 6, the Haibun   9 am End An End   1.Ending means excitement wait is over Baby arrives Christmas is here Paradise claimed Celebration begins   2.—never forget I can never forget So, the day…

Blow my mind Its what you do so well When you let me catch a glimpse of your brilliant mind I want to dive on in Get engulfed in your hopes and dreams The way you love life so passionately You say you are average…

Rain melts the twilight sky as cresting waves pound the shoreline. Wind lift me up, let me swim in the Milky Way – its raspberry sweetness on my tongue, as dreams pass this dreamer by. I caress the stars above, kiss the moon with tender lips,…