The birds awoke me with their forlorn songs On this forgotten piece of heaven on earth My heart throbbed in sync with the sound of deer hoofs beating against the forest ground Vibrating as it did, awakening as it would Naked as I was, unclad…

She didn’t think twice, If I deserved all the love, That she was sending my way, That she was spending so generously. She loved me for who I was, Why do I need a mirror when I have her, Her eyes reflecting my face in…

Waiting for the day to unfurl Waiting for the moon to serenade Waiting for the boon to overwhelm With heart in overdrive   Waiting for the day my expectations to usher Waiting for the seed to shelter Waiting for the rain to splatter With joy…

Steamy black feels cool unfussy minimalist Mmmm… maybe no. Maybe I just feel like a cool unfussy minimalist ordering it sitting next to it sipping silently into it Mmmm… yes. Definitely yes. Cool Frank Sinatra cool Something shifts in your world when you move to…

Hit the road Just keep driving Sun still sleeping Bats at play Destination undecided And all that is known Is the need to get away

(for hour 2—coffee & change prompt)     Coffee Changes Everything   After sixteen years of sobriety, A waitress handed me decaf from the wrong pot You can’t taste the difference in a greasy, road-side waffle joint Forty miles later, possibilities and plans percolated in…

Island  after Thelma   They say pain is an island with a cabaret law.  Say that aching is a song you shouldn’t groove to.  Don’t let your head bob or your foot tap for your joints will groan in protest.    Let the space between…

the dog was not mine but it was my friend listened only to its owner and to me the dog would put its paws on my shoulders look me in the eye and lick my face and I would stand my ground, five years old,…

C – Contentedly curious in her contemptible preoccupation of coercing my carpet into shreds, is she. Catastrophically creating whirlpools of cyclonic feline fur, she does.  A – Atrociously precocious as she athletically accosts the legs of my antique armoire, is she. Alluring, attractive, adorable to…

Slamming the door in my face, she said nothing. That should’ve told me everything.