On My Way

I’ve packed my bags. I’m taking off. Don’t say goodbye or try to stop me. You had your chance to treat me well. You blew that chance. Now go to hell. I’m off to find a brighter day. I can see it from here. I’m…

An Ode to Liars

(An Erasure based upon A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II Sc. 1, Titania by Sir William Shakespeare) Forgeries of jealousy, you creeping hags! Haven’t you done enough to me? Never, since the day we met in 1962, not Christmas, nor Thanksgiving, nor Easter day, by…

Dear Former Self, 2018

Congratulations are in order! You have survived deep cuts whose scars will never disappear You came out swinging TKO to the past like a prize fighter in the ring The future knows no bounds It still hurts but the pain has taught you that you…

Morning Coffee

A hush had fallen over the house electric coffee pot brewing grab the canteen from the shelf fill to fuel your adventure for the day as you survey the fog hovering over the concrete blocks down by the dock silvery in the moonlight waning as…

Eternal Mother

The land knows you, even when you are lost -Robin Wall-Kimmerer While wandering I lost my way But I found I did not care The trees unfamiliar The trail long gone But still I did not care I laid down in the moss and leaves…

The Land Knows You

The land knows you, even when you are lost. It does not forget, and neither does it forgive. Do not abandon it, even at great cost. When winter comes with brutal frost You are challenged to persevere and survive. The land knows you, even when…

The land knows you, even when you are lost

Take me to the land Where you reside Hold me by my hand Where you’re by my side I want to hide In your arms Inside But do not worry for me at any cost.. My love! the land knows you, even when you are…

Earth

She created you, birthed you from her own flesh and bone Every atom, every twist of DNA Was all by Her design. You were once the spring leaf Of an old tree long gone. You were the mud on the riverbank. You were the star…