My First Marathon

It’s that time again Black Friday The sun has set. Some haven’t seen a bed in six days Because they’re waiting for bargain Everyone is out there Wating, keeping track Soon it will be dawn And they willl conquer Malls, castles, stores and halls Meanwhile…

Happiness Absorption

There is beauty in observation, a lover lying on the bed asleep, a child running across the grass to give someone a hug, a brother proposing to his girlfriend, happiness can silence observers of it, and it lingers everywhere, happiness in the smiles, happiness in…

360

Jus gotta find myself… Its dark and I’m runnin I feel blinded…but I’m seeing dark I gotta get em off my back This deceiving Me…wonder why I never found the tree Why I couldn’t eat Why is it just heart ache and pain left to…

Reasons – Motivation for a Poetry Marathon

Why would you do that? Because I love to write What will you get from that? A satisfaction at night How much are you going to be paid? Not a single dime Who would make you do such a thing? This writing passion of mine

Smoke from a distant fire

the fading wisps of smoke from a dying campfire are the sweetest dying embers sputter dousing sand sizzles   I miss that   we built a fire pit in the backyard of my old, small town home; thirteen-tons of flagstone and granite I moved from…

He(wROte)

Did I come to this, A seeker of thrills? An heiress of my father’s pastimes Faced with an uncertain future,    A seeker of thrills? Adventurous and naïvely dancing Braving with fate. Always was mature for my age   Adventurous and naïvely dancing Begotten of my mortality Always…

Finding James

“Where’s James?” They ask. Every day, at least once, “Do you know where James went?” Invades my thought process. I sit next to him. James, that is, In a cramped space Once housing dinosaurs. Old copy machines Generating too much heat For two Side by…

Cheetah #18

Lean and mean Sleek, stealthy Part of the shadows An instant of hesitation and he will devour.   Claws so sharp, it sinks immediately into flesh. A coiled spring Running as if on Red Bull.   A stalker Not a furry cutie But a missile…

Secret Garden

Escape the world in the sights and serenity The hummingbirds stop by and birds sing a melody The roses nearby create aromas divine I desire to escape in this private world of mine