Long tentacles with suction cup ends. Sharp beak, dripping with poison – drip, drop, dripping into the veins of its prey. Careful, or it may prey on you, though only if you are smaller than a golf ball. Brilliant blue hues shine out to the…

maxwell only together   a few weeks found fluffball   treeblown stormshaken   unable to fly fed you mince  so you grew cheeky & raucous   clutched my finger   sat  on my shoulder beaktangled  my hair till the devastating day i didn’t shut  …

A medical scare, Emotional disconnection From myself From my life From the goals I set for longevity, Uncomfortable discussions exchanged with my doctor. I didn’t want to believe it, I had to hear the truth. Choices, I had none. It was either live or die….

I keep the pieces of the angel ball. They are too lovely to discard– hand painted wings and stars and sky (and dried red peppers in a bunch) on egg-shell slivered glass.   Ideas broke my heart . . . be perfect, which you cannot…

To live without fear is ancient, To fear love without a soul is unconscious. To love without hope is lost. To hope and pray means to have courage. To pray and worry is time wasted. To worry about neighbors is a pitiful excuse that never…

Just four years old, I was. A toddler, still, but a talkative one. The year was 1963. A day in history None would soon forget. His name was Richard. A man of many years And much power, Apparently. There was a party at my house – One…

I never wanted it to be “us”, You couldn’t let it rest. You wanted to prove to me You were my man I guess. For a few good months, You introduced me to this caring, loving man, That he was qualified to spoil me in…

BROKEN I wanted to figure, out why I hated to cook, so I went back a few years and took a look.     I was young, barely four, but an independent streak, had I. I reveled in a house of love, music, and song.   No foul…

Politics in Americaaaaaa….. Aaaaah……… Wasting my time with it. Wondering who selects whom As we pretend to vote Our Selection In a completely Fascist Election. I have to go to bed.

Mama pulled out the stroller and Put on my prettiest dress. My heart started to beat faster Cause I knew what this meant.   Will he be up on the roof or Hammering a wall? Will he talk to us this time or Turn away…