sinking in a starless sky paralyzed can’t catch my breath i know i’ll die if i stay here but i can’t move for this sharp pain of memory i have certainly loved before, lost before, and missed before but this is the third time and…

These roads were horse tracks once, I hear; curving slowly into the rising hill easing the passage of harvest-heavy carts hauled by teams of horses to each farm – their sweating heads low, necks taut, as their hooves spat sound – ice-sharp – into a…

Clear water help me clean my dusty hands The moon laughs above and the fluorescent bacteria light the world below The last of the rations have expired long ago And my only cabin mate, a hermit crab, has found a shell in a distant land…

Just above the valley Just beyond the hills Just outside of a sunken place Close by but not enough to feel If you stay afloat If you keep your sail If you stay inside of the boat Move forward without fail There are stars above…

she lay, a hill in the half light an echo of laughter creased her brow a rag crumpled, against the wooden floor lips parted a drop of blood kissing the still soft strands of hair dressed in the memory of a mothers love, knit one…

The rain hangs like a thin curtain in the air As i savor the citrus aftertaste of butterflies from another life Listless. Heap. Of. Lifelessness. Broken bodies of mass energy in the universe scattered Above. My. Mind. Leaving a sweet bouquet of Freshly.picked.flowers.

Bowled over by the truth Decimated by the lie The burden once thought able to bear Has knocked me down – left me to die I now lie in agony Weighed down by your sin Your love was always shallow Yet I believed I could…

Dead from the inside  I am numb. A complete shut down unresponsive to the external. Immovable, life wasting away. Tired eyes and hungry heart all dead in a row. No thirst to quench no dreams to conquer powerless in one way powerful in another -…

I noticed you the Spring following At first, I believed myself foolish to think you’d go to the trouble You were always so quick to go unnoticed If at all possible The Quiet Man, mom would call you Just like the movie You’d land on…

Deja Vu I’m sorry what’s your name? Whos wedding is this again? Meet me in the alley. Wanna make out?