i watch you, hawk-eyed though it is you who’re preying on my misery i watch you when i turn this way or that somehow you’re always in my field of vision throwing your head back and laughing at some silly joke SHE’s told you and…

Car drives, Oh so long Across bridges, through tunnels The journey goes on And many more miles to drive To where the earth meets the sky   This verse is called a Tanka and is similar to a haiku. The first and third lines have…

bird’s eye- view How insignificant these tiny things Depending on wheels, Or on metal wings. Moving along pre-set ways Unable to grasp, to understand The immensity of the sky. I ride an updraft, glide on high Spot with my stereoscopic eye A red car stopped…

To exercise empathy Exert extra care Nice choices of kindness Doing what’s fair Even when it’s difficult timing Remembering to always care Never saying never Even when the action is not returned Show your best understanding self So your name will always be honored

Snow are slow to melt Lest the sun shines   The sun are wont to burn Unless the umbrella appear   The umbrella cannot withstand fiery force of fire   Like the gentle rain, tenderness needs no force to melt a stony heart

There are many angels in our lives Some family, some friends Those who take care of us through time On whom we can depend The ones that never ask a thing And want nothing in return Those that hold us at our worst Our rocks…

Such tenderness in your touch As a dove can have Sheltering under her warm wings   Tenderness came to you with time Love is all everyone needs Feeling less all alone   Tenderness in the melancholy Knowing once you cared We built memories together  …

Like a diamond the almond heals all ills wrestle the wrestlers and restore good health add tag-team fenugreek straight from Greek   Fenugreek attacks and defend the process unsolicited ills are arrested and wasted guards are mounted at the door post no ill attacks all…

Prompt Twenty-two – Use the word Tenderness as this hour’s prompt.   For my Husband   You tippy-toe into the room. Is it very late? Or very early? As today meets tomorrow Or is it yesterday meeting today? I can’t say. Bleary-eyed with exhaustion I…

First and foremost Feed my body My stomach… It can wait Although I cannot Live off of love I have an appetite To satiate It’s 3 am We’re half asleep Our hands and mouths they wander Like blind babies just born From a litter Trying…