This was the ancestors’ water Yours and mine They protected it from harm. Flowing clean, unimpeded To the sea, Sometimes it offered up richness For they fished, they drank, they washed In this water Sometimes it gave too much, Overflowed in anger, brought death…

“After all tomorrow is another day.” – Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind (1936) After all, tomorrow is another day This day’s trials are passed While on this day, the struggle’s real Have faith it will not last For each new dawn is a new…

A deadly storm is brewing And only time will tell Who will still be standing When the water drains to Hell Who’ll be struck by lightening And who’ll just blow away Who will find their higher ground Or drown beneath the waves A deadly storm…

“Possibly with a blank sheet of paper enclosed, by way of explanation.” Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D.Salinger. When did I lose control? When exactly, did my life Start careening mindlessly Among the debris of stars That have fallen to pieces Around me?…

The burning Forest -Poem 4   Dear Amazon,   The amazon is on fire – world is on captor The California fires -fire brigade protector Animals of fire -the woman the saviour House and families on fire- victor   Save our trees for paper Plant…

She stares at the bridge, as she’s done years before As memories across time come back to the surface For once, she was younger, the foliage the same As their timeless love story began A young Marine and a seamstress in waiting A summer romance…

The hourglass is breaking And I still don’t have a line That fits this prompt’s parameters Repeating 3, 4 times You should see the balls of paper Cluttering my floor Full of lines that repeat 2 times But couldn’t, anymore Well, shit, there’s just 3…

Subtle breeze whispers, sunshine promise underneath, rainbow peeking through.   Wind, faint hint of grass, soft tinge of impending drops to wash the air clean.   (I see you, fellow sinus and allergy sufferers! 🙂)

I’ll not let sorrow have my tears My sorrows are full enough, Overflowing and spreading drearily across my life Eclipsing my sunrises Shrouding my stars   I’ll not let sorrow have my tears To shrink themselves into less, Washing away guilt Cleansing the soul Stealing…

There’s a burning deep inside, a fire that yearns to be set free, and one that longs to breathe heat, light, and life into every corner of the world. The flickering of passion grows within, embers igniting new sparks, inspiration looking for an outlet to…