Dear Old Self

You should have said no when they asked you to lie Or screamed to their faces it’s their fault, don’t be shy You should have bought your father slippers on the time it’s needed Maybe he’d be happier would have bragged and smiled Remember when…

Dear Former Idealistic Self, 20 Years Ago (Hour 11)

Dear former Idealistic Self, 20 Years Ago, Twenty years is a blink, but you already know the relativity of time. So listen, and change course. The path you’re on, though good, is not the right path for you. You feel lost and you’re searching for…

Dear Cheetah, age 7

Dear Cheetah, age 7, I hope you are fine. Really and truly fine, not the fake fine we learned to tell mom and dad when they asked, “What was the trouble? Why aren’t you sleeping?” I writing you today to tell you that that you…

Valley of Bones (Hour 11)

VALLEY OF BONES I have stood upon the mountain tops. I have rested upon the wings of soaring eagles, their feathers of silver and gold a celestial pillow. I have lain slain in the valley of bones, death more than a shadow – holding my…

The Jig

Earth under foot in time, to music played with a bow. Eyes that shyly meet Have a luminescent glow. The dance is a frenzied weave – Of twirling, spinning rows Leprechauns and their kin And others you may know Quicken the pace of the dance…

Hour eleven

Run, Run, Run!   Run, run, run! or else they will go ahead the competition is fierce   Oh! Don’t take a break to breathe by the bay   Run, run, run! or else you would miss the train to the destination   Oh! Don’t…

A Poem That Was Too Late!

It couldn’t inspire others Nor was it able to reach them It couldn’t find it’s voice in time How could it ever preach them? It failed to woo the beloved Of the lonesome lover under the moon It failed to enthrall the audience It couldn’t…