Hands A complex system of phalanges, muscles and nerves Graceful, dexterous, strong Brittle, fragile, frozen Basted with invisible snowflakes These fingers have pinched flames But fall prey to frostbite I do not want this manicure.

  I AM alive but you say I’m not I see the question forming on your face I feel the warmth of your curious fingers I hear the fly buzzing around the room I smell the fresh flowers in the vase Most of all I…

We’re a masterpiece, don’t you see? Just try to see what it means to be alive. Beating, singing, dancing to existence; Thinking, feeling, planning; This condition is persistent.   We’re a masterpiece, we’re a witness, an author and an actress. You identify what it means…

What do we have in common, me n’ you? Me n’ You? What do we have in common, me n’ you? Me n’ you? So much we have in common, me n’ you. Me n’ you. So much we have in common, me n’ you….

When the moon rises high, like a celestial eye a voice rides upon the whipping wind, saying, “Let go, let go…change is coming. “Bend, bend…be like the wise Willow and not the stubborn Oak.” Before the witching hour, every heart and mind drifts to the…

Come, dust my eyes. Sleep I cannot find. Swallow the bitter, powdery lumps of violent truth, as night descends. Fickle favor forsaking me. Rail against ironies, injustice, isolation, self-pity. Plead my case on golden streets in vain.           “Hear I am!…

Note: I followed the prompt and decided to post all three stages, because there’s just too much love in every word I wrote. It’s very close to me. Step 1 Once upon a time a little kitty was noticed by a human while crawling to…