Solitude – Hour Twenty One

All alone in the quiet, while others are sleeping I sit and I softly reflect My life is so blessed, my heart filled with such pride For these blessings I’ve so much respect I am living a life I never thought could be With a…

Spring Love

Prompt for Hour Two- Under the comforting shades of aspen trees- Memories wilts and wheatgrass grows taller than the last year- fragile moments and parched eyes; thistle needles pierced my solitude We collect dandelions; beyond time and life We churned corn stalks powder into anesthetic-…

Poem 21

An all-nighter by myself in a house I’ve lived in for eight years. I’ve paced, tossed and turned, but never stayed up all night. The windows are open to let in the cool summer night air and the birds awaken early in anticipation of sunrise….