There’s a growing cloud on the other side.It rumbles across the fence posts and barns.Bursts of light will come down on animal hiderunning away from drops, away from alarm.For now, let’s sit and wait for daylight dark,whistle with the winds as they blow the sheetsacross the yard, where chasing dogs barkin an oncoming storm molded […]
The silence that seeps into my mindkeeps me staring, looking up into the night.Snow lands evenly, knowing it will be kindto the passers. Treading their steps so light.Out here, only lampposts break the walkacross the land. Disturb the sleeping worldwhen harsh beams break. No animal stalks small their prey, icy pack, with feet unfurled.Colder the air, […]
Within the white and wintry snow,I tread along the shrouded path.My destination is unknown,but I hope it leads to you.Each step I take a quarried markas I wage through the towered banks,my leather boots leave a fine art—just to be filled anew.When it’s your turn to trek the storm,with luck you’ll find my engraved gift.look […]
All Toyota Camrys are driven by teenage girls.Girls, who can give you the definition of love by citing their best friend.The friendship that makes them consider that soulmates are not necessarily always romantic. These girls worship pop music played on the car’s crackly stereo system, and corner store snacks,The same way that devout religious figures […]
My love for thee is all the stars at night,Reflected, shining in your eyes’ pure glass.In the dark, swirling cup I sip with delight,There you are, but you do so much surpass,You, like a princess over every knight.But am I worthy to love thee so much?No. But I love you as pauper loves mightAnd knows […]
In twisted, creaking wood I found our namesWere scrawled by mother’s hand on the door frame. My brother’s name is scratched below my ownThough he’s become much taller as he’s grown. And so I see her there. She’s only haze,A momentary blip into my gaze. She’s like the dust within striated rays,Like flecks that dance […]
I used to walk for a long time, before I knew of swiftness. I was not familiar with the plan I could possess,where these new, lithe strides could lead. A developed cognizance for the satisfaction,discomfort, strenuity, contemplative hours.I ache for the slow grind, but I move quicker than expected.All the strain, the choice to fly […]
May the angels light our way tonighton such a desolate island. Where sealsswim up the harbor mouth, birds take flight,and sheep roam in octaves on green fields.Boats offshore watch not us, but wavesthat slap their sterns in a prolonged rock.We’re left to the hills and stones, and cavesthat fall darker and deeper than the loch.No […]
“I’ll text you,” you say as you leave.But we both know you might not. The text thread is on borrowed time,And it may be a miracle that you showed upin the first place. The expiration date has passed,But then you show up again,And it’s like everything is new again. So, you may or may not […]
Immured in a darkling dungeon, you see the sun setting into night beyond the windowsill, which is sealed by a rusting gridiron. Clinging to the flaking bars, you bruise your knuckles as you strike the iron, desperate to capture a single ray, a single photon of light. A great hook of hot steel wraps around […]