Fitful night sleep, flitting of birds, they dance like tree ornaments in a cove of blonde light. I watch from my window, the streets are bleak and clean. Will the snow fall as it did last year? My lively breath has been rapid and full of anguish, let me stare at the sky. A glimpse […]
When I am away it will start off slowThe soft hum of summer will rise to my windowThe sunlight will fall warm on my bed quiltAnd my decorations will symbolize home in the best way they can With each step I walk I will hope I have a purposeEven though I am alone I know […]
Enter the chorus of children; octaves fillthe empty halls of pews. There are no illfeelings towards their parents who missthe show: they work hard and slip a kisshere or two. While we wait for the handsof guardians to praise the tones and bandthat line the walls, the roads are silent.Snowfall dots the lane, but we […]
A home away from home Even when the sun is tender and not hot Even when the darkness is chill Even when the ocean is by itself No human vessels to keep it warm The light travels through the brittle leaves Seeping through branches Reaching me as I stand on the sandy sidewalk Emptiness around […]
I’m asked to tell about our morals’ sourceWe used to tell the story of a manWho robbed and beaten left bereft of horseLaid in a ditch, in need of helping hands.And priests they passed, and all did stay their courseAll but one—the Good Samaritan.And from this tale we take moralityAnd as a culture, strive to […]
The creaks and groans of ancient trees,They will not bend those oaken knees,To genuflect ‘pon russet leaves,As the winds turn colder. Maples golden ‘fore the fight,Shed their robes of jaundiced light,Replacing them with sleeves of white,As the winds turn colder. Stonewalls run but do not wander,Sentinels to nature’s wonder,In hushed grey tones, they sit and […]
You want it to be normal.Before the drowning,Before she reached the bottom,Hit rewind.Silence.Fast forward. Instead of too much,Now it’s too little,And her skin hangs off her disappointed frame,Chanting the same wordsThat dug the hole so long ago. It’s only been three years,And you don’t know how much longer you can standThis unplanned alternate world,Where you […]
Fast and sharp,the depths are cool and confined.Yet, there’s miles of blue,salt in my gills,invigorate my hunger. I don’t know what I’m hungry for.I hear each stealth movement,creases in the water,low and undefined,I’m enormous and alone. I wait for the next tide,the next shift of a surfboard,the sunlight only infiltrates when it decides.Why am I […]
I served him starfish and coffee while Dad told him how they weren’t supposed to meet this way They were supposed to meet years ago when Dad’s best friend, Neftalie, made fake press passes and snuck into Prince’s house party, where they partied under a moon like this one My dad was too chicken to […]
The little boy walks where the light refuses to go, Where he finds his friends waiting for him. He hears whispers that slip between walls, Words meant for no one else. He speaks back softly, As if they were mirrors of a life he has yet to live. He once laughed when the shadows danced around his ankles, Thinking they were […]