Winter
I was not dead then I gathered life Like wheat at harvest I shed the seeds That flourished and bloomed I breathed the sweet air we all share Bathed in the […]
Released
Too long ago A lifetime Millennia it seems I sheltered my heart And bound my flesh In hopeful anticipation I wore the numb pain Of isolation Like a badge […]
Dreams – 10/26/2016
So long So long ago now So long ago I hardly remember I stood in the tall grass For the first time With disbelief That the world was so large […]
Even when I’m not
If I was there With you now I would take you in my arms Hold you close Until the darkness gave way To the light of life renewed I would carry your […]
Selene
Each tear A beat of my heart Each smile A blessing Each word A prayer Each breath Shared You are my soul I am your Life We are One […]
Sweet Alabama Peach
I brush my lips against you Your fine soft hairs tickle Tempt You smell of sweet musk Sweat A warm summer day Spent in the orchards Making love beneath the […]
I Like
A kiss on the cheek Soft and sweet Or tongues deep In secret communion A hand to hold While walking down the street Or tightly between the sheets Or gently […]
a road less traveled
I carry with me now every breathless thought that carried me to you a year ago each of them as full of life and energy as they were on the […]
Storm
There was I time I thought of myself as "Stormchaser". It was a label I assigned to offset the difficult times that seemed to follow me as a way of reversing the odds.
Something Lost
I see him walking down the street. Stumbling, mostly. Looking for something. alone, lonely, drunk and wasted, lost, looking for home
Captured
Arms out touching phantom limbs and ephemeral vine. Closed eyes focused on aery chimera that plays like faded film, enshrouding me in palpable memory like a mist. August oaks and […]
A kiss
With a promise Of ecstasy You press softly Against my cheek Your dewy nectar Enchanted potion Sweet and musky Fills my senses Drives me on To higher pleasure Fingers touch […]
She makes notes
She makes notes To write her poems To keep my story straight I didn’t know I had a story She pays attention Wants to know it all Shares in […]
Fierce grace/fruitful darkness
I fear one day I will be swallowed by the things that threaten to annihilate and obliterate the man I’ve worked so hard not to be that in accomplishing […]
The Lovers
We sit close in the grass Embraced by Love Watching the stars Like a cosmic play Performed by jealous gods Impassioned goddesses Myth and legend Who feast on the sight […]
We all have them
We all have them: Good days Bad days Days when we want to save the world Days when we want to see it burn Days when the lightness in our […]