For too long a time, I became mired within Tumultuous emotions drowning, raised by fears and doubts. The unknown, once was a wonder, eliciting excitement and awe. Purposefully explored and sought to plumb its depths for answers and new paths to tread. Lost was this wonder when storms darkened the horizons and answers no longer…

A five-year-old boy Presumably tired of lockdown Had a dream He took the family car On the freeway And headed for California. This .was no spare of the moment thing He had saved up three dollars His plan To buy a Lamborghini Highway patrol suspecting A medical condition Or a desperate lockdowner Driving under the…

In the midst of losing my home And feeling so all alone I opened my door with helping hand Unknowing what I was to withstand A heart opened, wanting, needing To stop the endless pleading And want to keep a soul from dying From a death that keeps the world crying. I had to close…

Your fingers wander over curves that have yet to form, finding place that I’ve always claimed my own Stolen flesh you raid, pillaged, and left to ash, burning touch, you planted land mines in my head An accidental flush of fingertips across my lips The hidden horrors implode laid to ruin is the present I’m…

My monk has dropped his beads His cup is left overturned in the dirt His robes drop Alas reality R e a l i t y In concert To my own cadence Soft, sweet beat Comes through me I chase my breath around my mind Never really grasping Because there is nothing to grasp hold…

My watch is squeezing my wrist Leaving a ribbon of red Indentations of time we shared Constricting and expanding Moments I float around Amorphous until my eyes Find yours Cool glacier expanses In this savannah of time I see you Fiona As a cheetah sister high up in the trees Scanning the horizon for predators…

I was miserable Till I saw you Really saw you Sure, I knew you were there But finally on the last day You came into focus The coconut sprinkled on the watermelon You had been there all the time But I was hungry It was the last meal of the day I wanted something different…

She greets us with her dulcet tones As we settle in on our phones She calms and she guides as she sips from her cup Pausing from reading to always look up Encouraging all to feel their best Don’t go past 30 mins she needs a rest! She is the Captain it would seem The…

basho strong-armed her way thru demanding to be heard vibrated, swelled, melted & laughed Ito bemused , waited for her friend to settle And sit in her own fire Break out of her own shell and sing There will always be a beacon of sorts– A lighthouse searching Waiting, Being She saves souls No easy…

No hanging head No covered face lift up your eyes shake off the shame speak out loud give it a name the thing that makes you silent