Always, with you, there was moon. Drunk and merry, You in your party dress and pumps, we cut loose the mooring and drifted out past midnight. When the wind came up We lost the oars, Were whipped out two miles past the old mill. O how I hated loving you, then! Visions of your potter’s…

Michelangelo‘s David The one that slew goliath Started life buried in a block of marble That had been abandoned In a quarry A leftover from another project. ‘Mike’ as we shall call him Said he didn’t sculpt the David He simply chipped away until he found him It took two years. ‘David’ he says, ‘had…

The light ~ The love ~ The romance. The dance ~ so intoxicating to all. But wait ~ the music changes. A tune ~ you do not like. Then the balloon ~ that carried you in ~ bursts and all the trauma ~ it carried within ~ falls to the ground. You choose not to…

She asked if I take sugar in my tea. The look that came next went through me like a bullet. Her words above her like a cloud slowly dissipating. I didn’t want them to leave. She asked if I drank wine sweet or dry. The wink that followed flashed through me like a blade of…

I can feel her everywhere deep inside with just a thought There’s something about her kiss And how it melts my heart I can shake 100 hands Yet her fingertips know exactly where and how to land Falling asleep in her arms Is exactly where I belong She is the sweetest song Her heartbeat is…

Lying hidden alieanated Truthfulness is sweet Sour is Unrevealed Honesty Transparency Barely in sight Loser Fell Sunk Mired by concrete steel Pain Stirs Coming Hope alit Now Lost Like sunken treasure Just there to touch A glimmer Tossed away Discarded Yo Dreamer Sweetness N Sour Seductress Loser Such was the sweetness Stolen Little bird Didnt…

I think it is sweet When the rain falls But I don’t have to get wet When I think of people I used to know And would rather forget It think it is sweet so sweet When the wind blows And my house doesn’t fall down When I look at myself Without going down I…

I collect them patiently one by one with care To give to the night with no trace Of sweet memories held within my mind When I could clearly See your face In the coming of dawn, they will take flight Like a flower floats in the wind Returning, when I am lonely late at night…

Unburying the four That don’t encourage me Anger,shame, guilt, and blame Rebuilding this new mainframe With confidence Through the brokenness Wreckage Wasteland Holding this heart with Compassion All my efforts Advance the light So I answered the call Armoring up Filled with love Rooting out the sour Every hour Unlocking this inner power A human…

Brooding over her nest. The eggs in her nest haven’t had a peep Intact shells with many a crack over a long past. Deprivation of nurture and warmth of body, and gentle thrilling reassurance. Hastily now applied.