They shimmer, like stars fallen to the Earth, they embrace her dark covering, a cloak worn to find the passage from infancy to manhood fallen down spitting blood and light I reach out my hand to touch, mate Earth to Star find them gone, taken yet they linger owning some part of me that longs…
Ends_Northwest
The sky is grey, the air cool few of my frequent animal friends are visiting me at the park today How does one express with any words the knowledge that those you love so deeply are the ones who have betrayed you the most? When this life ends I don’t want to be…
Anointed
Losing my mind and it feels so good like returning home to a foreign land progressing through winding paths hidden in the trees by giant draping leaves and small pools made of dreams where language barriers cease to exist and I can hear your thoughts as clearly as the song of the birds above my…
Note
Today the note is not a shopping list but a note to myself with no paper and pen in front of me I resort to my fingertip
Loss and Lost
It appeared as though the end had arrived. Every word, thought, action was a contradiction. She had traveled to this new city to find something different, to live in a new way. But this newness was very like the old – exhaustion and a sense of futility around every corner. Yes, the corners were more…
Women’s Day
It is time to be outspoken to celebrate to protest to find that new path for too long we have travelled the well worn road to nowhere It is time we proclaimed our glory stopped being ashamed of our love we mothers we daughters we have always known what was best for us what…
The Girl in Red Satin
The girl in red satin talks to him like he used to be her lover you can hear it in the deep undertones a sense of dissatisfaction coupled with longing you can see it in her eyes sharp arrows focused on their target
Grave Songs
Today I wandered among acres of tombs embraced by the spirits of the dead Do not be sad my dear lady rise from that seat head draped above my grave granite, marble, cast bronze statues rising majestically from the damp earth whisper to me Do not be sad my dear lady rise from that seat…
The Layers of Love 