The sense of isolation that comes with livingin this society, circa 2025is difficult to comprehendof course, I cannot truly speak to anythingbut my experienceliving in this country, the USfor the past few decadesabout this, I can say much I have struggled throughout my lifeto feel connected to other peopleto immerse myself in a deepalmost total awareness…
Tag: loss
Seeking Lilith or I Found God but Couldn’t Keep Her
Listening only for a moment to soundsother than the pull of the tide over the sandy rocksemerging from the fiery waters of the sun like Lilith Why have I been cast down from my proper place?Strolling by they may see nothing or possibly the creative force two separate beings admiring themselves in the mirror stretching…
Away From the Demolished Paradise You Have Gone
Our baby, our furry, sneezing, coughing baby how can you not be here? every time I look at the doorway I expect to see you passing through stopping momentarily to meticulously clean a paw before jumping on the couch to use my legs as your comfiest of beds That one late night, the one that…
Eyes Closed or Trying
It was always a predawn sky just beginning to give signs of the glow when we climbed out of bed – hauling this, that and the other to the backyard fire pit But the bottles would not burn, so they were stacked in the garage waiting – “Dorothy, you are not in Kansas anymore”, the…
Dentistry or the San Juan Islands as Viewed from Space
I see my uncertainty as a vast mysterious network of intersecting lines, falling away, returning to implant themselves on my memory, without understanding. I take one line and it leads to love, lost or taken, words colliding and falling to ash. Now I sit within the ticking clock, its constant small noise blocking out any…
The Rose of Rome – Altered
Up against the mirror stands a rose, a longer stem than ever I have seen I fear it will fall over capsize the cup it stands inside Outside the balcony doors flanked with Zebra curtains a spot to stand breath What can be said about a place that pulsates, moves with intention then abruptly drops…
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 