If you never again picked up a pen and scrawled sweet odes to my beauty and strength across a page, it would be no matter to me. You would remain my breathing ballad. The way you stand taller when you see me enter the room... The words you write across my naked body with your... Continue Reading →

Purplish sunsets laydown shadows of hope and expectations upon the asleep forest, Delicate nuances of white, reflecting the light on the gleaming snow transcend us in a divine realm. A fascinating crystalline exhibit of ice flowers, hand-painted on our windows inspires our muse, The gentle snowflakes' dance invites us to unity, bringing happiness. A magical... Continue Reading →

Things are stacked against the wall. Boxes, suitcases, shelves, toys, fans. The movers will be here next week; all that is left is to break down those last essentials for the final night: bed, computer desk, vodka, mixers, a single glass. It is easier this time than last, only one person’s life packed away, one... Continue Reading →

The night comes crawling toward me Baring fangs, snarling in secret The night brings out sharpened fingers The night cracks broken staircases I sit alone in the one chair My eyes burnt My lips trembling My body hurt From misremembering I can’t bring myself to retreat to the bed Because that’s where I used to... Continue Reading →

Let the song take root in the air at the ear and in the depths let it be heard regenerate a disordered heart overcome the dullness that refutes melody relieve the pain the atonal gorges on let it be sung again and again stubbornly without trimming one note one precious chord the songs persistence unstifled... Continue Reading →

You kept a rusty Bugs Bunny tin of marbles in our bedroom on the shelf you thought I couldn’t reach because you dreamt they might be worth something Someday. I found one under your bed this morning when I was clearing out Mom’s house and your side of the room exactly as you had left... Continue Reading →

Under the shower, a horde of driblets thrust on my skin, so forcefully. My skin got wrinkles I lull myself, saying there there, so soulfully Whatever, saved my mind like a folding star, still yearning for new light My mind is tender like autumn breeze, still drifting aimlessly. Photo by Ekrulila on Pexels.com About the... Continue Reading →

I read a poem, a letter of love to a stranger who helped; it made me think of writing to the mindless driver who nearly killed me over some text or other, or to the young men who thought an old woman driving alone on a country road was a plaything to frighten and thereby... Continue Reading →