Love

Remember

Remember when 
we laughed
in waves 
that started 
with our toes
and scrambled higher 
to our bellies
and still rose 
to suffuse breath and…

Two Ladies

The greyhound frolics 
in grass grown too tall
yet her graceful legs
skim the tips of blades
as she zigs and zags
across the margins 
of my…

Perspective

Something tilted 
in the lilting way
you spoke my name
and suddenly 
the wake of ages
sprung itself 
from deep 
beneath my soul

Endangered

When hands grasp tightly
up from soil stained deeper
than a midnight’s moonless sky
and cling to hope that bubbles
 — rises
 — — jets away…

The Crush of Heart

The crush of heart 
and dim of spark
that mark 
the meandering of spirit 
into cloak of dark
renew the troubled 
teachings of…

I Am Made of Ghosts

I am 
made of ghosts — 
the small, wide-eyed girl
who clutched a juicy pear
and smiled for the camera
with ribbons in her…

The Way You Said My Name

The flicker of almost fear I felt
as atoms swirled in tandem
with the sight and sound of you,
wrapped in this lazy…

Green Lights

Green lights guide me always
back to calming shores
as we ride the waves 
that rise each day,
though they may
storm our sturdy doors.

The Fiercest Tug of Tide

I will not leave you
to this rolling sea 
of scrolling words
that dip 
and pierce 
your soul
with their 
important…

Promised Land

I would rather  dip my pen
into the muddied ink
of this fallen world