Summer Illness in late summer illness startles me sneaking up like a coyote’s ambush knocking me off my feet into a hospital bed stretched with harsh sheets bleached in the industrial laundry where they are whitened to match the color of my face, pale with illness that has wrapped its claws around m ...
loud drums beat angry rhythms incessant ringing blurs clarity of vitriolic lyrics cover with loud instruments amplify, crank cover with decibels cover troubles with chants of go team go loud games yell, cheer block out real thoughts get the buzz going short circuit clear thinking block out thoughts ...
Good Words my five-year-old friend presented me with a Birthday card handmade, hand decorated colorful pictures of a family including the dog I inquired about the figures she identified each person sitting on the blue sofa curious about the list on the other side of the card carefully drawn marks li ...
Tabby Sunrise orange light creeps along the horizon a tabby cat emerging from the night my eyes adjust to the slight morning light awareness pushes away sleep’s remnants I marvel at the beauty another day colors shift to warmer pinks sun continues its swift ascent gift of possibility birth of option ...
The Backside of the Moon the sun shines declaring all is right warmth of air, first bud of trees fulfillment of winter’s anticipation winter shrouds my soul not yet pierced by the external warmth needed to rekindle the ashes shadows remain propped in every corner impervious to light impenetrable as ...
