I’ll Always Remember

For my Aunt Charlene…

Birthday, to a Cat

for my cat Mario, on his 16th birthday Time passes all of us no living thing spared but choosing to count and add length can lead to more despair why not act like the cat that neither knows of nor remembers a birthing day but instead chooses to wake and fulfill its needs enjoying stretches, […]

Heart’s Wish

my heart’s wish like snow that falls at night goes unheard the soft pelt as it hits substance ground, rock, or roof rings in no one’s ears but echoes in my own I know it exists because it’s captured in the dark cold by an eye that sees only a mirrored image an imitation of […]

Morning glow

Morning sunlight glows on the snow…

Unique shade

As we take our leave…

Laughter

The sound of happy laughter…

End of the old year

Or is it auld year? As 2018 draws to a close, I’ve found myself with some extra time, the one thing that I could not find enough of just a month ago. I want to find the time to write more, but first some means of employment must make itself known. (I know this is […]

Beginnings

With every ending, there’s a new beginning…

Very Real

My demons drip down greened fangs, tarnished with time; that grip and strangle old dreams, that slowly die. They feast on my wants, on what my soul craves; They devour my being and destroy my flame; Incessant, they linger, they lurk in my thoughts, they prowl on the edge of awareness, and clamor with the […]

Just me

Those small feelings, they surface quietly. Aloneness, but not loneliness. I make my way to the house and sip on some tea. Perhaps play something baroque, just audibly. There’s never anyone else but me. Can anything truly be shared? I walk thru the woods, speak to the plants and trees. This is me. Just me.