It’s tight and stretched out like the skin over a drum It’s too much but not enough thin It’s rushing about all frantic while sitting absolutely still It’s greeting guests who haven’t shown up you It’s a ravaging bloated too full devouring starvation It’s too hot while being all clammy dry damp with cold It’s [...]
Filed under: life, poetry on June 8th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have stopped watching for details dropped I would love to say that I am not still waiting But I have never lied well Funny how a certain letter, a specific color, a taste Some random joke, a song bird, rain on a pane Bring memories still. You know, some dreams haunt I still harbor [...]
Filed under: art, life, nature, poetry, relationships on February 12th, 2011 | No Comments »
I wake up. I sleep. I walk and I eat. I do all the little things That make us alive…. Everyone says I’m doing fine. I write. I tear it up. I break down. I get tough. I do all the little things That make us alive… Everyone says Move on with life. When no [...]
Filed under: art, life, poetry on January 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment »
You didn’t want to fight I suppose that is what hurts the most Not “with” but “for” and you couldn’t do it So I am left with this ghost I was warm to come home to There were new things to learn from me every day It didn’t hurt that I worshipped the ground that [...]
Filed under: life, music, poetry on October 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I once believed there were answers in the stars Once upon a times were there in the stars Now the sky is so dark, limitless, expansive It’s beautiful and frightening to see so much room So much unknown sprawling out now over my head Where I once saw pictures and adventures I just see too much. [...]
Filed under: life, music, nature, poetry on September 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
Say, lady blue When the storm hit When it was icy When the rain fell When I froze inside Where were you Say, lady blue When the music stopped When all ears went deaf When silence surrounded When I cried out mutely Where were you Say, lady blue When those most loyal Gathered and rallied [...]
Filed under: art, music, poetry, Uncategorized on August 20th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Fairy tale stories We were young and dreaming All of us We were all for believing The best was yet to come We would have a home A place to belong… Then you were gone A decade late Now you show concern You mean well You share the lessons you have learned You “protect” But [...]
Filed under: poetry on August 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
She is beautiful to me I don’t if I’ve ever told her I know I’ve never said it enough Humpty Dumpty nursery rhymes Music is a friend of mine Gentle with someone who’s small For someone tiny she stands so tall She is brilliant to me I don’t know if I’ve ever told her I [...]
Filed under: kids, life, poetry, relationships, Uncategorized on May 8th, 2010 | No Comments »
The myth of Adam’s first wife intrigued me. I’d never heard of it before. Someone dear shared the story with me. He called me Lilith Though there were no others like me Why names Why labels if we stood alone He knew me as well as he could He knew with a piercing, penetrating [...]
Filed under: poetry on May 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »
She scuffs her toe in the grass Kicking at the small stones Dislodging those that are stuck I am trying to explain Wringing my hands, prying at words Dislodging those that are stuck I know she is listening I know it by the glistening Light there that is shining In her eyes “I can’t remember [...]
Filed under: life, poetry, purpose, relating well, relationships on January 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
