wrap me up in you for a lasting moment hold me close and closer still the sun is fading behind the pines stars fill the endless sky let the world fall away let the noise stop be here and remind me what it means to love again find me in the thin cracks of broken…

  Noise in the channel Clouds in the sky Storm on the horizon Absence of why I want you to sing The song in my soul But your eyes are wandering My heart is larger than the smallest whole What you do not see Has nothing to do with me Noise in the channel The…

      Craving silence I feel in your arms Heart in the sea swell Cradled With a smile that follows the horizon line I slip into the turning, lilting song Drawn into the sky like weather Life in a whisper A teardrop A sigh past the lips returning I lie in earth, freshly turned…

grit wanders into lines and folds of skin worn on white bones polished glass black hair and faded green eyes torn fingernails from scratching at the surface looking backwards for life somewhere the heart pedals around corners and empty rooms somewhere the heart flies through treetops and budding leaves somewhere the heart lives untouched and mended…

Just one day To close my eyes and imagine The sky beyond Cloudless Clear Not just one day I would fill my arms with them, Hundreds to string like pearls on Wild grasses and flowers Days touched with sunshine And warm spring rain Summer winds and morning dew I would lay back Resting my head…

  The way I see her Changes Reflections in puddles Tall tree branches still bare of leaves And a sky still grey after spring storms I watch her move through the day Oblivious She floats through moments Unaware and wandering And I cannot reach her Mirrors along hallway walls Capture her Then release Tiny pieces…

  I invited Happiness in today to sit among the piles of books, magazines and empty coffee cups she pushed the clutter to the floor, a sweeping gesture to clear enough space to sit before me and embrace me as the sun embraces the earth with its light she scolded me then sternly chastising me…

the world is so much bigger than I make it eyes sewen shut by fear by shame scissors score the strings thread by thread lid to lash opens little windows collected in long lines across the screen so that I might just catch a glimpse as people run by I have missed you your faces,…

    Will you remember me when I’m gone? Lines repeated in the shadows and night alleys of my head Music turns note by note My finger can move fast enough Pen to paper, black to white Writing what I can’t write Mist from the river left the meadow silver in its wake Parts of…

  1. Tuesday morning drive Looking for the moon Sun rises over open fields Remember the trees and winding roads A blur as I pass by Traffic slows in the city Buildings replace the fields and trees Sidewalks and light stands One lane branches to four And I keep driving ~ 2. I walked down…

going through some old files tonight and came across this piece called ‘toast as universe’ I wrote it in 2003. I am not sure why, but it made me laugh. Out you flew from the toaster Transformed by coiled electric heat Here I am rushing to accommodate you Without burning my hands on the crust…

You smiled And I understood The way the breeze folds the sheets Hanging in the sunshine to dry The sand ripples after the wind Has rolled over the beach during summer rain The faint smell of lavender and rose When I walk through the garden The rustle of music through night air As I walk…