the day draws itself against the wallin long shadows, a reluctant warriorand blade against the coming nightwhy this? My mind wrestles against iteach has its own beauty, peace, completenessnot alone, of course, but because of the other…perhaps the shadows are the remindershifting along the terracethe ribbon to join the day and nightand when the day…

The tree’s shadow draws me closer andI am soon resting in the cool grassHead pressed back against the rough barkIt reminds me that everything cannot be smoothOr neat or tidy or perfectOnly in its own wayDeep breath captures meAs leaves spill around me like rainThe tree is bleeding red and goldAnd I lift my hand…

Impatience slips in beside me, pressed closeAs is if there could be no room between breaths toShift and get more space between usSquabbles and minced words buzz and fly around my headLike drunken bees in the late autumn sunWhy can they not lay down and restListen to the breeze shaking itself through the leavesWhy can’t…

I want so much to reach out to youand hold your hand,To feel the warm of your skin against my palmThe strength that flows throughI am too shy to reach outAnd instead stand in agony of stubbornnessWhen my arms cry out to hold youNot as a possessionBut simply out of loveOne that I cannot explainBut…

Candle light in the mirror,A dancing reflection of quiet contemplationWhile I sit, mulling over the contents of another dayA sparkling laugh like shining sun through the windowA selfless gift from a cherished friend,Shapes a smile on an otherwise sullen faceThe mirrors in the hallways, the rooms,no longer show the unseen corners, the lurking shadowsThe nightmares…

Unseen dancer whisperingThrough swaying pinesCoursing blood force flowsThrough this endless forestRiver winds belowBending around bouldersTumbling and spilling over soil and stoneWhile the silent sentinel,Talons firmly planted, sitsWatchful eye scans the horizonSudden rushUpward spiralTo join the dance~

two pebbles make their slow descentInto the ocean’s wide embraceWater swirls and turns over hard surfacesAs the pebbles fall togetherWhat is not seen…Hidden treasure beneath their solid appearance?Pockets of emptiness,Filled by each wave’s gentle caressThis blind wonder, this beautyJoining two in an endless water danceSuspendedNo separationAlways, only oneUntil we rest on the ocean’s sandy floor~

Stones crackle underfootAn expectant melodyAs the moon lets fall its silver lightThrough the darkened gum treesOverhead myriad stars passLove’s sentinels brightly shining,Jewels in the ebony oceanThrough night’s waves slowly dancingShadows meet to lingerin this breathless silenceImmersed in the moon’sVast shimmering embraceShadows still intertwined draw awayAs the sun yawns sleepilyClimbing leaf and boughOver the top of…

The breeze through the windowReminds me of a moment long pastAnd just as fleeting dissolves awayLike waves crashing against a rocky shoreMy mind wrestles againstA tide of memoryWhat dreams lay caughtIn the wispy curtainsHanging against the windowWaiting to be shaken looseWith the dust of absence and solitude?Laying my head against the back of my chairI…

Walk with me, dear one,as the evening draws me closer.The velvet blanket of night wraps around me,as the sun slips behind the trees,I am ready to sleep among the pine needles and maple trees. In this last light, take my hand,while I hold your heart close to me.Let me embrace you once more.I feel your…

I sit, lost in my own thoughtsThe grey clouds hang lowCovering the treetops withA misty mantleAll is still, waiting…I turn my cup of tea around in my handI feel its warmth against my palmLike a lover’s kissThe rain begins to fallI watch it hit the windowOne drop at a time, thenSlide down the glass toThe…

I breatheSitting in this spaceBetween now and the next momentBetween the pebble’s dropAnd the ocean’s embraceLove spills over mind stones eroding themTo no thing,And I see with light againThere is no runningNo catching upThe laughter remains the sameMy soul jumps into your armsAs the moon rises ~