stepping in the poison ivy /
i only felt the cool of green /
it wasn’t ’til much later /
that I felt its bite – so mean.
Month: July 2020
simple
some folks, I guess, /
will always long /
to have the mess, the wrong /
all gone.
Werewolf
He strains to break free ~
Daylight ties him securely ~
Moonbeams cut the cords ~
mountaintop moments
from the foothills of the ~
or the deepest valley ~
the icy peaks seem… ~
romantic.
wonderland
a nice place to visit…
lighthouse
Darkness – Not a thing ~
Merely an absence of light ~
Shine more brightly, friends.
The Rainbow Sonnets – IV, V, & VI
Then Clarity arrived at once, so Fast
/ Paint with the Rainbow, Life will come at last.
Flesh on Bone
Stones/Bones/Lifeless Zones
gravity
physics’ laws apply
/ beyond the world
/ of weight and mass
Vesuvius
it came upon us way too fast / some ran to life, we chose to hide.
Act Your Age?
real children still look up at the stars and imagine magic, make a wish.
clear through to Z
I’m tired of looking at straight lines / The distance from point A to B
reaching
progeny / feeling the pressure
guardrails
good drivers don’t need no stinkin’ guardrails…
dangerous tools
she wants her hands upon the tool / the danger that it holds compels
Sonnet III – What Was and Ne’er Will Be
the door before me bids me walk on through, but pieces – grief and anger – won’t allow.
soaked
rain falls to the earth / lightly but with great intent / sere to soaked means life
false flags?
thought peace was forged / a new flag flown
Sonnet II – hope’s lament
I fear that I shall never live to see / a world that’s lived the way her God designed
survivor
PTSD / doesn’t happen to me / that’s for soldiers / and survivors of abuse