poison ivy

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.

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