Opposites attract, Except, of course, when they Don’t.
The Gambler
He took the news while looking bold;
He chose to bet instead of fold.
Time Flies?
My son is thirteen.
2 Buds Sit
One eschews the Liquid Courage that brought them together.
Brightening
I swear I’ve been here
before
On Advent – VIII: Nope. Not Done.
I think maybe this is getting closer to the root of my malaise…
On Advent – VII: Wait With Me
Life cycles.
Sonnet XXXIX: On Advent – VI
I wait for joy. Again, this year, I wait.
On Advent – V: Artificial Perfection
They thought / They were / Making / Memories
On Advent – IV: Displaced Darkness?
Last night / We watched the candles / Lighted
On Advent – III: Anticipation
Meant to be joyful waiting
On Advent – II: Evasive Peace
This week marks Peace; It still evades.
On Advent – I: Love Has Freed Us All
Life finds a way / Love finds a way / Amor nos omnes liberavit
awash in truer song – Sonnett XXXIX
My yonder wild still calls, don’t get me wrong; some days its Sirens all that fill my ears.
All Rev’d Up and No Place to Go – #SoCS
This dream – holy cow. It was… Willy Wonka meets school shootings meets Game of Thrones meets Squid Game meets Raid at Entebbe meets… everyone in high school and/or past jobs I didn’t like. Plus a couple I did like – but they died.
Somehow Sustained
“Admitting weakness makes us strong” A paradox for certain How can a “right” seem oh so wrong Revealed by open…
Insides Out
I want to live with Insides Out / Is ever too much Out in doubt?
I’ve fallen for myself
And in this place / of perfect / prostration, / I discover Love / in abundance / for all.
A peaceful path perchance yet stranger
The road from here is rocky danger /
And when we reach the end – who knows? / A peaceful path perchance yet stranger
the missing
I crave the inadequate, incomplete influx
defying atrophy 