I went a sailing and a cruising Looking for something distracting and amusing I landed on shore But all was markets and bore Hopped into a jeep And my eyes made a sweep I drove and drove Till I saw a landing dove Alas, a tikki boomtown That […]
It shouldn’t be that a child wipes away the tears off his mother’s cheek It shouldn’t be that a doggie licks away his best friend’s hands covered in fallen tears The salt of the earth to be felt in the moment Nightmares of old, disturbing the daylight hours […]
I am too sleepy to make my coffee I am too blind to find my dropped contact lens I am too anesthetized to blow out my hair I am too freaked out by the swooshing sounds of my heartbeat I am too uncoordinated to make perfect cheese triangles […]
The morning sky was dark My head and hair frizzy and fuzzy filled with songs of the lark First, there was a bunny Surely, he was real Or was I just hungry Then, there was my dog Surely, he wasn’t real Seemed I needed some grog Yet my […]
Feeling a bit like a pig in a blanket Belly full of savory Hawaiian pork Roasting under the sun’s hot honey droplet Crab legs walking about on the beach brisket My brain feeling a bit like songs by Bjork The waves providing me with great cosset A beach […]
I stare at the empty table Wondering who should I invite For the table looks so ripe for a friendship cradle But my soul sounds an alarm For too many people pretend to want to connect With a globally affected charm A lack of time renders many unable […]
We listlessly got in a car and drove and drove Freely with no clear destination in mind Other than wanting to find a restorative spirit trove Upon Manoa Falls trail we stumbled And then we merrily toiled and slid Ascending the trail that was muddy but not disgruntled […]
Across life’s halls, I have come up against hardened walls Who did I reach through the bars for If it is not me? Walking the jagged jumbled mazes, I shred through the haze Who do I see across the room If it is not me? Lining up the […]
I run purposefully I write angrily I think heartily I rhyme sadly I sing fitfully I weed productively I laugh exuberantly I work hungrily I eat chaotically I drink jovially I walk curiously I mother awe-ingly I dream longingly, yet warily I am emotion In every execution
To be lost A fear A nightmare A liberation No people No lies No games A journey A trek A cruise What is there to lose? To be found A known existence A set path An explored life Sailing whole Navigating the muddy waters Anchored in my self