A fierce dragoness: Scorch inauthenticity
Breathe in the lit fire Stomach lining to be damned A fierce dragoness Fire in the belly Scorch inauthenticity Flaming truths remain A fierce dragoness: Scorch inauthenticity
Don’t Fall for a Fool’s Fable
It’s the end of the high road Time to jump and find one’s mettle The ladder back up ain’t so stable Use your wit to stay afloat Close your eyes and dive backwards The gnats won’t follow you down The caped man will jab your stare Fly down […]
A modest proposal: Don’t stop believing
Don’t stop believing Do you know the Journey song “Don’t stop believing“? It starts with a great keyboard riff and the lyrics of “Just a small town girl Livin’ in a lonely world She took the midnight train” It also is in our recent public consciousness as it […]
My little boy , the mayor, inspires me everyday
My little boy inspires me everyday Inspiration can come from mentors, from parents and from philanthropists, to name a few. My daily inspiration comes from my six year old son. He is silly, goofy and sweet. He is super sweet, sickly sweet, despite the fact that I stopped […]
Reach for that one window out onto the world
There is always at least one way Even when everything seems dark and closed in Even when things are boxed off Even when the world is shutting you in There is always at least one way out The walls may be cracked No ladders to be found Brick […]
The last Mojito in Dresden
The last Mojito in Dresden Ok. This is not a piece about the last mojito in Dresden. For all I know there are plenty of mojitos to be had in the quaint German Town. Although, it is so cold in Dresden, that understandably there could be a run […]
Don’t Get Stuck in a Moment: Get Inspired By It
Don’t Get stuck in a Moment: Get inspired by it “She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: “It shines like a little diamond”, “What does?” “This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.” –Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of […]
Two Pies in the Sky
Two Pies in the Sky Loftiness rains down in the morning dew Goals gleaming with fiery red hues At night the hard lesson coats our daily grind How many times must we be willingly blind Tomorrow we’ll throw out two more pies in the sky For the […]
Riding the local bus while on travel and the two dollar heart-warming incident
I tend to travel down to Atlanta every three months or so every year. Some years there are more trips down to the land of peach pie, peach streets and peach lanes. I have been doing this now for 8 years affording me the opportunity to see Atlanta […]
Giving my 26 weary bones a time-out in a New York minute
Daily Prompt: Giving My 26 Bones a Time out in a New York Minute I am the quintessential New Yorker: I have never had a driver’s license, I speed walk everywhere and I tend to eat lunch either on my feet, at my desk or with a cocktail. […]
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