Broken mirrors you feared Supposed seven years of bad luck Born with shards for a life path No escaping the mirrored fate Despite the shards, you lived Despite the shards, you gave Broken mirrors, fractured self Saw a monster watching in the dark didn’t run but didn’t stare […]
Can you hear me now? We have all said it a number of times loudly and at times frustratingly so. Can you hear me now? Can you? How many times have we been annoyed to hear that question while on a train, doctor’s waiting room or a movie […]
The dead are now our longstanding archetypes The dead at been held at bay. Rust wouldn’t scare them off. No one had in ages received a tetanus shot. What was the point. A local circular wedged into the gate. who was going to bother to read it. The […]
He closed his eyes and sighed Powerless to change the course I clicked my heels but didn’t disappear He went off instead into the netherworld I cried Stripped my pride There was no stride He was gentle and small The fuzziest cheese curd Nothing but love Why […]
Down in the earth Persephone went This was it and her smile showed it. It was time to row and paddle in order to escape. The lights and shadows had always played havoc with her soul. Now she would slay them. The pile of rocks laid by the ill-wishers. But she was […]
It will all come crashing down one day Sitting pretty on top Looking down on the harried masses With your glass stained windows Sipping with abandon It will all come crashing down one day Yet your foundation is rubble Ready to take a tumble at the slightest quake […]
My playground heartbreak It had to happen. It just did because things are what they are. My son is an extremely happy child. Everyone notes that about him from random strangers in Japan, to his doctor, to his school principal. He is after all “the mayor.” We sit […]
Connecting with Cuba: Un día volveré I am a Puerto Rican in California dreaming of Cuba. It may seem odd to some. However, I wonder what will happen to the Cuba I fell in love with five years ago now that US-Cuba relations have thawed enormously. I dream […]
Well that’s a summer wrap Like a squirrel I have been storing away little news bits this past summer that have been of interest in their wackiness. I just have not had the time to sit, process and write about them as I used to. Amazing how a […]
The age of my discontent or Mid-life opportunities? There are some individuals out there that were born in the midst of a mid-life crisis. You know those people. I suppose one can say they were born with a Woody Allen soul. I am not one of those people […]
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