Before the pandemic I would often take photographs of the sunrise and sunset. Photos of the moon bring great delight. Last night I looked outside my window and caught a most beautiful, vibrant moon. I stood in awe comforted by the fact that the sun still rises as […]
Everything inside the apartment had been too hot, including her temper. She needed to cool and calm herself down. Winter was coming but that wouldn’t be cold enough. She walked around in a fiery daze. She knew she was angry but she could no longer remember why. Nor […]
Pinpricks Blood drops Tears Heart avalanche Clawing Crawling out An extended hand Dampened dreams Frozen hopes Shivering wishes Frostbite Piercing Hives Sharpened fears Waiting for the sun to rise Burn off the frost
Sturdy frame An insightful gaze A feverish ambition Bountiful giggles Hopping through poppies Inhaling the sunny air Ready to climb mountains Carrying your weight on my shoulders Fixing the door handles But that doesn’t mean I’m scarless
Sometimes it feels like it’s all imploding. On the verge of falling onto oneself. The core withering and fraying. The foundation in the midst of continuous erosion. And, it very well may be. There are indeed times when nothing all is wrong. When no turn is right. No […]
I used to say, even write at times, “it is what it is”. I would feel it strongly. I preached it. I passed it on as advice. Although, admittedly, the first time I heard someone tell me that in a meeting I frowned and “downgraded” in my mind. […]
Lost in a masquerade Holding tightly onto the strings Dancing and praying Ripping the heels off And pulling the scabs A bloody trail on the beige carpet Fuzzy, gummy lint piling up Painful and tiptoeing Sirens wailing Time to talk to the sketch artist Make sure it’s not […]
You won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm is all about. Haruki Murakami Many years ago when I was a kid growing up in the South Bronx there was a huge storm. My mother and I were in a store shopping for some […]
Lying on the rug hoping for relief Just don’t have it in me Can’t move, think, or blink Chapped lips Thirsty for some water But my bones ache too much I remain on the rug Hoping for a jagged reef And a calming sea Where my exhausted mind […]
I was drowning, floundering, and crying Yet there was nothing I could do It was all out of bounds No way to stem the tide Hopes rose Hopes deflated Was sadly looking at the bottom of my shoes I scraped off the dirt But it wouldn’t come off […]