The desert curls itself up flat at night an uncaring carnage of sand and spiders day’s heat retreats into silence, leaving a numbing damp cold cactus stand guard over barren and nothing snakes slither into holes and under useless rocks scavenger animals prowl without much to show it’s lifeless … More STAY AWAY
Uneaten thoughts create unexplained spaces of emptiness. As day passes, a portion of destiny is added to a legacy unfinished. The elderly form short choppy sentences as they remember experiences their not sure actually happened. Windows are bedecked with the last holiday; a broken wreath minus a bow. A light shines from … More FROM THE APARTMENT
At the end of the earth there’s a diving board for each of us, where grieving souls and soiled hands search for a higher place; everyone hopes for security. Truth exposes itself in various colors; nighttime is when the fear of alone is invisible. Long stories and dreams about voices no longer present fill … More JUMP IN
He was a mountain of few words a river flowing through the house, mostly out. Conversations were awkward creating uncomfortable moments, too many to count. His love was his work a place he escaped to without guilt of leaving those behind, considering it his duty; I knew he would rather be somewhere else. He grew … More MY FATHER
Roger Singer 