SEARCHING

Disturbed waters are the evidence of youths seeking a smooth belonging; searching to square off the circle. They are dreamers between rocks, pushing from a hard place, attempting to re-create the beginning without pain, escaping the fires between the lines.   Fingers bait the eyes into corners. Second chances come at a cost. Seek to … More SEARCHING

MY POINT

It was a drama unfolding, an energy of words on the attack, like a fountain of urchins catapulting in air creating and irregular sky. Abstract people shapes resembled stick drawings waving hands and arms like newspapers going aloft; creatures of thought, working the stream.  There was no refuge from the granite of opinions, as the … More MY POINT

HIDDEN UNDERGROUND

The field is a luxurious place to sit and enjoy the growth of nature; the items missing and those left behind. It’s a flat cathedral.  Every spot the hidden pinnacle of a steeple, pointing to heaven.   The song is within the breezes, warm and cool.  The heads of weeds and wild flowers Hum their … More HIDDEN UNDERGROUND

NIGHTLY STROLL

The sound of hounds under the sycamores pulsed the air.  A fog shadowed the ground, concealing weeds and rocks.  A horn, a phantom sound suspended above, Slithered like a snake over tree tops.  Fence posts boarded the field, like cardboard soldiers locking barbed wire arms.  A brown light of dusk muddied the sky.  Bats easily … More NIGHTLY STROLL

STAY AWAY

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