The moment after the plan collapses, Stars collide instead of shining, Feet slip from solid ground, Dance on rolling, ever changing, nothingness. Will breath show up on cold glass, a moist palette, evidence of life? Scrawl a message, but what to say? Who will read it backwards and understand? No parachute for the jumper, Only … Continue reading The Step After – A Short Poem
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Sands of Time – A short poem
Sometimes it feels like we are two travelers, Set out across a barren wasteland, Dry, unforgiving, ground, a horizon in view but never reachable. Dragging ourselves along, connected by a flicker of life in you a flicker in me. Days passing like flashes of scenes from a movie playing too fast, Yet we trudge so … Continue reading Sands of Time – A short poem
As It Is – A Poem
In my weakness, body faltering, mortality facing me off, the rose colored glasses, slip from my eyes. I see in every direction a stark, cold view of rocks, unadorned with optimism. I’m challenged to find one pearl of beauty In this landscape. It feels real, right, a vision I can trust, because it does not … Continue reading As It Is – A Poem