change

the lead window
that falls
poisons the light
behind it

shatters long-held
expectations
of a future filled
with days
that swing back and forth
lightly with the wind
and easy conversations
about the day
the weather
the couple next door
that gives us the creeps

the new face of life
swallows its person
a captive of circumstance

once completely devoured
an awakening rivets
the crumbled remains
of what was
and becomes
what now is

the solemn ride

Your words stain my ears
with regret
of days and memories
that have drifted away
like sailors lost at sea

and I, alone on my canoe
steadily unbalanced
keep moving forward
with one oar

I hope it won't break
as I listen again

"A New Day" - word of the day - operose

this operose day

cheerfully fades fast away
brightening the next
sunrise that blocks the power
of yesterday's gray

For my mom

I am my mother,

my grandmother.

I am growing a soul

She is me,

she is my mother.

She directs me

to today’s light -

to build her a world

full of peace.

She is me,

and I am her -

She is my mother

my grandmother,

she grows and grows.

hitchhiking in the stream

raft on the stream thrives
on a  tumultuous trip
steered by a drunk man
in pink sunglasses picking
up swimmers with thumbs held up

Pumpkin Patch

I breathe in cool air
my mouth is alive  -
my uncomplicated chest
wraps my heart
with fall wind.

My legs skip,
voluntarily
I jump into
autumn's  surrender -
a cushion that dresses my lawn
red, orange, yellow -
I remember kindergarten
the little boy that chased me,

He lives somewhere now
with a wife and a child
who, like me
loves to skip and jump .

Inspired by "A Thousand Kisses Deep," song by Leonard Cohen

a thousand kisses
dead sexy
i'll bathe in his
deep raspy words
succumb to the fire
in his lips

one kiss
face to face
hand pressed
gently upon his chin
eyes question
will it happen -
all at once
two pairs of
tingling lips,
nervous - unite
are independent
from their keepers

a thousand kisses
sizzle, burn
rage through
the night

one kiss
kindling for the fire
a thousand kisses
irrecoverable from
the blazing mire