All By Myself

My inherent loneliness cannot be mine alone Others like me must experience this too I look for signs of it in their mood and their tone »

Swan Creek

We parked by the tracks and walked down to the tressel Wild asparagus spears the rocks along the ties We descend through thistle and nettles Alerting »

The Best of Me

Pinpricks tingle through my face An instant of fear makes my heart race A memory of staggering heartbreak Then sleep and peace —give me release —from »

Memory Lane

Battles waged at Marco’s pizza parlor Space Invaders fueled by Mellow Yellow and quarter dollars A stop at Franklin’s for Chocolate malts and baseball »

Changing My Mind

Here I am in my dark reverie To escape, I burn my effigy It resets me — yet again But for how long — how soon — I never »

Half of Infinity

Half of infinity is all I ask Just half that time will be enough Long enough to complete my task The time it will take to »

Huginn and Muninn

Wings whooshed with a whispered will To break the silence as my mind stood still The blanket of blankness pulls away As my gaze is drawn »

43609

My mind slows down to a mellow mood As the light reaches my eye through a vacuum sky The stillness speaks softly of my morning subdued »