Poem: Corporeal

In the early morning
When the sun still sleeps
I can hear the clock keeping time
Between her slumbering breaths
While I’m awake contemplating
The choices we made leading us on

Poem: Mysterious Beauty

The fall always about brings changes
Such as the day’s weather getting cooler
The deciduous trees giving up their bounty
We walk with shuffling feet in an afternoon
That a few weeks ago would’ve been bright
With the sun high now in September early
Shadows hang long dragging a reflection
Of our feelings as we trudge meaninglessly

Poem: In Praise of Beauty

Her love is elusive
Like dew on grass
In that tender moment
Before Selene gives way
To Apollo’s chariot

Poem: Ripples

It’s her breathing
In late night hours
The in and out
Of silence masking
The slumber of a dreamer

Poem: Before this Moment

Before this moment I lived with a palette of grays
All the shades of monochrome differentiated
Lights and darks instead of vibrance and saturation

Poem: If Love Was

If love was a person
It would be nameless
Undefined by words
In different forms
That can be recognized
By those looking for it

Photography: Spring at University of Washington

Spring Blooms and Architecture at the University of Washington

Poem: Birth of a Season

The love affair of blossoms
Begins here in April
With rains showers
Fertilizing the things held
Deep beneath the surface
Beginning to grow in yearning

Poem: Spring Beauty

The pink of the flowers
Matches the blush of her cheek
The azure of the heavens
Envies the blue of her eyes

Short Story: Looking for Something

A hand with painted nails caresses the wall in the dark before finding the light switch. Fluorescent lights flicker on, casting the entire room in the whitest of white lights. No shadows tread under their radiance.

With swaying hips, her presence fills the sparse room that smells of sweet perfumes and sin.

At the far end of the space, antique furniture made by an artisan’s loving hand, arranged in a semicircle. There was a trunk of deep mahogany with crushed velvet lining, an ornately carved wardrobe made of solid walnut, a painted vanity splayed with beauty products, and a perfectly polished full-length mirror.

The keepers of her treasures awaited their mistress to explore their depths.