Poem: Reflections of the Flower Moon

Daylight fades into what would seem to be another night. Sitting in the sand with a half drank bottle of wine between us. I was feeling it so I knew you must be feeling it. I was thinking about kissing you. Back then I didn’t wonder as much about what other people were thinking.

Poem: Lena-Go-Round

Lena toes the edge
Of a rusty fire escape
Saying she’s ready to go
With her I’m never sure
If she’s thinking of packing
Or if she’s thinking of jumping
She’s like the tilt-a-whirl
Always spinning around
And I’m always ready
With my ticket for the ride

Poem: Flowing Waters of Love

She moves like water
Flowing forward fearlessly
Falling gracefully
Waiting for me to catch her
In my arms shaped by her love

Poem: Seven Days

For seven days and seven nights
I was bound as a slave
Chained by your arms
While you created my world
In your image

Poem: Lazy Morning

Morning sunlight creeps
Along blankets edge
Until it reaches a bare thigh
Freed from the protective covers
As the seconds wear on
Ticked off by the wall clock
I watch the light caressing
Bare white flesh I want
To trace gently with my fingers

Poem: Touch

Here it flutters
Then withdrawn
Not noticing
The absence
Until gone

Short Story: Interlude to a Departure

“The fire escape is rusty,” Henry said.

“It always had been since we started sitting out here at age thirteen,” Jess responded.

“Five years on, other things have changed. The rising sun is threatening to take you. You’ll go, I’ll never see you again.”

“I won’t forget you.”

“Is what they always say.”

Poem: Eternal Flame

The hottest flames burn
Until they flare and go out
Ours burns eternal

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: Redheaded Lady of the Pines

There’s a red headed beauty waiting
On the outskirts of town out past the pines
Patiently swaying to music in the moonlight
Calling my name telling me to leave it all behind
Barefoot in blue jeans we dance in the clearings
Out in the shadows beyond the bonfire light