Dying/Waking
Dying
Waking
Former life fleeting
Convinced I’m dreaming
When these memories feel so real to me
Aching for gestation
To be born by new creation
Headlights flicker
Electricity whispers
And a seed is born with the knowledge of a tree
Fleeting, flashing, dreaming me
But I am
I am
Calm waters
The child of my father
We are the same
I am uniquely me
Anger for a...Read More »
In Guide I Trust
Dressed in layers, we climb over dead friends
Un-level ground, but in guide I trust
He gives me his heart
It is made of stone, but is a gift
And valuable as a result
The creek gives birth to two spirits
The larger carrying the smaller
The larger leaves the...Read More »
Smiling at Strangers
Smiling at strangers
and misplaced anger
and laughing in the face of the chance to rearrange her
Because we are all flawed
all perfect parts of God
And if we don’t fit the mold, it’s because the mold is odd.
Electricity and Dirt
All other eyes focused on the stars
An unwavering pace toward the light in the distance
Graciously filling their spaces, their holes in the earth
I face the world alone
Held back a grade for signs of a stutter
A failure to meet age expectations
Attempting to place a square...Read More »
Electric Meat
The city’s alive
And it’s buzzing tonight
I can lick the beehive
And know we’re alright
And sometimes it stings
But the honey is sweet
It’s love that brings
This old current to meat
Baby Cow
Silence is a baby cow
and momma bull is so proud
when her baby figures out how
to shout louder than the crowd
momma coaching with love
baby giraffes with calves in their ears
never hearing the words from above
each clumsy step guided by fears
overreaching understanding
she loves...Read More »
Sea Level Aspirations
Good morning sunset
And the pond springs to life
But we are not whole yet
For lack of a wife
And we die and we rot
And we are born again new
All of the things that were not
With the promise of you
Sea level aspirations
On the wet...Read More »