They Must be Angels

"They know who they are, and they've changed my life."

I've been down the road of deception, where lies are a way of life. The darkness seduces and entices but always cuts like a knife. *** That road is crooked and leads nowhere and most always results in pain. The...

Heaven Sapphire

"Adonis awaiting your command mi-lady..."

Beyond a mortal man impassioned far, At these voluptuous accents, he arose, Ethereal, flushed, and like a throbbing star, Seen 'mid the sapphire heaven's deep repose, Into her dream he melted, as the RoseĀ  Blendeth its odor with the Violet...

How to Care for a Rose

"In bloom.... for now."

A rose should not be awake to hear crickets and the rustle of Midnight's breeze as rain drops dance on leaves and eavesIn the quiet moments you can hear a whisper But then it's gone but not forgotten A roseshe...

ā€œImagine,ā€ they said. And I listened. ā€œImagine meeting someone." "The one." "Your other half, your other self, your immortal beloved.ā€ I thought about it long and hard. I ached. One day, something whispered to me, deep inside. One day, she...

He sits and waits

"An old man remembering young love..."

He sits and waits In the doorway of the cafe Shaded from the heat of the summer sun. His chin hunched upon his stick, He sits and waits And he looks, Watching beautiful young couples passing by, Arm in arm,...

the Tanooki and the Kitsune

"My witty night with a man more then I could bare"

Two minds play and clash with heavy teases Bitten lips in flustered agony, that only they notice in full rooms An orchestra of heart beats, and shallow breath, as the sting of sharp glances across the twisting gravity of their...

Decaying soilĀ  Fertilizes the flesh at my knees The grave beneath me unmarked Ground unmolested But memories rave of what was here. Heart. Respect. Joy. Bleached by insidious surrender To a reticent poison. Fear won here. But I rise, Eyes...

Marked

"First poem in years"

I got you through the winter, willing to be the steps behind you, the traces and threads of what broke you untie, the closer we get to where you came from. And anything that was ever special, anything about me...