And, In The End

"Be with the one you love, while you can."

One plus one equals twoIt seems so long ago,But was it only yesterday?We said, "I do."Karen and Richard sang, "We've Only Just Begun."A kiss for luck, and you and me were now we.Did we know each other?This was before people...

Phantom Touches

"Imagined love, sharper than any real embrace."

In the quiet hum of daily breath,Small moments cut through empty space,Stark fragments of what might come next,Bare truth pressed against time's hard face.A glance across the crowded bar,Skin electric, breath caught tight.Hands gripped hard, blocking out the far,Promising: I...

My Mind’s Eye

"I stumble upon you in my mind"

I found a photograph of you in my mind.Even there the corners were blunted, a wrinkle creasing the left side.But your beauty is unmarred by the ravages of scattered files and folders in my head.I gaze at you.My fingers fluttering against...

“Where red arrives”

"Where red arrives..."

"Where red arrivesI see no more wavesSmashing against hard cliffsWhere red arrivesI see thunder becoming peacefulLike bees searching for honeyAlong a monochrome fieldDuring the most sublimeOf these everlasting sunsets.Where red arrivesI see no more movementsPenetrating in your hard legsWhere red...

Forty One

"A homage to my husband on my birthday"

A girl, I sat and steeped myself in story,Of Princesses and true love, won through glory.And I believed and fell for that false tale,That mirage of the dashing, perfect male.I entered the arena like a child,As weak as gentle Jesus,...

Anticipation

"Images of him...."

Only daysbefore he knocks at my doorwondering what he will find inside…will I be naked and waiting for him?Will I be clad only in a bathrobe?Will I be wearing some sexy lingerie?Will I be on my knees,naked,mouth slightly openinviting him...

Wake Of The Midnight

"Beautifully written"

The light glowedbrighterbrighter than the sunHis tongue wentdeeperdeeper in her throatCuriosity roseroserose in herHer body wastensetense sparks flared as he caressed herLove wassharpsharper than a knifeThe love was likefirefire in a Savannah grasslandAll night longbrighterdeeperrosetensesparkingTo the edgeon the wakeof the...