A Kind of Lust

It’s August. September’s on the way. This is the time when she weighs herself down with lists, classes, meetings chores have-tos and should-dos. A kind of lust Has come in. The sea wants to carry her away to a foreign country. With or without her family. With or without saying Good-bye. With or without coming back. No thought of returning now- only flight. A kind of lust, so hard to resist. But resisted,...read more

Sometimes

Sometimes I do nothing all day but stare out the window and watch the garden standing still. Occasionally shifting her feet or scratching behind her ear. A sigh. A sigh. A...read more

Oracles Everywhere

You who laid an aching arm across my shoulders encouraging. Encouraging? Your face peering into mine. Asking. Was it you? A park in December. Oak trees and chimney smoke. Did you ever know anyone so lost as I was then? Lost in plain sight. When you’re lost you’re a different person. You’re a lost person who’s awake and searching. You notice things and you talk to people you’d normally ignore. There...read more

Memory of a Kiss

In the murky bedroom Of her mother’s house Shadows, decayed, Fill in the gloom. Curtains drawn tight Never reveal Sunlight or storms. Day or night. Keep it all out. Keep out the breath. Keep out the vision. The room so bad It must be hidden. Lest light come in Ever unbidden. Tacky floor Sticky walls- If Light saw this He’d be appalled. The filth of neglect- Of habitual hatred. The rooms repel. Denial is...read more

A Darkness I Am With Today

They are glad, now, to have you to come to. You are not whole to them. You are arms that hug. A voice answering and asking. You are eyes seeking God in everything. They are glad to know you are there. And when they have gone, They will look back and say, She never worked a day in her life. She never had to make money. But they didn’t know you before. Didn’t know you when You preferred to sleep in your...read more