For so long
I breathed differently
in time spent away
travel moments
travel stories.
Continue Reading »
Hours before an autumn sunrise would erase
the morning darkness
I kept the lights off
hoping to learn
what remains
when I cannot see.
Continue Reading »
Posted in Existential, Renewal/rebirth | Leave a Comment »
Each childhood winter,
when the field behind the elementary school froze over,
I dreaded the opening of the skate house.
Posted in Falling in Love, Menopause, Reminiscences | Leave a Comment »
Too cliché
to say
life changes in a blink
the flash
the overturn
Posted in Existential, Time | 2 Comments »
I look up
without seeing the source.
Cold spray moistens cheeks
already moistened by tears.
Beauty crashes down
with a rumble and roar
into pools of sorrow.
My body reverberates
as love crashes down,
the confluence of creek and river,
you and me,
forged in the roar of the falls.
Posted in Beauty, Love, Waterfall | Leave a Comment »