the outcast

tresspass unforgiven the pointed finger castes its shadow the city gates slam shut a solitary figure walks the long and winding path to contemplate in the wilderness 12/20/14

Equal Parts

she was equal parts joy and sadness darkness and light hope and fear held hands in symbiotic step laughing eyes would beam as her dulcet voice danced through the air her smiling elation infectious to those close to her but suddenly, birds of sorrow could swoop and...

Summer’s Calling Card

summer’s calling card the summer heat comes in on a breeze to worry a tall eucalyptus, rustling her leaves and teasing off the last vestiges of bark the fragments twirl as they fall in slow motion to the ground to lie like scattered pieces of a puzzle a peacock...

Distant Drums – song lyric

distant drums in a dream I walk an endless path through a barren land I reach out to pick a dying rose with a trembling hand and in the distance I hear drums of passion, drums of peace on and on they will never cease drums of fire, drums of rain distant drums beating...

Soliloquy

he thrived on the approving nod, the thumbs up, the intoxicating applause but slowly learned that attention is fickle adoring eyes soon flit upon other shiny new objects there is always an understudy in the wings, a new kid in town, an up-and-comer hungrier than you...
Invisibility

Invisibility

they call them the ‘wee’ hours, but when enveloped in their dark cover one breathes the severed solitude of  the ‘I’ the bed creaks under my rustle and turn a dog barks in the neighborhood, sharp spears of sound  pierce the night. do keen ears detect an intruder?...