Shadow Limbs Search Shadow limbsof the dead treestretch across the barren dirtin search:they descend into burrowswhere dark meets dark,reaching for a neighborbut the sun movesso touch never happens. Shadow limbs rotatesunrise to sunset;a sundial ticking secondslike bug tracks stitchinghourglass sand. … Continue reading
A Boat’s Irritation Sand and rocks irritate the boat’s hullas it lies tied up on the beach.Waves lap against the shorelike kisses on a lover’s neck.Wind-blown sand against its planksreminds the boat of water sprayingonto its flanks as it tacks … Continue reading
SUNRISE ECHO Below the horizon the sunreaches up to touch the cloudsonce grey now brilliantorange and red sandssplashing against the sky. Then calm, fadingback to grey as the sunemerges from belowin a hemisphere orbscaring darknessinto stretched shadowslonging to merge again. … Continue reading
Lost Alone Sitting alone on a benchas fog covers the lakehidden, lost, below. Hearing a lone goosehonk in the skystill too far away to see. Feeling an October breezeagainst my face while awaitingsunrise over the horizon. I smell newly mowed … Continue reading
Distractions Jack wears sunglassesto ogle the young man’sdimples reddening underbolder and bolder quipsof the older man’s flirtsto see the smile he admireswhile Matt pouts,“I have dimples too,”and Jack, “Let me see,”smiles until distractedby baby falling, crying,hugged by mother’s love. Darkness … Continue reading