Jonesing

Jonesing

Now that
my eyes are purple
from reflecting on poetry,
I will
smoke a cigarette
and ponder
the ironies of life
and how
a little girl
grows up
to write
more profoundly
than her mother...

Jungle Love

Jungle Love

Alligator in the kitchen,
zebra in the bathroom,
Fisher Price animals
overtaking my house...
As I watch
my little monkey boy
eat a banana
for breakfast,
tropical heat
constricts my heart,
like vines
that will never let go...

Cloud Nine

Cloud Nine

My first glance of you was instant attraction-
cloud one.
You looked at me with your soft eyes-
cloud two.
Gently, you reached out to touch me-
cloud three.
We walked barefoot on the sand, hands entwined-
cloud four.
You held me close in your arms-
cloud five.
We swayed in the moonlight, to our own music-
cloud six.
Your fingers rustled softly through my hair-
cloud seven.
Your lips tenderly brushed against mine-
cloud eight.
And then you said "I love you."

volcano

Volcano

Burning in frustration and anger, I cry.
Tears spill from my eyes,
erupting like molten lava,
searing trails down my cheeks,
only to be hardened by your coldness.

Moon Rise

Moon Rise

Airbrushed clouds
caress tree tops.
Aspens shiver
in the winter wind,
as the pregnant moon
rises sleepily
against a canvas
of sky-blue-pink...

Lace

Lace

Pure,
delicate,
intertwined threads,
depending on one another
for strength,
yet leaving space
to breathe.
Graceful,
elegant,
fabric of feeling,
woven with time
and patience,
fragile, yet invincible.
Love

for Donna...

I have a friend that lost a baby due to a tubal pregnancy... thinking of her today....


Thinking of Donna

Silhouette of trees
outlined by
blue-white gray
sky snow.
Train whistle
in the distance
completes the picture...