What Crosses My Mind

  • What Vibe is This

    There in the moment again, I felt free, a sweet elixir of hope dripped from my lips the very place my demons would speak unnatural terrors of their desire for harm. Oh my mind would carry, a lesson of time so under wrapped with worry a fuselage of disdain. It is YOU I would say…

  • Whom Would Choose

    if in a quiet corner of her room all of her pain revealed would it matter little personal doom holds back what is sealed. ~ She rose above the scrutiny a measure of confidence silent resolve speaks dignity all others a spoken chance ~ She wished her life could remind what purpose a challenge a…

  • The Rains

    I sat with a desk lamp nearby listening to the rains, I knew clearly the reason why this forest maintains ~ such wonderful animations in the mind, a forest may the soul in peace unwind. ~ Earlier in the afternoon sunlight before the setting of dusk, I watched the clouds in plumes might settle into…

  • Remember Once

    There was this book-bag seemed to hold a truth some passionate memory like a one I could be there I felt you near me wanting only your love and your shared eyes ours together we could cry and still know the truth ~ My path is my own I am happy to share as long…

  • Solace Undefined

    One of my favorite words might be overused, less important to you even if spoken in the nature of you. Could we ever really give final definition to the thoughts we realize are sometimes a notion in our mind. I would sit here all day long only to offer her a moment of quiet peace…

  • A Week in the Wood and a Lake

    I spent the week in one of my favorite places, along the shores of Lake Superior. I camped in the Temperance river, and fished, hiked, and took a bike ride. But the most telling moments of the week were reaching the summit of Eagle Mountain, and sitting on a rock next to the shoreline watching…

  • Strawberry Moon 6/24/2021

  • Humility on a mountaintop

    I sat on this peak the other day after a healthy climb of just over a few miles. What you see is quite a satisfying result of the hike. I sat looking over the horizon for about 30 minutes before returning from where I started. I had done this hike several times over the years,…

  • A Week In The Forest

    To leave it all behind, pitched a tent near the water’s edge, a place I would often fantasize to be a stopping ground the pain and fear of having to survive, suddenly wrapped in the cool depths. ~ I looked around for no one, only the animals in the deep wood, wondering what creature I…

  • Waking to Love

    Sweet remedy a kindness draws eyes a wander inside foggy interior. ~ While each passing hour holds promise asks empathy an immediate proposal may suggest in heart sweet peace of mind. ~ Morning sunlight will create shadow that will ask a conscious need to step in guide a soul lost inside a societal nightmare. ~…