What Crosses My Mind

  • Step Outside

    We do so much to avoid one another. I know I do when I am faced with you. There are a thousand reasons to prevent myself from finding a way to communicate with you. A spring afternoon feel the heat bake upon our skin the natural essence of Nature’s brilliance yet there is derision. Even on…

  • Measured Grief

    Can we really expect ourselves to understand Pain is measured in a time of confusion We each want to hurt without any reprimand Our soul in immediate responsive reaction ~ I remember when I was just a little kid A cousin love of mine had just passed away I walked around the block to see…

  • My Last Night

    When the pain became too much I stopped looking Finally the strength To step away overcame me False reality Bitter truths Splayed before my eyes Quite simply my heart was broken In more places than even they could know When a cry occurs Soft petals Rain soaked tears Skin damp from streams released Across my…

  • Words

    A deepening pain Echoes inside my mind In recognition In realization In reckoning. That powerful syntax that moves Beyond a notion And completes its journey Wild abandon That interpretation that in my mind Left itself reckless Knowing it could resonate And yet the paper cannot withstand The mighty force of words . The human spirit…