What Crosses My Mind

  • If When Where

    If in a moment I might See your eyes in moonlight. I would remember I already know. When in the shadows Your intimacy, is a light Holds bright in my mind. Where that day may be Like a bridge that we know Is in Madison county. It’s then an afternoon ice cream A pause, a…

  • Turmoil

    When what we believe In our hearts and soul, Becomes layered in anxiety Wishing not to be retold. Same saga, a different day, And the adage, ‘old news’ Shreds us while alone inside. We keep waiting for a something, A normalcy exists, Well out of reach. We’re trying to lean forward, Yet, somewhere a confusion…

  • Our Country In Tears

    What happens every day disturbs me The anxiety and the helplessness. As if a void has been built around us, Capable of swallowing our integrity. “Love the smell of deportation.” Could everything really be a hoax? ~ I’m sorry but we have to do better, A megalomaniac is seeking heaven. His words bounce off our…

  • Getting Personal

    In my writing I’ve always been knowingly cautious. There are certain things about my life I am not proud of and just hinting upon a few of those skeletons leaves me a little nervous. The fact is though, I do have to live my life, rather than going stir crazy. I think in my long…

  • Living With The Pain I Will Never Endure

    It’s been a day now, and I am trying to wrap my head around the terrible events of yesterday at Annunciation School in Minneapolis. I’m not sure how to think except to feel the devastation that the students who went through this hell will have to live with going forward. I’ll never be able to…

  • Examining The Past; Welcoming The Future

    I’ve read guides that suggest we look at emotionally impactful experiences of our past and face them head on so we might better leave them behind. It can be both frightening and exhilarating to revisit our lives, both the failures and successes. I ended my career early as a whole, and now am contemplating taking…

  • Good Night

    I don’t quite know where I am tonight. I thought about my last writing and felt it was a pretty honest assessment of my current state of mind, for lack of a better word. What has lately been important to me is my relationship with my kids. It comes to the front of my mind…

  • Silent Emotions (No Kings Day)

    The day will fill quickly, those with tired souls, aching hearts, shattered ideals. The want will be heavy with the weeks of confusion, lost apathy. What happens tomorrow, when international bedlam conflicts a birthday, a fascist pig, while all the pain and suffering is background to his own failure. Find our peace tomorrow. The resistance,…

  • Why Do I Keep This Site?

    If someone were to deep dive into my writing they would probably have a reaction of concern. The truth is this is just an avenue to express my frame of mind. Sometimes I am really flying and other times simply fleeing from my fears. I need everyone to know that this is just an examination…

  • Chicken Noodle Soup and Bread Sticks

    Remember that was a cool thing, they’d serve them up hot, you could get take out and be a real romantic with chicken noodle soup and bread sticks. I can almost taste the soup today, the breadsticks warm to my touch, you were so under the weather that day, the bike ride was a piece…