tonight...

drained
pouring into night
the colour bled from the sky
too tired for words

clearly...

head-on
rain falls on my hair
cold drops of reality
running down my face

...or fingers

honey
slipping from my heart
thoughts into words on my tongue
no taste of regret

...

mutual
what you draw from me
with your eyes, return to me
water from the well

clearly
the earth spoke to me
a stone picked up in passing
words felt through my hand

a balance?

light-speed
my thoughts are spinning
a kaleidoscope of words
trying to focus

just look...

inside
I have found my strength
in the people around me
and ground beneath me

today...

pause
the colour of tea
cold water through desert grasses
my heart takes a breath

no more...

laser
refusing to hide
I throw myself to the sky
and burn like the sun

view...

a look
over my shoulder
as the words met between us
the sun left the sky

...you get what you need...

as is
yesterday I learned
comfort comes in many forms
accepting the gift

through the keyhole...

yield
I stand in the dark
vibrating from head to toe
fear abides passion

passing by...

ice
so much time wasted
frozen in our fear of life
melt with me, slowly

from behind the door...

filled
suspended in need
night wings brush against warm skin
silence enters me
...........................

tonight I found myself
so close to the words
that I stopped
paralyzed by their truth

talking to the moon...

ebb
waves break on a beach
a rolling tumble of words
rising with the tide

eyes open

fog
lost in our own worlds
we fail to see each other
grey trees before dawn

tonight

news
I answered the phone
and my world quickly changed
I am left adrift

I take it with me...

landscape
within these thin walls
I feel the sky in my eyes
where mountains reside

stones

found
something forgotten
in my rush to move forward
strength from the silence

starting—out

mine
taller than a dream
shadow on a canyon wall
dancing with grey stones

2010

no haiku
fireworks
the phone rings
my daughters voice
a full moon watches
cold champagne shimmers
a coyote, frightened by the noise
runs past me so close I could touch it
and I hear its sharp breath

.............................................

catch
"Where are you going?"
words thrown at me from a song
and I threw them back

.............................................

heard
from out of the dark
his voice tore the night in two
ragged hole of fear

(I never saw him
I have no idea who he was
why he was yelling
why he was running
it ended with a sound
like a shot)
....................................