A Fast Getaway…

A lot of folks looked at me with a cocked brow when I told them I was staying in a tipi for a long weekend of writing. I honestly can’t say that I blame them. Especially when there were cabins on the same property literally a stone’s throw away (for the same price no less) [...]

It’s That Kinda Introspective Day…

… where song lyrics say it all. “For Goodness Sake” By Chuck Ragan Simple backbeats seem to soothe me. If I could hold them, I would. Let’s say, take some rest, as if not wicked. And walk around enjoying silence. A world away, elders gather, Speak thier tongue and hardly falter. With words of bond, [...]

Transferrable Home….

We sat in a silence that comforted. The sounds of paper touched, falling silently… My fingers dance, across the only means at my disposal. Beats float to my ears, while wine floats to our heads. There’s a happiness here that’s absent from “home”. Our kids sleep, as peace floats in. Try as we may. What [...]

Waiting…

We sat in darkness. Our lungs lying damp. Squeezed like lemons… Waiting to fill again. Like your light… Can fill the room. I stared at hands… That weren’t my own. Holding my wrist. Holding my attention. Shackled by the seconds That can fill a lifetime… If only you’d let them. Your smile pacifies… My selfish [...]

A Virtue…

I awoke submerged as we all did back then. In a water balloon contained in walls of flesh. Flowing with thoughts, surrounded by blood and hope 20 digits functional and no sheets to tie. We all dreamed of escape. Or did we? No, we did… we most certainly did. Fed by oxygen that didn’t belong [...]

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