612

  Each time the phone rings Each “612” area code Sends panic down my spine White knuckles my constant way Burning me cold as ice...

Ambrosia for Her Soul

She breathes in the fantasies Living through adventures born From her daughter’s world   Holding tight desperately seeking A life she would never know She...

Waiting

Sitting silently waiting Disinfectant fills the air A cave incrusted With antiseptic walls Waits for the moment When fear subsides Between heartbeats The constant sound...

Mom

She stands tall Wheelchair locked behind glass doors Hands cover her mouth As if the bite of Minnesota Had chilled her to the bone But...

A Case For Mernagis

What do you think friends?  Is this fragment worth expanding into a full story?…Did I tickle your desire for more?   Sorrow filled my soul...

For Leela

You were my touchstone My cherished friend Every moment with you a blessing Every conversation a learning Knowing you was knowing myself And knowing myself...

Sacred Circle

They sit in sacred circle embracing Legs crossed, eyes closed Silence beaconing power Every nest filled with eggs Their seats uniquely press Emergent power now...

Soured Fragments

You dangled a treasure map Replacing understanding with confusion Sweetening a story That offered a mythic truth Filled with purpose I poured my soul open...

Dancing the Silence

Beyond reason Beyond time My belly ripe with the season Echoing a now lost understanding Curious and wanting I waited for you As moments beckoned...

The Breath

My Essence I have given over to the earth   My Creation I have given over to the blood   My Power I have given...