Mud
dark murky waters
dirt and debris stirred up from
raking the bottom
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cold rain-
a dark past
muddied by truth
Category Archives: Broken
Seas
waiting for the sea-
an ancient mariner mourns
the arriving tide
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bedraggled skies-
limp with rain over
an unkempt sea
Betrayal
in a shadow box
fragments of my broken heart
preserved and on display
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shimmering heat-
pools of water
just out of reach
Sea
offshore thunderstorms-
an old salt returns to the
bosom of the sea
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crimson skies
a funeral boat
adrift and alight
Rot
a fallen cedar
rotting in the undergrowth
turning back to earth
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soft underfoot-
a carpet of
rotting leaves
Commitment
softly he sings-
the workday forgotten as
he tends his bonsai
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an empty bench-
pigeons await
her arrival
Pastels
unexpected rain-
flowing into the gutter
a child’s masterpiece
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mountain and sky-
colors blended
on my canvas
Stoic
shards of broken glass
strewn deeply across my path
yet still I walk on
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moonlit surf-
hatchling turtles
dash for the sea
Chimes
a hot acrid wind
rattles the sand blasted bones
hanging from the trees
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cool lemonade-
wind chimes ring
on the front porch
Depression
moving through aspic
living just outside of time
tired and alone
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persistent rain-
a raven just
beyond the glass