Cemetery
an old church graveyard
dogwood petals salt the ground
o’er the waiting dead
–
grey rain-
tumbled stones
on hallowed ground
Category Archives: Lost
Distance
grey unseeing eyes-
where do you go when you’re gone
far away from here
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fields of lavender-
safe spaces
inside her head
City
a dank feeble breeze-
the rumble of the el train
passing my window
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distant sirens-
my room awash
in a neon glow
Shoah
ashen metal sky-
slowly rolling cattle cars
descend into hell
–
chain link fence-
the walking dead
in black and white
Desert
a whole life reduced
to two dust covered and scuffed
satchels by her feet
–
cold desert night-
the tent offers
poor respite
Missing
the bathroom door locked –
water covers the threshold
soaking the carpet
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echos in the hallway-
your phone goes
straight to voice mail
Payment
one thing is certain-
with the taxes completed
l just wait for death
–
lights dim-
a life’s debt
repaid
Macabre
writing in the dark-
I dip my pen into the
inkwell of the night
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a forest path-
fallen trees
turn to dust
Suicide
clutching thoughts and prayers
while we let those who suffer
slip through our fingers
–
predawn chill-
sleeping children
suddenly fatherless
Drip
rust stained porcelain-
hard metallic drips echo
off the bathroom sink
–
far from sleep-
the dripping faucet
maddening