Loss
hug your children tight
for tonight there are parents
who won’t get that chance
–
barren trees-
young branches
devoid of leaves
Category Archives: Lost
Homeless
asleep on a bench
the hard rap of a nightstick
startles him awake
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dark rain-
wet newspaper
her only refuge
Glutton
surrounded by wealth
still dissatisfied with the
overabundance
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winter rain-
runnels
overflowing
Slipping Out
walking on eggshells
at the door I stop and turn-
you’re watching me leave
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predawn-
hard and cold
the bedroom floor
Gouache
curling photographs-
remnants of an age gone by
taped to my mirror
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sepia trees-
winter morning’s
gentle light
History
cracks in the pavement
mirrored by the crows feet in
a homeless man’s face
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ruins-
ivy climbs
crumbling walls
Distance
from a different life
the passing of an old friend
rests on my shoulders
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moonrise-
a silver wind
sways the curtains
History
on my mantlepiece
rest all the pieces of you
finally at peace
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love letters-
ashes of
old flames
Transformation
seeking inner peace
yearning to quench the darkness
that burns in my soul
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wildfires-
a cold late
autumn rain
Impotence
by her bedroom door
listening to my daughter
cry herself to sleep
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leafless boughs-
no resistance to
the howling winds