Lakeside
an empty rowboat
tied down to a weathered dock
rocking in the swells
–
salt spray-
the old pier’s
bleached bones
Category Archives: Water
Darkness
heavy evening air-
silhouettes of hunting bats
in the fading light
–
drawn curtains-
low clouds
full of malice
Summer
an old swimming hole-
piles of clothes left abandoned
on the grassy shore
–
a frayed rope swing-
old memories
bittersweet
Futility
in the deep end
endlessly treading water
lest I slip under
–
sand hill cranes-
a bicycle rusts
amid the cattails
Depth
slow rhythmic rocking
as I’m drawn deep into you
my lover the sea
–
crying gulls-
lost in your
cold embrace
Justice
who will stand and speak
when there is such injustice
if not I then who?
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angry seas-
ramshackle rafts
adrift and lifeless
Fungi
turkey tail mushrooms-
beauty found within decay
and reclamation
–
in the dark-
nimble fingers pick
the mushroom harvest
Sailing
plying the trade winds-
seeking safe harbor under
an ocean of sky
–
rolling seas-
sails reefed
before the storm
Temple
a warm summer eve
mists gather in pools that drip
from the temple roof
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temple stairs-
stone dragons
cloaked in moss
Fear
monsters in my head
clamor at the gates of hell
screaming to be let out
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the hiss of rain-
slow scratching
under my bed