sitting here in the rain I cannot see your wind-wild eyes watching me somehow time stopped long ago only moths and mysteries remember when but now water like a flood pours into my flesh my vision fails and I look out upon rain-beaten worlds twisting and floating down they fall hard to concrete like the [...]
Category Archives: Poetry
Fire Storm
March 3, 2010 – 10:29 am
“Come dance with me,” Enticing currents cry. “Inhale my wind, You shall not surely die!” Intense fire storm; Can sharpened darts prevail? “Behold my flame; Touch not the sin-spiked nail.” Look up, my soul, Hold fast to Kingdom rights. Desire design; Seek peace as folly fights. “Embrace this life,” Temptation sings to sway. Despise, my [...]
Cloud Shroud
March 1, 2010 – 8:27 am
Cloud shroud hovers in down swirling air, Red swarm hissing and kissing the sun, River flood innocent choking despair, Some crying justice, three being one; Black tree drip darkens blood turning pale, Dancing spirit and substance depart, Currents enticing of tormenting gale, Eyes pleading answer, stone beating heart; Time stops violently earth shaking light, Tall [...]
Boys in the Balcony
February 26, 2010 – 9:23 am
They were fighter planes the size of bubble gum wrappers We weren’t supposed to chew gum in church might make us cough and start a chain reaction might fall out in the offering plate What if it popped during “hallowed be…” would that make God angry… “God,” whose name I could trace with my finger [...]
Salvation Army
February 24, 2010 – 3:22 pm
Ring your bells wring your hands fingers cling to splintered wood The handle of the bell fits the crease of your palm like a bookmark in a ragged book Ring your bells wring your hands Who will read your story? (1991)