that pulse,
pulsing,
in and out,
breath picked apart
like a rabbit on hissing
pavement.
like fig leaves in the
wind.

I see why
punctuation
is
meaningless

~
Holy smoke!

This is a drag.

Nevertheless,
I've come to depend upon it.
~

If you will wait and stay silent

  a moment will visit you and speak:

  your life is a miracle, not an accident-

  live, create, rejoice, celebrate, aim for the peak!

613 200 Hours
25 550 Days
13 Cars
11 Jobs
9 Dogs
6 Surgeries
5 Children
4 Grandchildren
3 Marriages
2 Siblings
1 Weary soul.
No regrets.

You are my North
You are my South
But suddenly I feels very lost
Had I followed the wrong direction?
But I always followed my heart
I trust both, my heart and you

I met a woman
brutal in her mercy.

Her embrace was a clinch
to prevent hard blows.
She pulled me close to push me away.
Seeing my nakedness
she leant me a dream
of chainmail and shield.
Taking love from me she gave a reprieve
to a mind resigned to the slow death of feeling.

Ignoring my words she heard
my faint silent heartbeat and
understood that it was music
too quiet for the world to hear
and turned it up louder
than I could stand.
I wept in my deafness
as she danced.