I see her in my dreams
One day I'll sleep forever —
I can't wait

stepping stones for words
across the waters you venture

into the beyond you disappear
to re-emerge the other-side of tomorrow.

steel blue, a racing tide
waters disappearing
over the horizon.

She smiled;

I knew it was a mask.

only things true
are love and death
and loveless people don't die
they simply disappear

Waves in handmade glass
in old peeling wooden panes —
Ripples on the pond.

As the ink grows a tad eager,
the heart beats a little faster.
To free the catch in my throat,
is a folly that I never could learn.
And this fire in my being that has my tongue...
forever could burn.

No matter how hard I try
My heart remains
the unsolvable
rubiks cube

solitude in constant bloom
flowers dripping from boughs
-fruit succulent swelled sweetness
the oasis within Winters chill.

Rushing steps halt cold,
Crimson glare demands patience—
Time drips through still air.