quiet still waiting
dinner burns slowly
sun setting shadows

mindless drifting
wondering why
Is it thursday or friday

what rules apply
shall i run or walk
not one ***** dish

great love shines
he's returning to me
one plate or two

salad making spin
I know what he likes
denial doesn't work

candle burning love
snuffed out heat
two glasses of chianti waiting

tidy room of emotions
unseen circumstance
there's a quarter moon tonight

silent sounds of a scream
heard in a fast flowing fever
there's definitely something out there

trouble hitches a ride
doesn't even ask
how pleasant the sun sets

fondly familiar with the way
getting lost would be a dream
coming to a collateral stop sign

same same
secret sorrow clown
a 1000 smiles open doors

darkened blue eyes
elbow room
packing his fiend
along side

muttering silence
something about freedom
hatchet horror show
something new

mystery unopened
red jewel ****
brilliant ruby shine
entrance telling tales

red light on
bustling bridge to wonderland
knocking knees unconcerned
she always has her way

yes, yes
i understand

no, no
i didn't know that

phrases
i've used

to fill up
spaces

long emptied
of time

Brave heart beating
stronghold of life
keeper of stories

Lie in waiting
The soundless tracking
His heart beats as mine

Truth serum silence
knowing him familiar
his shadow crosses mine

Counting galaxies
existential worries
my wheels alight alone

i must be ever present
one foot hopping
one here one there
half n half
tingling awareness
humbling hiatus
....how does one live

wonder if it's real
this place I call home
where the cosmos create
the tides turn and
the moon is in cahoots
with the cat population

wild wolf howl roars
composure unwraps
conscious our conversation
crawlin' round my belly

a quiet coat of fur
heart warming homecoming
the ease of revolution

dubious dust
hiding horrors
mocking memories
finally finished

Roof top rest
1 thousand stars
Fire truck rescue
awakened

Shoreline safe, tickling salt water teases my lips
the sensation, land locked snug, surrounds the drenched soul

worn out woman revolve, staring the blue sky above
washed ashore, the choice to stay, attached to dry

arid desert journey don't mind the sweat
1 thousand steps strong the thirst is disturbing

crawling slithering snake too quick to scream
big bugs grasp the dripping crave from hunger

Eucalyptus frontier shades the hot from my brow
lone the journey sans the memento of my own

dark returns again my shadowless sight
peers in the outward fire crackling heat

windy night sky holler, too many stories
crashing the committed calm the beating stars  

warm embraceable flame licking light
the turn to go stops 1 less step 2night

quiet cloistered slumber
behind one closed door

the locked outside hollers
cradle rocking roar

a whispered word
his awakening kiss

Raging wind smothers the sound
Words explode in hidden dreams
Bits of leftover appear in random
Walking toward a word

wait a minute
dark says to light
there's not much left

watching the dark
turning to light
yesterday disappears

hoping for more
she smiles and
begins to measure the day

30 years of this and that
tea with cream and sugah please

the dress has changed
the color soft, the
panther walk returns

butchered biscuits sweet jam too
cautious crouch she roams the room
sitting perched a chatty chair
his cage lair fare

framing faces firelight
white glove distance dynamite
sippin heated cognac tea
they just gotta believe

speechless curtains cooling flames
she's easing into her humanity

dust drawn ellipsis sputter crack
his arm he almost reaches out
his meteorific muse starlight shade

conceptual covers commence
subtle surprise he's sittin sidetracked
his design devised,  his
pipe dream purring panther

surround me so my dear
an arms embrace no fear

Slowly comes the heavy lid
thoughts of supine slumber
restless dreams abide me now
leave me peaceful pines my sleepless

two shoes quiet another step stop
touching barefoot ocean shores  
afar the crack of crashing waves
the splash of sea salt sings
Sleep jumps over the moon

hurting to breathe
opened eyes
an old wound
pardoned returns

dreaming sunshine
soothing elixir
backstroke swimming
tranquilize

open seas survivor
floating feelings evacuate
sea salt shake and roll
1,000 stroke communion

turning over and over
nothing much has changed
side stroke view another mile

hidden heart do tell
secret way of wonder
where one way branches

stand on a box corner
and shout believable

hear the sound of
death's last breath
eyes open assault

holding court announce
revolution speaks
a physical language

too poor for peace
hunger watches grumbling
a bed too cold to sleep

with heated threads entwined
clanging heartbeats besiege
the arm's length outside scatters
his inside invitation unlocks

dulcet roaming tiptoes
tumultuous tango treasure
a lover's lift, a balanced swerve
a thousand steamed up sways

liquid strands of quiet breath
stirring steps between
caught carrying commotion
it's a 10 step sociable program

im not so sure he's mine
no collar collaboration and
the leash rattles his secrets

he thrashes and purrs
handing his heart
over to me then
baring his toothy terror

when his hunger arrives
dinner is served
Pink petticoat platter

easy now
saddle worn speak

rain on the wind
drops me here

amber stone earrings
stopover deal

downpour delivery
secret stories flight

rattling rot release
worm chirping ooze

foster a feeling
foreign delight

with last night's red wine ring
the glass exposes black and white
tethered to today's light
evening's chatter echoes near
table top beginnings
oh how the heartbeat slows

from afar I can hear
the words travel long
oozing a trail of sweet

covered in camouflage
no one perceives
rose petal parade

north blowing wind
carries the souls
held in the strongest of arms