Cloud boats
adrift dark sky,
crystal stars,
we lie awake at night
enamoured
by dreamless sleep,
surrendered
to love's kiss,
lost
in the moment.

Food for thought, the school
is torn down, McDonald’s
took its

place, and the old man
living in the corner
house

masturbated on his  front
porch until the police
stopped him

is decades dead, I don’t
remember his name

but the poor as horse meat
children who attended
class with me

I see like clean
glass.

Piano keys
the night fills with
sweet melodies

a pool of stars
I bathe my body
in the waves of light

peace makes me her home

dear heart
be patient with me as I learn
to love myself
a little more each day
take better care of you

moonbeams floating

in the deep dark of my despair

there's someone who cares

Depression was a trapped door. I fell unknowlingly, unwillingly, caught beneath its shadow. But you can only cage the light for but so long.

Fireflies
of sky
midnight
tempests
tempting
the mind
to find
escape
of darkest night
a place
of solace
peace
from chaos
soft lullaby
of dream