Silent but deadly,
the judgment of eyes
One look as your warning,
intensity cries

When meant for you only,
all others to miss
The glare in the staring
—unholiest tryst

(Wind River Canyon Wyoming: September, 2021)

Do you draw on the facts
or color with bias
Blurring the truth
—your head in the sand

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

Are your words personal or objective,
that great divide

The second has all the letters present
…except ‘I’

(Dreamsleep: September, 2021)

To write and wander
among the spires

Her mystery ancient,
each look inspired

The sand the measure
of all between

What’s in my soul
—and unforeseen

(Monument Valley Utah: September, 2021)

Stepping out from under its shadow,
basking in the light

Morning returns what yesterday stole
—memory taking flight

(Kayenta Arizona: September, 2021)

Fire burns hottest
that burns below
Centuries rage
heartache’s grow
The coldest cold
blows just above
A gripping blizzard
—wrath ungloved


(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

The older I get
the lesser the pain
the gentler the words
—a healing refrain

The older I get
the sweeter the song
as memory protects
—myself to belong

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)