turning teeth, clicking
every movement counted
watching midnight pass

shrimp boats are trolling
tidal waters are rolling
carolina life

Glass slipper sale
Cheap, buy the bakers dozen
Cinderella’s everywhere

His little eyes are looking up your head is down
You can imagine your smile on his innocent face
Your hands clasped together arms around
For that final mom to son most personal embrace

Which is your apple
Shining the brightest, your eye
All, none, don’t know, why?

he of me
how young you be
back then upon my knee
I miss thee

Sitting down, feet up
Fire dancing , early night chill
Peace as embers glow

The sun stays later
warming, frozen barren ground
Prey scurry about

wading the shallows
tempted in diving down deep
bearing all open

A warm hug really says it all..........

that shady spot
beneath your whispy hair
igniting love
those first kiss’s passion
still simmer driving by

Silent chimes clash
Wind weaving through channeled limbs
Close by, thunder claps

dancing down rivers
bounding boulders, skipping stones
as water bugs waltz

those melancholy calls
echo through frozen timber
wherever they fall

It's that hostile place
Where clouds storm the highest peaks
That provide peace here

it's always been you
from first glance to our last kiss
all eternal bliss

as ancient blue ice retreats up the valley floor
new life sprouts between boulders she formed
quenching young life her losses helped forth

simple times
two plus two
elementary

tidal waves recede
howling winds fall, blizzards die
in Eden on earth

Take pliers to my teeth
Rub my wounds in salt
Just never leave again

crisp thin air
summer swelter leaves
fall sweaters

your mesmerizing
smooth shapes shifting, light fading
your shadow in mine

he asked, what I saw
Such beauty, how to describe
my silence, assured

long morning shadows
skirt lapping low tidal waves
dawn sun beach combing

times are bittersweet
my own young ones growing fast
my parents in bed

your silver night’s light
shifting golden in our days
stars and sun combined

I read you like a letter
l
i
a
r
I read you like four letters together
liar
I hate liars!!

I read you like a letter
l
o
v
e
It's a novella, not just four letters
I love you!!!

Which letters do you see in me?

I extend my hand to bring you hope. Only to realize you never believed in such a notion.