My Poetry

I Will Evaporate I will lose all semblance evaporate into clouds billow through the skies weep down into the oceans I will surf their tides. I will ride dolphin tails attend concerts of whales sunbathe on top of seas rise on golden rays travel with the wind for days I will crystallize. I will sprinkle as jeweled beads of dew sink into soil; filter through... Flow within aquifers transpire with trees rest on their tender leaves. I will spill over Niagara for fun greet the morning sun refract its spectrum. I will feel the tickle of a water bug cradle salamander eggs creep up the stems water of lilies be a drink for bumble bees. I will winter on mountains melt with the springs help deserts bloom visit jungle, rain forest and beach. Minute, millennium second and century will all be the same to me. I will dissipate I will condense I will run with salmon dance with thunder rock with hurricanes roll with waves soar to the heavens swim through seas swirl with tornadoes sail on the breeze. ____

  Full Circle When you left I didn't eat  or sleep  for nine days.  I just curled-up on the floor and cried to Air Supply. If it wasn't for our boys I would have stayed there.   When I see you now it still feels natural  to reach for you. I catch myself just before I rest my hand on your shoulder or your thigh... "You played me like a harp" or "you read me like braille"  are both cliché and we were never trite. We were a wild horse stampede.    The thought of never holding you again  puts me in the fetal position pillow hugged to my chest.   My mind spirals  through old conversations  looking for answers but when I reach for moments past the colors  they bleed and run.   I know,  I'm repeating myself again but, I'm tired and you're leading me in circles.    Not all circles are round- like the string of chance  that brought us together, or  these sinuous threads of arteries and veins pulsing  to and from the heart  you gave back to me.    I finall