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Only a respite,
Sweet interlude
Where we can inhale hope
And exhale soft omissions.
What's the harm
Sweet time-out-of-time
In one last dream
Of..
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My flawed eyes lifted heavenward
Stray to a stain on the pew.
The way home measured beneath my feet
By a legion of crunching oyster shells
And my..
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When mercy freed me from your switchblade smile,
At last I wept the loss that coursed like blood
Unstaunched, to pale all grasp of truth and gui..
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Am I back there somewhereYesterday, all glue sticks and glitter,Gym class and grammar?My grandmother squinting at her fingers,Sewing smiles on ragdoll..
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When in the crystal pool I first beheld
You, angel sweet at rest,
Oh cherub child, my heart was ever yours!
That eve I spun for you
My princeling..
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Shaped like a cross, you stood,
A pantomime invitation to embrace
Before God and all that is good.
Little Scarecrow Woman with a shiny face,
Your ..
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Folding my words
Into a paper airplane,
I dream of cargo holds
Along its college-ruled belly
And perhaps a bomber’s bay
Where one..
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"You're only given a little spark of madness, and if you lose that, you're nothing. Note, from me to you... Don't ever lose that cause it keeps you al..
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If the Earth must have an axis, why not me?
I am inclined in a skyward reach, arcing back,
Letting the soles of my feet extend to her core,
F..
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Upon visiting Carville, the last leprosarium in the U.S. located in Louisiana. At the time of my visit, only a handful of residents remained. It close..
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