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  • Sometimes I Forget (Poem)

    nothing in this day is mine, nothing ever mine

    I am empty

    could not see this today, too full of self

    falsely disconnected

    everywhere felt strange, everyone a stranger

    forgot to bow in wonder, did not smile in thanks

    all family everywhere, related to me over and over again

    if I could remember to see

    let sadness rest a brief cloud of ignorance, not make it the sky

    I could hold out a hand to you all the ones of you

    open it, give you a heart a flower a bird poised to fly

  • Obituary (Poem)

    he died. he was killed. he killed himself.

    his face so gentle when he gazed towards the world

    steeled in judgement when he turned towards the mirror.

    perhaps. we don’t know for certain, for no one came to tell us

    their hands filled with grief, the overflow of tears

    all we can see is the holes that appeared in our quotidian walk

    smiles not given, kindnesses not done, bits of sparkle and joy gone missing

    mourn if we want and for a time, but better would be

    once we notice a gap, think how to fill it anew

    he left his heart here, I know

    it shines in your eyes my eyes and the eyes of us all

  • If You Ask Me About The Eclipse (Poem)

    did I watch the sun disappear

    I answer no, I danced instead

    I sang to someone who was afraid

    and held her in my arms

    the sun leaves us every night then to return

    a regular fable we tell ourselves

    her life less certain, and so

    I would rather gaze at her to gage her eyes

    love burns much brighter, time so brief

    let others behold the wandering sun