On the other side is serenity. I am a tree, growing by rings of the year,losing a branch or twig now and then,being bent and creaked by the wind. But inside, deeply under scratchy bark,my sap flows silently in the darkto every twig and leaf, flower and fruit. It takes time to find serenity’s root.Time […]
Crayons
Smell of waxstrikes nostrils first,before eyes even registerpointed color. Red hogs the eye,fills all the pupil space:Pay attention!Fill me with lipstick kisses! Then yellow, shining cheery,tries to wither the green.Could put my hands in the greengrass wrapped around my toes. Can you tell orange’s not a fav?Skipped it in the rainbow, I did.Never been sure […]
The Muse
Look out! The muse is loose,all a-glitter and a-shake in her mermaid self.One grab and all you’ve got is a handful of scales for your trouble. Listen carefully; what you wantcould be a stray note from her full lips,as she wriggles off to the other shore,singing and laughing merrily off-key. Take that note; that’s all […]