Aurora Award Nominated Author
When we met, I knew that you had lived a life beyond my understanding. There was a wisdom in your eyes and time immaterial moved within. When you spoke to me, it was with the voice of authority, assurance and knowledge. There came a… Continue Reading “An Ocean of Time – A Poem”
I used to count everything. It gave me control, brought me a kind of peace in a world where I had no control at all. The numbers would spill over into everything. I began to count fruit, clothes, shoes, pennies, words, books, vegetables, rings,… Continue Reading “Counting – A Poem”
* For Karine Word can’t express what you have done for me. Even when we are far apart, you have been this this pillar of strength for me, a shining light that can through the shadows that life brings. Even when time passes between… Continue Reading “Held Together – A Poem”
This poem is for Sharon who is wonderous! You are made of stars. There is a music that sings every time you enter a room. I’ve come to think of it as the music stars make when they are given an earthly form. You… Continue Reading “Star Light Magic – A Poem”
Then, I was lost within myself, surrounded by the dark, trees and forest pressing in against me as I looked for a way out, a way through the veil of constant sadness and fear that I carried within me. When the doctor gave the… Continue Reading “Then, Also, After, Now – A Poem”