I travel sleepless
Walking as though in a dream
Around the hillside
Past the old paddock and fence
And deep into memory
Tag: Tanka
on emerald shores
on emerald shores
they walked their unmeasured steps
silently searching
but wherever all they looked
they saw only past mistakes
To share is human:
pariah
outcast sky and bruise
upon the weight of autumn
stabbing through gray feet
wanting only the last rain
to wash away shame’s echoes
To share is human:
the woman i thought i knew
looking back upon
the woman I thought I knew –
now, the secret storm
pours in around the edges
her hidden sorrowing seas
(“the woman i thought i knew” – 7-5-2015)
To share is human:
My Desk Photos
Just who is that man?
He inhabits my photos
Seemingly happy.
Doesn’t he know that he has
The weight of a world on him?
To share is human:
Sky-touched
We sky-touched; dancing
Celebrants of the old way
Music of learning,
Discovering new secrets
Broken, repaired, and purchased
To share is human:
Long Night’s Drive
He drove the whole night
Through waves of numbing fatigue
To see her home safe
So tired and so lonely
But worth all of it for her
