riding

riding the train while writing the simultaneous movement of fingers  hunting and pecking  words on the phone no writing pad candlelight quills dipped in ink nothing fancy about this writing desk or station no artsy cafe ambiance no comfy chair the incantation comes from the glow of the screen  through smeared vaguely transparent windows city…

time when it moves 

as if memory could call into another time tap in so deeply  so as  to reveal the moment in a vastly new light as if time travel  was possible  simply from listening to music transported  on a journey  or sometimes stationary  the world seems to be compressed in the moment of pause as if pause…

song about a heavenly gift

From the heavens Fire blossom Raining down joy Raining down care Telling us that some of the simplest, sweetest things are within Within the heart  A great beating  The type that grows louder when it is being stifled The type that will sound to you clearly as  You move forward Forward direction Never deterring  Not…