forward momentum 

i have a beat inside my own internal rhythm that keeps it going keeps the pace  keep going repetitious overflow  it cycles back heartbeat tells me where to go tells me when to go this rhythm gives style and it’s like breathing  i go fast and i can stand still and go fast it can…

the edge

i’m trying to choose between depression and inspiration i’m at the edge of restrained anger hot eyes that quiver i slow my breath i see how little i need hours go by and i’m numb i go though the motions until i realize that i am dizzy i take steps that waiver i try to…

nonfiction fantasy

there’s a point where the fiction and nonfiction begin to blur cross over  into something  unreal real stories and words  that you can’t make you they make up a devisive narrative  confusing twisting contorting facts looking in the mirror doesn’t seem like such a farse now reflection is that what it is? the confusion is…

bug walk

a little bug walking up the curve of a leaf blade of green pointed into the sky little bug keeps on scuttling up still climbing  legs connecting like its walking in space this one’s upside down on the leaf and it looks normal but to walk on the leaf it’s like walking on the moon…

ripples across the water

clear pool of water that you dip your face into ripples across the surface eyes closed bubbles from the nose brush across the face  through the hair until emerging  letting water drain  before opening your eyes droplets continue ripples rebounding creating endless circles out

cloud of rain

cloud of rain drifts past city lights and then onward to home where the hills turn green

fruit

the fruit the seeds the juice  deep dark red magenta clears the blood and cobwebs from the mind skin begins to glow again come alive golden radiance like the sun eyes become sharper see like an eagle clear again  able to breathe again easily

thank you to the earth

i give thanks to the earth for giving us what we need for giving us shelter, food, and water for giving us beauty and inspiration  thank you for trees that help us breathe  song birds for all the animals and plants that spring up from the earth  thank you for the sun above and the…

past the horizon 

there’s a knack to knowing where you’ve been but how far back could you see? could you see past the distant horizon? would you remember when you turned a different way for fun for the wind and sun for anytime would you know which way to go if it was dark? if the world was…

words of transformation

powerful thoughts spinning in the minds  until they reach the mouth the hands  they form words that shape they move they transform they take all that bile and hatred they take it and squeeze it out into something else different  the words that become action become power become the force that this sticky goo cannot…