


Addiction
desperation
for a whole minute
no ringtones
no voices to hear
no texts to read
no one’s answering
somehow
he must at least
try to speak to himself
his fix to satisfy
while his mind
grins and whispers
“Do you hear yourself?
Do you see yourself?”

Imperial Beach Street Art

Farewell, 2020
Her final blink
a blend with nightfall
now another dream
in Time’s family plot
how will Her nursling
prevail
to childhood
to elderhood
thru obscurity forthcoming?
Jade Rest Stop

Canyon Thoughts
I can feel her voice
whispering off granite walls
another epos

Hello… Kitty

Bethlehemtide
perceive one twinkle
in a cumulus night sky?
or thy thoughts
with open sails
listening
as far as can hear th’ ear?
fingertips from hope?
but hope, nonetheless
with glitter to ornament
Heaven’s face
and ours
with reasons to smile
again

Thirst Quenching

First Sight
you spoke
to me
smitten I was
by the scent
of your words
blinding me
speechless
… for a moment
your eyes
reflect’d mine
slowly drown’d
in a thickset fog
… for a moment
my mind
became abstract
a caldron
of turbulent thoughts
then mindless
… for a moment
I was in love
I am in love
forever
at least
… for a moment