It’s bubbling and lifting

up from the soul and shifting

dark weight into something light

to carry, so it’s packed right....

Falling feels like flying until the moment that you land.

Falling slowly let’s you feel cushioned in the dare

that you took with the first dive; understand

it’s masking the speed at which you’re already there.

Falling slowly let’s you feel cushioned in the dare

you made when you partnered with them;

it’s masking the speed at which you’re already there

at the culmination of the hymn

you made when...

Pink rose lying

in a wheel barrel of change,

no angel is there

for a dying child;

happy you lived,

unknowing you died

with no memorial reason,

cut for fading

to make room for more;

let me not cut hope for fading

or blame it for not

being alive now.

Red rose lying

at the feet of hope,

like a terminal child

cut from the root

of self sustaining life,

it is your place to die

beautifully without a...

In the heart of the city, under neon lights,

our paths crossed, igniting endless nights.

Our passion simmered all the long days

as if the sun changed in personal ways,

a friend to lovers whose heartfelt smiles

could light up the city across the miles.

A morning text, a phone call at lunch,

a memory of a touch to give us a hunch

we adored each other more than was known,

as if a mystery stirred ever...

This boat won’t sink,

it’s made of what I think

when I feel you next to me

This boat will float

and as the waves coat

the shore with the sea

Then the tides carries out

the shark and the shout

to let it be, oh let it be

I’m safe and secure,

both wild and demure

grounded yet free...

That’s my swirl leap

across a page, deep

into the question, my peep

into the giants’ dream

in a bit of script

That’s my goldfish,

my bold little swish,

my big golden wish

upon a beige body

of a sure thing...

[Macy]

Though I didn’t tell them I’d been going out,

I meet him every day for two weeks

He is what it’s all about,

And I’m the only one he seeks

[Macy’s Best Friend]

I met him every day for two weeks

In the same class, the new year of school

And I’m the only one he seeks

To talk about Macy; it’s a bit cruel.

[Boyfriend]

In the same class, the new year of school

She likes me, but I only wanted

to...

I go back to a cave in the Kingdom of Shadows, and I camp there in a fortress of cold stone. I am a fool returning from enlightenment just to seek shelter.

“Uri, come join us by the fire,” Blima, an old friend, invites. “Did you find what you were looking for?”

“I found the source of all the world’s light, I think.” I sit down beside her, noticing her wide, skeptical glance.

“We make the light...

He had a huge presence in the room. He ate attention. His smooth tan skin was perfect. People noticed and talked about him as soon as they entered the room. He could laugh without making a sound. It happened when you got near him and he lured you into setting on his lap. He almost swallowed a kid between his arms. He’s just a reclining chair, but we called him Gampy. He was grandpa’s favorite...

Among the first happy flowers

of Spring, these are the hours

I want to feel, I want to know

I want to love, I want to grow

in all the root was meant to be

planted in a land of the free.

Gone is the frozen silence

that never would convince,

I need to love, I need to know

I need to shout, I need to show

the purple passion, yellow win

of a new season deep within....