The rain is here

It came down as a deluge

Flooding our dry land

I ran outside to feel it, taste it, and smell it

Petrichor

Do you remember that word?

It’s one of my favorites.

It’s been so long since I’ve been able to experience it

The earth has been hot

And the contrast of cold, wet sky meeting dry, hot land was intoxicating

He startled me, appearing behind me as I was soaking up the sight

“We ne...

doctor by morning

mother by the afternoon

caring lines my lips...

Some will say imagination took hold of me today.

I heard two voices. No, it was three.

I heard my mind. I heard my soul.

I heard a third outside of me.

All my voices, but the Third was new.

My mind was very quick and abrasive,

My soul took a while to be heard,

But before I could let it speak,

I’d feel a calm and warmth come over me,

and I listened to the Third.

The Third would say, “Look!”

and...

She frolicks and takes up as much space as she wants, she acts out life on a stage as the comedienne and dramatist, she gives into every emotion, and she is mine....

trust is a potted

plant, beautiful when cared for,

but ugly when not...

I’m here because I murdered my husband. I have absolutely no remorse for that man or my actions. He and I, we had our troubles. I coulda gone on much longer if he’d just take it out on me, but he turned on my babies, and, well, I was not havin’ none of that.

I sure do have regrets that I gotta be away from those babies, but I know I protected them. And this place, it sure has made me stronger. T...

And after nine months and 36 hours, there was the most beautiful sound I’d ever heard, but let me try to paint the picture.

Imagine a small, yet persistent breeze at your ears bringing a gentle rain down the twisting muscles of your neck. The cool sensation brightening your senses and alerting you to take action. Have you ever pressed your fingertips ever so lightly to the surface of rippling wa...

A bright moon filled me and I let it move my water like waves on a shore

Back and forth, I swayed in the night, just as we had moved together before.

I watched stars flicker and dance to prove we are not what we seem

One crossed me as it streaked across the sky, and I thought you might wish for me.

Did you know the stars move? They don’t just stay where they are.

I know this, because I watched t...

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,

Isn’t that what you tell yourself?

It must be quite blissful inside that head safely among the clouds,

where thoughts of me and what we’d seen will never touch the ground.

Contented peace in your day to day is what you’ve now achieved,

but in your nights, whiskey-soaked, I bet you dream of me.

You’ll narrate a sated life for yourself and those you dutifully ...

geese fly south for the winter,

moths move toward the light,

bees drink from every bloom,

and coyotes hunt at night

elephants will mourn

orcas will attack

crows will steal your trinkets

and ducks will certainly quack

so, don’t be surprised by

what these animals may do

science has written this as fact

much like how I inevitably need you...