Daddy, daddy, look the tooth fairy came and he left me two whole dollars!

Wow wee, what are you going to spend with it? Maybe you could buy a book or something that you won’t grow out of.

Daddy, daddy, oh please come and watch me play on the monkey bars!

I’m right here darling, I’m watching you now.

Daddy, daddy, let’s go collect seashells on the beach, you have to remember to bring the bag...

A light breath in the morning air,

The timid sun touches the path,

A golden glow that dances for a moment,

Then fades, discreet, in the wind.

The bursts of laughter of an ephemeral day,

Like bubbles rising in the ether,

We reach out, but it's already gone,

A sweet memory that we want to keep.

This fleeting moment, fragile and serene,

Flies away, leaving an uncertain perfume,

But in the heart, it...

They say to do it for the hell of it

But forget about the Heaven

Of the moments in between

After

The laughter, the rosy red blemish

The lean on the shoulder,

The slight nudge to get closer

Moments captured in rafters

Raptured by laughter

Ravaged by

And wrapped in

A pristine melody, a song

Of memories to be

Stripped down to

Naked humanity

Not of savage depravity

But where dreams begin to ...

Every time I go outside I always hope to see known faces from the past in the crowd

I look around for familiar cars that you could step out of

And today I saw one of those faces at the grocery store

I was hoping you would look up to me and see my face

Maybe even start up a conversation

However you didn’t

And I didn’t have the guts to come up to you

I convince myself that I’ll see you soon...

August comes, and the wound passes.

Slow.

Thick and bitter, I choke it back.

I choke, I choke, I choke.

It suffocates;

I watch it settle.

Mesmerized, I watch you leave.

Tire tracks in the driveway

your coat still hangs on my door.

Ink on pages, I stain my fingers.

Scarlet on my hands

a book, discarded.

Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, Canis Minor.

Constellations the only witness

of my decay...

There she was in white,

dancing with demons

in the night.

The moonlight kissed her in darkness.

Embraced by both dark and light.

As I stood there and watched them move in synchronized moving parts.

With a smile on her face.

The delicacy that is happiness.

Her beauty, I just wanted a taste.

It could be fate we would meet again.

But nothing is promised in such a dark place. Empty voids and em...

Braille skin, from wet wind

Exposing hairs as if they're fleeting

Noticing a skip in rhythm, in your heart, as it's beating

Stomach lifting like a railroad track's presence noticed speeding

And you catch up to each breath let out, while gravity is leaving

Hold on or let go? scared to death, and tired of grieving

Can't control the unknown, so to float, may show weakness

Let's forget about our bones...

i’m climbing up, up a tree,

reaching for a sky far beyond,

but oh- my foot catches, i fall,

i hit the ground-

wake up!

wake up, they say,

with wet noses and eager paws,

there’s a ladybug in front of my eyes,

and spring flowers in the air,

wake up, it’s time to go!

and I do, I wake, I go, away

I run far and I run free

through trees and forests, through lakes and sky

wings of birds on my back and ...

One long night

New to love, the smell of your hat had me in a trance.

Walking those cold streets. Meeting in front of the keys night after night to be with you just one more time, a once nostalgic memory.

Making footprints in the snow, comparing our feet.

Cracking yourself open with stories of your life, good and bad.

Dreaming of not only our life but a routine.

Those little moments that made ...

A fleeting moment, swift and bright,

Like a shooting star in the sky's delight.

Capture its wonder, hold it tight,

For in its brevity, true beauty takes flight....