Gather, Children the ghosts of years long passed have come to bear witness to the tragedy in Manchester those who’ve been struck from the earth when hate and fear and anger took them in war, and famine, and with fear’s iron hand now stand side by side in a silent Reveille Gather, Children and […]
That place on the edge of forever (poem)
God if I could live next to the ocean, and the woods, if I could hear the roar of the waves and the howl of the wind, if I could stand on a rock that jutted out into the sea, and feel the spray on my face, then I would be happy. If I could […]
Let me (Poem)
Let me hold myself still in my well of sorrows in my wellspring of joy let me armour my heart with both pain and rapturous ecstasy and although the wind tear at my clothes and the tide threatens to wash me away let me stand firm, rooted in who I am with the miles I’ve […]
Mother Mary (Poem)
(Photo by Alina Sofia) Mother, My consciousness wanders in the cool of the evening When the sound of the air conditioning unit hums it’s perpetual song After the rains have swept heaven free of sticky summer air A Marlboro red burns between my fingers as I linger in my chair The smoke climbing blue grey […]