The Write Time

What do I doWith lingering shadowsPages of my past I don’t mean toEven open the bookYet I find myself looking back Unresolved issuesPainful memoriesI suppose we all have some Thinking to ourselvesIf I could only go backI’d change the outcome Wisdom only grows with timeAs our experience growsHave I changed at all? Perhaps I should…

Everyone looks at meAnd thinks I’m quite absurd.I have such beautiful wingsBut I’m an airsick bird. Yup. I’ve always been this waySince I first left the nest.I never could fly wild and free.I’m not like all the rest. I would try with all my mightTo get up off the ground.Flapping and rising in the airI…

The full moon is up in the skywhere did all the stars go?Are they hiding somewhereBehind a cloud?The  moon is bright in my backyarddid it chase the stars away?Perhaps a celestial game of hide and seekis being played tonight.I wander outside many timesWhen all is dark aboveExcept for a star hung in its placeWhich I…

I was looking out my window todayOver my backyard.For days and nights the temperatureHad been in single digits.No precipitation: no rain or snow.The world was trapped in frozen air.When the sun shone it was beautiful.Our backyard fountain bravely ranThough ice formed down its sides.Today I saw a sight only my eyesCould capture in my mind.If…

Have you ever awakened suddenlyHeart pounding, unable to breatheThe line between dream and reality blurred?You wonder what to thinkWhat to doDo you try to go back to sleep?Do you try to recreate your dream?Do you ever wonder what woke you up?Can you easily return to sleep?What do you do?What do you think?Is there a way…