Curtains

White lace rustles, waves,
through open bays, a token
of winter's slumber

Cedar Ridge Preserve

Nearby, traffic hums
Nestled in cedar forest
Dreams of dragonflies

Nature's kindling

slender trunks shedding
their winter's woody layers
upon soft sable earth

Monday

A crisp clear dawning
dark tea steaming from a thick
black mug, a slow start

Big Springs Trail

Atop a ridge: East,
Green hills slope to water's edge
West, bay bridges span

A light yet shines

Her critical eye
peers through a glass, darkly, yet
sees love, life, laughter

Loss

a mother found, lost
a lover's promise, broken
a chosen path, stumbled

Twice comforted

A scar reopened,
tender, compressed by healing
hands in love's embrace.

Yesterday

Sunday, blue sky blues
Limbs entwined, whispers of love
Backyard promises

Today

Crimson leaf falling
Softly, gently, letting go of
a summer of growth

Tomorrow

Precious bud, peeks through
fertile soil, nourished by ruins
of seasons gone by

Nantahala II

still surface broken
by a flick of a fishtail,
gobbling breakfast gnats

Nantahala I

rushing waters, swirl
past a throng of boulders, slick
with yesterday's algae

Texture

unshaven cheek rubs
kitten's tongue on fingertips
coins in pants pocket

In The Wild

A dusk sonata --
Its fallen prey still, warm, grand
Nearby, striped hunter breathes

One Word

To have a fresh start
embrace a future of hope
he said one word -- Yes

       ~~~

To escape a life
of pain and degradation
she said one word -- No

       ~~~

To build a world where
one plus one can equal one
they said one word -- Love

Live Water

dark murky depths crush
ocean brine puckers and stings
sightless creatures thrive

Listening

sanguine currents rush
over a back beat tempo --
carmen corpus

Raindrops

Under woolly grey skies
sparkling diamonds fall swiftly
on to a green felt earth

Smoke

Languid spirals drift up
blessed sage cleansing us all
bittersweet comforts