hush
she asks me for patience but my heart races and pounds beneath my chest. to my recollection i have waited centuries —...
ocean rain
dark gray clouds thunder east and threaten to drench me in relentless waves of ice cold rain. it’s been four years since...
Seahorse Diner, 7:53 am
An empty bone-white beach glistens under a pale December sun. Midwestern snowbirds crowd my favorite diner overlooking the bay. Through an open...
lost in martinique
through open balcony doors late afternoon breezes heavy with the scent of oleander brush against my cheek. church bells toll, their dull...
blue lotus
let me bathe your naked body with dew harvested from the blue lotus. let my thumb gently wipe away each tear which...
drop by drop
i. last night she flooded my dreams coming through in waves of rose water poured over pale skin, leaving me breathless. ii...
jagged edges
the jagged edges of her story and my past fit together like bits of broken mirror nearly made whole, and held in...
back to black
she sang to me (and to more than only me), her voice hitting notes reserved for gods (or in dreams). and those...