The trip of a lifetime in honor of the captainwho mustered the crew and resigned. Not from defeat but from dutyto some unopposable divine.That same random rulerdelays the queen’s arrival,another crisis-clotted convergence ~ yet the ship adapts before rivers collapseto release them from hellish penance. Her majesty’s maidens embark.
coincidence
weightless wonder
Does an easy life exist?If it did, would it be livable?Would it be worththe wait for wonder?Or is there any waitwhen sorrow’s weight burdens lighter?Would it be forgivableto wish for wanting less?Tested to tatters,we cast unanswerable stonesat a manmade mountain, begging for mercy magic enoughto move the crowned mighty.
return and receive
Butterflies boundto the arrival of anotherin flight and fantasy, toconnect across the continent.Four wheels of furyweaving through adisco lit highway,grinding to the beatof orange cones in abandoned work zones.The chorus of homea cherished refrainhalts the hustleas wings spread to receive precious cargo.
merry melodies
West coast winter soak —green overnight, pastures bloom rainbows wrap gray skies ~Second year, countingnew traditions become old Christmas lobsters slap ~Lightstrung pine star crowned,silver baubles bounce and sway ~ merry melodies
found in translation
In a language neither of us speak we try to articulate the delays and dreams our hearts endure, translating the ineffableelation that coaxed usinto each other’s arms.The improbability of our unionbinds us to the possibility of some forever.
deciduously
Yellow ginkgo leaves cling to branches as they bid farewell to the life in their limbs extended to the heavens and out, rooted and reaching for their neighbors. The separation layer holds them together until the freeze snaps time into place, and we fall. To do what daunts humbly, to hold what happens softly, to … Continue reading deciduously
coastward
Eyes alight before the dawn, from wheels to wings — again I’m gone. Across the country, delayed but undaunted, arriving optimistic and severely exhausted — I sink sweetly into sea glass and brawn.
gratitude swells
Cleansed and covered overhead by waves of wonderunder cold summer skies;the Pacific pacifies wavering hearts.Gratitude for the wild seasliving within us andsummoning us together ~tides coincide on the foam lined shore. Thank you for reading! Forever grateful for the time you spend here.
the place
home is the place you feel you’ve always been ~ even when you return amidst the journey — where the hawks and sagebrush greet you with a wing and a waft ~ settling you into that singular serenity.
tending
Seats unsat at a bar Friday-full ~ who sits, who stands settled by the tender’s cull.
Species of Value 