the moon is cut
perfectly in half
my only companions are the crickets
and they hesitate
when they hear my footsteps
Tag: gogyohka
a long time ago (20160710)
my pulse dances in your veins
no small victory for me
knowing that i once moved you to wonder
to see more than obscuring clouds
more than the blinding sun in the sky
mukashimukashi, i saw the heavens part
and though the angels were not visible
i felt their eyes upon me, reducing
my organs to ashes
i hold them out to you now
——
for
the secret keeper
Weekly Writing Prompt #44
MOVE | SMALL | WONDER | DANCE | PART
hawk (20160706)
the hawk lands
on the wall
behind the abandoned
bird feeder
disappointed
never moment (20160702)
between are and am
a never moment sky
a where with me
a when with you
makes a quiet wish
——
clouds and hips (20160630)
you walk away
and i let myself
watch your hips
today this summer sky
has no clouds
——
weltschmerz (20160623)
taking a walk
through the industrial district
near work
is just like
being in paradise
you have the real breeze but
it can’t compare
to the warm wind whipped up
by the giant delivery trucks
and rumbling passenger-less trains
or the sweet scent
of diesel and gas
borne gently
on that wind
like a lily’s fragrance
the ground shakes
with traffic
as if the earth is new
and making itself
ex nihilo, ad infinitum
Words and Feathers 