i pass a house on my walk so quaint and full of bliss i wonder if asleep inside princesses await love’s true kiss outside, i spy a baby’s bed where purple flowers bloom enchanted place for fairy play a magical bedroom as a child, i built them homes nestled under groves of trees from moss, …

sprinkler spraying waterlogged grass pounded by rain from the night before the day stays dark like perpetual dusk and the trees sink a little with soggy leaves all is a little bit blacker today as we brace for more remnants of the passing storm 4.4.17

my mind is filled with quiet today the words refused to dance like a well too dry to fill your cup so patient, you wait for rain i’m at the mercy of silent thoughts until the dance begins again 4.3.17

hopes wrap around me like climbing grape vines i bite their sweet fruit as they intertwine when finally i’m bound up in my desire i come to realize i’ve been undermined 4.2.17

hush i say to the rumble inside me, hundreds of horses waiting to run rest awhile under tall shade trees, counting the clouds as they pass me by i’ve lingered when searching for angels, white knights, dark princes, too long i have strayed i summon the strength to continue pressing my dreams between pages of …