Boxed

Boxed

It’s time to shift, yet againโ€“to a new house, new city. I sort and pack clothes, books, and wrap the chinaware painstakingly, again and again, just the way I do everytime we shift. My mind knows the drillโ€“like the sequenced dots and dashes of a morse code. And...
Carpe Diem, My Love

Carpe Diem, My Love

  our days seem numbered the fragrant past seems brighter my rusted brain seems too lost   ๐˜ช’๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ   ***   the mourning dove coos i see swarming shadows mock...
Love and the Longing Lament

Love and the Longing Lament

The winter bird sang its last song, with tears my eyes ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ! The wafting fragrance from ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ now falters in ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ!   I’ve counted every last leaf of autumn as it swayed to its skeletal self, In the cups of intoxicating ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข your...
Sleep Sojourns

Sleep Sojourns

  Every night when all the lights cease, The darkness from the days fails to linger, To a dreamland I mirthfully embark, Traversing territories that reality flashed a stop, I lie down in the verdant meadows mellow, Forgetting the ramshackled roof that echoes, I...
My Silent Songs

My Silent Songs

    The sky is enraged and serrated with winged birds of metal ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, The streets yonder are tinged crimson with muted herds ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, With vengeance billows of smoke blow hither-thither ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, The cracked windows converse with the tearing rooftops...