When the Last Leaf Falls

When the Last Leaf Falls

When all my labored breaths pause and cease, Every last leaf has quivered and fallen, My gray eyes seem lackluster and sunken, And my shriveled skin is numb to the tingling breeze, Will my soul experience endless peace? Once my body withers will I be forgotten? As I...
Surreal Sonata

Surreal Sonata

Twilight conjured images of thee, Sprinkling stardust you fondly held me, We waltzed in a realm otherworldly,  ‘Midst moon, stars, swirling with ecstacy,  Ah! Your eyes seemed like an endless sea, Far from the mortal world we soared free, Alas! The sojourn...
Dance of the Fireflies

Dance of the Fireflies

‘neath the celestial sky To fireflies I whisper, They hum our songs with yearnings soft and spur our souls.   Like golden confetti  they gyrate lost in trance, They hover until twilight ‘midst the willows tall.   Bashful stars shy away  screening...