Cherry
River
You Saw Me Die
Tell me how you saw me die…
Light and Music
I felt your light, I knew your sound.
Of Joy and Woe, Of Hope and Fear
Of joy and woe, of hope and fear, now in dreams their face appears. The boat that sailed along my…
Butterflies
Butterflies don’t have lips.
They kiss with their long dark eyelashes.
Recede
Thoughts disjointed, scattered, few.
Like leaves in wind, untethered flew.
Old Man Cecil
Old man Cecil, the cat that never died;
he grew a little bit older, but never left my side.
His yellow fur turned…
Violets
Violets bloomed across your skin, “They’re beautiful,” you said,
“Water them with wood and sin, break me like I’m bread.”
Rattling Bones
Scarlet flags and misplaced trust,
Little pills and twilight rust.
Empty sofa, monochrome,
Skeletons dance, rattling bones.
Clementines
Clementines fall from the trees
in your backyard where we collapsed
after working out together.
The first frost of the season injecting its…