Turtles in the Rain

Herds of turtles totter in the twisting rain. Hiding from the sky’s sad tears under deployable cloth shells. They mumble and bumble in the cold mist, avoiding accidental trysts with bumps and grumbles. So the turtles go their lonely way, huddled in their bundles, stumping through the rain. Even when the sky clears and the…

Unwritten

Heads of poems and tails of words Nouns, prepositions, and adverbs All lying lonely in the lurch Left there on their tepid perch I gave them beginnings but no more A half written and moth eaten score The melody rises but never falls I wish I had the wherewithal To finish what I began to…

Peesistence

There he stands, the persistent man Where others come and go in droves He endures with a faith so pure His eyes spare not a passing glance Where others lean, he holds his stance Many who come do wiggle and shake But not this man, he does not quake He will remain despite the strain…

Just a Child

Sometimes you can still see it. In the scars that show when he wears a tank top. In the brash cries for attention when he rides his bike into the middle of the circle. In the angry eyes when he is yelled at. In the punches thrown when you try to restrain his wrists. But…

Sixty Days of Sorry

While the concept of humility is fairly simple to grasp, in reality it is like holding a cactus. This summer I went on a mission trip to Nicaragua. There I worked at an orphanage on the heavenly island of Ometepe. I was there with my team for 60 days, and each and every day, I…

Supplement

Every ship needs a tether To hold it in the rain Each melody sings for harmony To sweeten the lonely strain The soaring kite longs for a child’s fist To hold its nylon knot An anchor to the old, firm Earth To keep from drifting off It seems for every Yin in life There must…

Free As A Bird

You tell me I am free Free to say when the fire dies Free to leave when the door blows open Winter’s cold and heartless wind beckoning I am free to fly like a crow after a meal Belly full of rotting carrion If I am free to go, I am also free to stay…

BS

Bullshit boomerangs Will always return to roost In their owner’s hands

Juggling

Balls of different shapes and sizes All owned by different people A marble is dropped and shatters The sound splintering in my ears With the vehement screams of its owner While above me entire planets spin through the air

Memories

I sit here simply wondering Where all the time has gone Hours flushed while in the john Seconds spent on wandering Someday I’ll see them in my hair Colored with that natural dye Every morning I comb in time Waiting for seconds to silver there Maybe they will even turn to gold After years have…

True

If I came to you on my knees Could you possibly forgive me? If I beg and if I plead Would I receive mercy? I will not apologize Not with puffed up, teary eyes I will not run nor will I hide From the words that boiled deep inside I can never rescind the truth…

One Red Rose

A single flower is a lonely thing When found on a bush’s branch Buds bloom together in stinging spring weather But this bright face shines out alone Small birds have company out on the wing But with one the hawk circles the ranch A master of air who’d have not a care If only a…