Walking by the wooded creek the fallen leaves and scent of murky water reaches my nose. The carcass of a now lifeless squirrel lays posed as fire ants are eating decaying putrid flesh. Smoke from dried wood and trash offend my nose hairs as harsh chemicals float above my head. The protective smell of the … Continue reading Smell (Fourth in the sense series)
Category: Creation
Skin Still Soft
Wrinkled fingers clasped together to form hands in prayerLooking toward the heavens, she asks Friend, are you there? I've lived a long life she thinks warming herself by the fireI am all that's left; my situation seems so lonely and dire. I am old and tired my Lord she whispers and I'm ready to goMy bones ache in this … Continue reading Skin Still Soft
Chase the Deep
Floating in an ancient bubble of magic water, Shelter frees me from the toxic air outside, Ascending quickly fiery hot fueling forest fires, No stench of noxious fumes can seize me, For Angels pass me by with wings of feathers fair, They know many humans just don't seem to care. Deforestation is unbridled and now … Continue reading Chase the Deep
Hearing (Second in the sense series)
Evocative eight notes of the Barred Owl as he seeks, A female he will partake in a duet with for weeks, In the early fall at dusk, his longing hoot seems to peak. Who cooks for you, who cooks for you is his retold song, As he waits and dreams, a willful female will come … Continue reading Hearing (Second in the sense series)
Sight (First in the sense series)
Two seahorses dance circles around each other, For days the female decides if she will be a mother, If she doesn’t like his dance, she will pick another. The father will carry the eggs until ready in a pouch, Mom will rest her body using a turtle as a couch. Up to two thousand tiny … Continue reading Sight (First in the sense series)
Harm to Once Clear Waters
Subsisting on algae bloom, chara, and tonewort, In the brackish substance which once was clear, My red haired friend moves beneath the waters. Encountering her beauty in the mornings' dawn, Close to the water her tail illuminating all colors, Of the rainbows leading fairies to pots of gold. Speaking to me only when land is … Continue reading Harm to Once Clear Waters
Beautiful Young Pin Cushion
Have you ever sensed it The poisonous sting of another? Piercing clothes, skin, muscle and bones Needles poking, pushing deeply into your eyes Looking away does naught to soothe the tender flesh. Burning bushes of anger deep inside you suddenly awakened Fraught with insecurities laid there deep-rooted by another And intense is the passion of … Continue reading Beautiful Young Pin Cushion
Soup of Phrases
Sounds of the whippoorwill echo back boisterously in tune, Crickets legs moving feverishly to make their constant blues, While greenery throughout the yard is creating divine fall hues. A female Anole eats her drying shedding skin for extra protein, Exquisite is the web of the grand garden spider in the light dew, and easily visible … Continue reading Soup of Phrases
Saved From the Water
Wet sand slowly sinking beneath my weight there is a mugginess to the air it accompanies the endless rays of searing sun so anxious of what powers lay beneath the mystery of the ocean’s layers never grasping how to swim, yet the gravity of the sea calls to me Chilly is the rough briny water … Continue reading Saved From the Water
BALANCE
An abandoned finch nest, now lay silent and empty, once fashioned with love for three peeping chicks. Red and yellow leaves are seen winking, swinging, as they dangle precariously from the old oak trees. Squirrels stockpiling acorns in their wintery holes, and less buzzing of bees while the bats enter torpor. Stripped are the bottom … Continue reading BALANCE
