To Feel Beneath
With neither rhyme nor reason, Barker awoke. Pitiable attempts to will himself back to sleep met stiff resistence from something deeper, more primal. A huff…
Moon Escape
Hanging in the open, the Moon coughed and didn’t turn her head. How disgusting I am, she thought, as the mist settled over the world. _Maybe they’ll just…
Tacit Conversation
Fireflies put on a furtive show at the far end of the pond. For Devon they remained as muted and unseen as the stars above. The sky of his youth, a great humid…
Everlake
Stars turned overhead. I had been spending the weekend at my Grandfather’s cabin in Nova Scotia, and he had agreed that my brothers and I could spend the night…
Stars versus Darkness
Somebody said between breaths...”We’re Navy, son...We don’t die...We just get one last...permanent change of duty station.” A few guys chuckled, palid attempts…
I'm Having A Moment
I will never be able to comprehend the complexity of the night sky, or what goes on in my brain when I sit in my parked car and inhale, sparked flint stinging…
Space
I often find the word space humorous, because after all, we are all in space. There is a space between this chair here and that door. There is space for more…
Lost in the Twilight
Dear Sun, I look for you everyday. I can only find you every once in a while. When I hang around in the morning... it’s like a “morning after.” But after what…
Stars
Quietly shift amongst the stars, brittle enamel creaking soundlessly. Hundreds of little metal eyes quest for sights in their brass sockets, gazing out at…
Summer Memories
As I stumbled home last night, drunkenly I might add, I stopped and stared at the sky. The clouds had dispersed and the night sky spread out before me, waiting…
Light Pollution
Street lamps shaped like teardrops line the sidewalks, glowing ominously in the brisk night. Too bad about the stars, though. I can barely make out the usual…
One Year Later
I remember this scene all too well. You and I sprawled atop my uncle’s deck, the murky lake water ebbing and flowing far below us. I waited with baited breath…
The Canticle Of Nonsense
Shamelessly, I stripped down to my birthday suit, ready to take the leap into the murky and unknown waters of the lake. My steps were hesitant as I squished…
Moonrise. Sunset.
Sometimes, I wish the roof would tear off and a black hole would suck me into space. I hear it’s quite peaceful up there, or it can be, anyways, with the right…
Untitled Poem #8
You and I always travel under the cover of night, letting the midnight winds caress our skin that, just hours ago, baked in the sweltering sun. We roll the…
Wishing On Planes. Hoping For Miracles.
It caught us by surprise, really. Reeled us in and even though you swore otherwise, you ran right to it, tearing your blindfold off in the process. A fool, you…
In The Wrong Moment
It’s late. Nobody knows where I am. My eyes drift this way and that, the focus shifting between the imperfections of the windshield and the infinitely distant…
Twenty-twelve;part two.
He looked up at the stars, apparently in deep thought. Then he smiled and put his arm around me. “For a girl, you’re pretty alright.” I tried to fight back my…
In The Middle Of Nowhere
Out here in the endless stretch of cornfields (which, by the way, I do not like) I watch the stars blink on, one by one, until the whole sky lights up like a…
The Fault, The Blame, The In Between
His contorted faces plague my sleeping eyes. There is one for each season, there is one for each disguise. But no, he is not the reason why. Although…