Dearest night,  I wish I had more time For your lulls of quiet  Between gentle thunder And the last drips of rain   Stars peek over the arms Of the tree of shadows Frogs honk in the distance, Beginning a chorus in  Response A croaking crescendo And a sudden stop. Then the crickets chirp The voices of night.   Mind numb, I drag myself to bed Wishing for more time Even as I close my eyes And perish for the night

I tilt my face toward the sky And welcome the rain Let it pour over the rage Sticking to my skin It pounds with my pulse, Wars outside and in Bathes me in the ferocity of  Storms   Blinding Deafening Obliterating   The drops slow to nothing Winds fall from the sky Both folding back To allow her forward   And I know her   Beauty glows inside my skin Warms my body, My eroded heart, Bloats me with purity Leaves me purged of...

It’s quiet.The dogs,My lover,My son, Appliances,Weather…Mute.Nothing,Save for crickets and frogs,The symphonyOf the subtropics.I bask in the rarity,Feel my soul sing.For when it’s quiet,When I am nothingTo anyone,I am free.

Break this down  Particle by particle Compare the matter To the grand scheme And blow it away To wherever dust twirls In a snowglobe of memories Like how my mouth brushed Your rough cheek, Or the satin of your lips, My fingers running through That crop of soft hair And over your smooth skin Blink. See the moments  Where the sun Caught the stars Burning in your eyes, Licking gold over The flip of your lashes As your crooke...

I wait For the sun to burn away the clouds In the roaring winds of the morning I watch Orange topped stalks shudder High branches shot down in their chase to the sky Everything here Moves without moving As do I Beyond barred windows Crisped by sunlight And shaken in chilly gusts, I melt into the mountain

Your fingers close around one of mine That mouth opens in a drooling, toothless smile The tone of your cries like words I decipher on instinct Redress your stained, sodden onesies After dinner Smiling at your happy gurgle As you grab your kicking toes I watch you grow Pull yourself up and scream Beat on surfaces. Your first plodding steps Before you wobble and plop Back onto your diaper and giggle. I cheer at your first a...