The words were not malicious that is what gave them their power... the power to bruise, to bloody, to maim beyond reason. Unreasoning hurt delivered by accident, by thoughtlessness, by you. Drowning waves deconstruct my sandcastle self built with care and hope and the wet sludge of a lie believed. Revealing the falseness of hope that I might be enough, be desirable, be one who belongs. But I am who I have always been. Jus...

My body floats on the infinite sea, becomes a part of the water and the sky. This beating heart is filled with blowing shapes of clouds and calling birds. There are no words to tell you where I am..... how much I long for you to be the wild and pulsing sea, to be a part of me as I flow in and out of your mind and body. Your voice calls to me and draws me toward the shore where you wait. You think I need rescue but what I...

broken shells lie like so much flotsam on the morning beach, the remnants of small livesseemingly lost...seemingly insignificant...the truth is they are still life,just different now.they have been emptied by other sea lifeand left to drift,to collide with one anotherin the currents of a storm....or simply in the surf.today they provide broken beauty.the next high tide will move them to a new home, will take them to balmy...

“The play is the thing!” and there we were. Lights dim. The orchestra being itself. The actors being someone entirely different. All was as it should be. The moment was perfect. A mini-vacation.... the first outing since the funeral. Nearly grown children sitting one on either side of me. The Godspell of Stephen Schwartz provided laughter along with quiet moments. Then it began... “Day by day, day by day, oh dear Lord, th...

Today we sat in the sun together. You took my hand and twined your fingers in mine. Suddenly your hand was the center of my universe. Lifting it to my face, I kissed your palm, my tongue trailing along your life line leaving moisture there. Your fingers moved to my mouth as if by magic. I sucked each one. The taste of our life together made me smile. Your soul patch invited my mouth so I kissed it Your mouth curved. I loo...