Silver Spoor

“Silver Spoor” 👣🕵🏻‍♀️💘🐺🐊🚀 “…Of course we’d look good together 
like a croc’ and a ‘gator 
or something else a wee bit safer…” [full poem on link with translation options] #poetry #wordsalad #relationships #kooky #storytelling #distance #love #wisconsinartist #writing #writingpoetry

Our Returning

Our returning was without hesitancya sweetness tinged the fireburning like love carmelizeda fantasy realizedunconscious effortsof finding another waycloserto the damp and promising earthburied and reflecting in eyesreaching when the ropecouldntbefore it broke in it’s untwistingwe could flyif it meant assistingin our preservationForin our grand silencewe were struckas if seeing shadowsof gods behind us

Done waiting

When distilled, what remains Is what stares back Truth that at one long stretch was diluted and reconstituted With joy at finding Entanglement before knowing Face and name This time Remembered Fuzzy as a webbed and dusty Interpreted painting In forgotten and rediscovered halls.

Fishing Without Hooks

Yes, once he sunk his teeth into her cheek, she could never fish properly again She thought (even at times was told) that she was smartand was still tricked and driven so easilyby her “girlie” heart and empathic pity;by his overwhelming possessively sad hostilityToo many times becoming a poisoned prick times three everywhere raisedwell to … Continue reading Fishing Without Hooks

Stand With Me

because i need you to because you need me too also because we have everything we need and we are in easy control to laugh at speed, space, or time and anything that turns on our dime. this could be love or regret oh shit, now i forget.not yet?not yet.let’s not forgetwhat we were laughing … Continue reading Stand With Me

Optimist

At last, a breath so deep it was taken in and felt as brightly cold and bold as water running down and through roots; replenishing forgotten limbs and toes and head and threads of hopeless whithered ends swelling; reviving; resurrecting! For So long, we have been misplaced; For So long, that we forgot This taste; … Continue reading Optimist

One Day

Audio Version: One Day Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Pexels.com (One day death will find you and me in some "this-is-out-of-your-control" -way some random unforeseen way!)   So live! live now! today! right now! in every way! for all your days! say your piece! do your thing! and swing! higher than the day before! before … Continue reading One Day

Triumphant Fool

Triumphant Fool In the flurry [chaos] of daily deeds [Do not forget] to see each other; to look for each other Everyday Sometimes others slip between [Us and Ours] Surprise each other and yourself Embrace reciprocal random-ness Steer toward/with beauty, truth, love, and purpose It is what we make of all of this I\'m serious … Continue reading Triumphant Fool

Blessings To All, However You Grieve

To the quieter onesWhose sobbing is withinBehind things and what has beenMay you find comfort in chosen sanctuary, As the absence of your lightsgives notice andCasts the longest shadowsIn these our living rooms...Blessings to all, however you grieve.To the humorous and awkwardWhose grieving pulls at their centerAnd sometimes knocks another off their own...May you share your … Continue reading Blessings To All, However You Grieve