I do not understand why glasses still smudge so easily. Yes, my eyes are often filled to overflowing. But it feels like an insult to wipe extra tears away. I guess that is why they call people with glasses two eyed. One effects the other. Both may shine. Or both may cry. The only record…

A hummingbird flts outside the window. It should be spring like outside. It should be but not here. Not here. A picture sits across from me. A leaf covered in ice against the white of winter. I can see every variation of texture and thickness of the ice. Who could say if it was destined…

Sometimes, life is too chaotic. Too disorganized. Too painful. That is when I try to count my colors. Set everything right again. The spectrum I see around me outside of the black. So recount with me just this one time. Red: The gloss of a ladybug’s shell. Orange: The California poppy that sways outside my…

I see you here in the dark. Waiting to finally fall apart. More than you can take. So you shut out the night. Along with everything else. Including the light. *** You are tired of being here in the dark. Dreading every second before you can fall apart. It is too bad that your hope…

I never knew what I was missing. It simply sat there like a complicated gem. Ornate and shiny like a dream. But no use other than regard. Mine to adore and imagine the purpose of. Who could have known that it truly had use? *** I thought perhaps it might help me fly. Escape from…

I was born on the backs of giants. You know them very well. They are the twins Medicine and Technology. They were not always so big. Lasting almost as old as time and persisting far after I will. They raise me far higher than I could ever reach. *** It was only because of Medicine…

I see you as you prepare for sleep. How unsure you are for the trip. Sent to the void like you are every night. Cut free from all that you know. Dumped into a space empty of it. Holding minor echoes of the familiar to tease or trick. *** I know what you fear and…

I know you do not feel like it. Being brave is not just a state of mind or feeling. It is weathering the worst and continuing to survive. Those tears and pale complexion never took away from it all. Even when you were so used to it that you showed no signs of struggle. You…

You put me in motion. Understood my design from the start. Saw my potential and purpose. Carefully gilded by choice. Set free into the world with pride. You knew me. *** Oh how happy I was when I knew you had set me in motion. The pride you must have in your work and in…