FirstToTurn

It’s not all

The leaves that

Turn in fall

It’s the first

That catch my

Eye for they

Herald the change

For me that’s

You that first

Blaze of color

In a sea

Of green catching

All of my

Attention like wafts

Of honeysuckle lavender

In summer or

A quiet wink

Or the surprise

Over the shoulder

Glance and stare

ReallyDid (to lovers everywhere)

Gee I guess

That the only

Time that you

Miss the thing

That you’re missing

Is when someone

Fills it then

And only then

Will you realize

That all the

Things that you’ve

Been looking for

Didn’t really matter

But the simple

Things that you

Did really did

Oysters

Many people eat

Oysters but really

How many of

Them do you

Know ever found

One precious pearl

I will continue

For in each

One holds the

Hope it’s there

Enough for me

NoMoreCrutches (to Me)

Sometimes in life

We all need

Crutches me I

Needed them for

A decade until

One recent morning

I decided to

Take my life

Back from them

I can’t wait

To descend a

Staircase hang the

Christmas tree star

And dance with

Someone let me

Take your hand

And dip you

Reclaiming ones life

Starts simply quietly

By promising yourself

It’s my life

No one or

Nothing else’s again

MorningMissing

Today life is

Showered in sheets

Of gray linen

From clothes lines

Snap and billow

High above me

Far off kisses

Land silently on

Perfumed paper and

Texts yearning desire

And longing ache

As this morning

Starts cool here

Missing you again