And then it happens
poof not like lightning
or even like thunder
more like summer’s invisible
spiders webs hanging quietly
there in front of
you walking thoroughly unaware
until you get tangled
or like a feather
or like a leaf
floating down from nowhere
and then suddenly being
somewhere delicately upon you
This thing that happens
just like that always
like that and never
ever any other way
is the one thing
that you were always
certain wouldn’t ever happen
and yet just did
Category: Love
Hindsight
The world has lost
its innocence having once
been there unaware there
Funny how that is
things there are only
ever noticed once they’re
gone but never seen
once they are there
It’s almost like life
is only recognizable in
the rear view mirrors
and in our hindsight
long past due and
much too late to
do anything to keep
and now must lose
Daddyisms
Here’s the thing: Life never gets easier; you just get better at it: Problems never get smaller; you learn to be bigger: Love and hate are synonymous; you can’t have one without having had the other at some point.
None
I now prefer silence
I prefer hearing nothing
but my own thoughts
and sometimes not even
that sometimes it’s nothing
What I’m talking about
isn’t being underwater or
being buried under sand
What I’m talking about
is being safe and
aware and mindful of
all things around me
but listening to none
There’s none out there
you just need to
listen to find it
Iland
I’ve accepted my aloneness
I no longer look
to another for friendship
I am my island
borne from nothing but
the earth sky sea
what I need I
have right here all
else are lost or
there to take and
occupy and eventually remove
leaving me my island
scarred like everyone else
