July

Doorway eyes. A bell tower. Red green fusion. From twigs to trees. Regard a gaggle of children one table over. Bottle cap off. Bones discarded. Under a ceiling fan buzzing. A bond. A build up. That same trash can. Height unlocking. Heat flirting with ice. All the different angels of a face. A moth. Purchase […]

Peace

Suppose it were as you suppose.  You, a wind passing freely through my life.  Some imperceptible force impossible to possess.  And if not the wind, then a gentle pour of rain puddling up at my door in search of hidden cracks. Surely a spell fell over me.  Somewhere between the bench and the beach.  I […]

Train

I got on the wrong train. I got off after I realized. I waited with an anxious foot. I forgot to breathe. The right train came eventually. I got on. I thought about my grandma. I felt guilty. I thought about the man sitting across from me, the way he rubbed his pointer finger against […]

Winter

A handmade fire. My gaze fixed on it. The deep amber of its glowing center. Tangle of root. Rot. Of bark and branch. The gradual unraveling of burn. Birch. Dogwood decomposing. The old oak within me. Listen as it sizzles. Spits. Red maple exploding orange. Hold a picture of the color in my head. Now […]