Autumn Hue

At the hilltop, I breathed in rich fall evergreens, felt short curls tickle my face and my arms stretch to encompass the peace of this place. “And in that moment, I swear we were infinite,” gliding over the clouds, melting into azure skies with wind billowing beneath us, buoying our souls as we rose aboveContinue reading “Autumn Hue”

Golden Heart

There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in, There is a sun that will be seen, Somber rays will glisten again, A golden heart make break apart And leave you in its wake, But the river’s wise, will calm your eyes, And cradle you, for hope’s sake This week’sContinue reading “Golden Heart”

Fishy Adventures

The horse trampled his water dish leaving beads of shimmering gems where shimmied the rainbow fish slithering through tall iris stems, making his way uphill: his wish to see his favored ocean chums he caught a ride on a floating dlish covered with sweet apple pie crumbs it flung him with a great swish acrossContinue reading “Fishy Adventures”

humility

it starts with the stillness: the hum of tepid breeze billowing in my core. then– rumbling eastward, curing strength in pillowed fists. glimpse lightning’s zigzag grip and sudden flip of tsunami clouds rolling on train whistles and thundering feet. bursts of light capture still frames: the twisting of limbs, the crumbling of earth, the darkeningContinue reading “humility”

Healing Wounds

sneaker squeaks linoleum floors distant beeps machine hums fear curtailed under bright lights wrapped in curtained walls bandages slowly counting steps counting days nature’s rest scar tissue’s perseverance heaven’s endurance existence fickle yet bolder striding near holding dear what wounds look like as they heal faith, friendship, love, hope This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly promptContinue reading “Healing Wounds”

in the before and the after

time, for myself, is now bifurcated, cleaved around its natural disaster channeled endlessly, sometimes I hate it tunneled through disease: before and after I comb through the past but can’t reconcile before the hourglass flipped on its side, pooling in hollow in-between miles, pouring sand through fingers splayed, I reside on the other side, aContinue reading “in the before and the after”

Kinship & Seashore

magenta fog scrolls homeward as we ford through doughy sand evening whispers onward as we three stand hand in hand amid the swamps we’ve wandered forging lightning from the land we’re ever in kinship forward distance, time: easily spanned This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt is brought to us by Heather, who asks us toContinue reading “Kinship & Seashore”

Turtle’s Reverie

stopping for a breath the world set atop our back bowing like branches bathed in filtered mellow light sifting silent rivulet This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt from the Skeptic’s Kaddish comes from Lesley, who asks us to do the following: This weekend, we spent some time at my grandmother’s cabin, which is a coupleContinue reading “Turtle’s Reverie”

Whorl and loop

cartwheeling through lemon sky and alabaster clouds, greeting heaven with swooping arms then floating, weightless, down, down to denim cityscape, to corner café and warm embrace, into air perfumed with baked bread and cigarettes, honking horns and worldly accents This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt comes from Melissa Lemay, who asks us to use oneContinue reading “Whorl and loop”

Serenity’s Trifecta

coffee mug steaming beside my notebook and pen perfect trifecta while natures hums serenely sunglow dances between clouds The Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt this week is from Suzette, who asks us to do the following: Write: A) a haiku, OR: B) a tanka on the theme of “a favorite way to relax / unwind” The perfect moment of relaxationContinue reading “Serenity’s Trifecta”