to remain calm amid the chaos currently being produced by the combined efforts of my heart and mind, is an insurmountable task slip into the facade of agreeable demeanor, I must, if but for the next season….

Your departure, without exception, contributes to my coffer of hoarded uncertainties. And, only between each pause for breath and every passing thought, bits of you linger. I thirst. I could label you

were I to eclipse my endearment for you would you release me from your shadow? crown me Queen of the Lost Cause? send me on my way? or would you pause finding something amiss? strength enough to forsake

procuring an invitation is no longer a requisite take your rightful place at the head of my table if you will though the baring of my soul and other sundry parts was not orchestrated I wonder if it whet

Gridlock

my reflection has grown weary more than the weathering of my skin and the fading of a once carefree smile I relinquish the youthful glow of yesterdays gone and willingly cry uncle to the conquering grays

Suspension

Breach

Rain has a peculiar healing about it....

I don't consider myself much of a photographer, but I like how this photo turned out for me. Meet my new neighbor, Jack. He's kind of handsome, don't you think??

you play the pretender with flawless execution try as you may that which feeds the soul cannot be sequestered it pulses out loud in moments of silence when my mind wanders back onto the path that leads

I'm finally finding my way back into life, carrying with me a dose of residual grief. My happiness, however, overshadows that grief as I look back upon the beauty and laughter that came with knowing my

Given the chance I should turn and run Rather I linger Stupefied Something in your eyes Something in my soul Interminable struggle Heed the counsel of reason or Trust the misunderstood Feelings that offer

The night air is heavy with moisture Weighing down upon me, offering A temporary diversion from these thoughts That have shamelessly denied me My desire to sleep. My restlessness proves to be A most uneasy

I fear that my eyes will betray me revealing far more than I dare allow thus I cast my regard downward feigning indifference while inwardly my heart fights to recoup its cowardly cadence until I concede

It is often proclaimed that The heart wants what it wants Though I cannot fathom a guess As to why This heart of mine desires you I once thought you were Heaven sent Granted that My prayers were never

I cannot discern the precise moment that it happened But somewhere beneath the folds of winter’s embrace, My heart succumbed to a slow and furtive thaw….. Was it by design? I find myself a prisoner of

I was well on my way to a glorious destiny of that I am certain until you happened across the shadows of my mind what is to become of me now? the straight and narrow has blurred in my vision and my lucubration

Fault me not for my sentiments, be they unruly at their best. I suspect that these feelings are borne of stardust…. fractured pieces of me, lashed together with je ne sais quoi…. I once heard that everything

After a brutal battle with Lewy Body Dementia, my partner, Reggie, gave up the fight tonight, passing peacefully a few hours ago. I had the honor of holding him as he transitioned, and the privilege of