Writings

Dec 22, 20203 min

Aloha

Black lava rocks White Yellow Pink Gold flowers Grey-blue starlit skies The hum and whir of the jacuzzi jets The sound of passing cars In...

Dec 19, 20202 min

A California Christmas

I just learned the wise men arrived a year late It’s Ave Maria and The Carol of the Bells and the guilt and the glory of the stories we...

Apr 29, 20181 min

Heroes and Villains

Silent Like extras in an old western movie Covered in chaos and dust Arms entwined Tumbling down the mountainside We cannot deny it, and...

Aug 17, 20171 min

21st Century Savior

21st Century Messiahs: The 21st Century Messiahs: Science and technology They don’t bleed They don’t cry We get a response in...

Apr 20, 20171 min

Fear

Invisible bars Phantom jailor Ghosts of doom Cornered in an empty room Blinded in the sunlight Most potent when undefined Fear is a lie...

Jan 21, 20161 min

This Dream in the Dance Hall

Eleven sisters slip down the stairs staring down at their mothers closed eyes Cold lids, lifeless, beautiful Fallen too soon from the...

Jan 20, 20161 min

Cab Driver

White satin robe and a crown framed in intricately woven golden threads wrapped around your head You tell me,” it’s a Holy City we are...

Jan 20, 20161 min

Conversation with Erisa

Erisa says ” All of my family members were killed. They killed everyone, burned our houses down, took our land. There is nothing to go...

Jan 17, 20161 min

Palm Trees

Palm trees with phantom wings whisper a lullaby Across the wind and sand and sky Grey white whirling clouds fall free mysterious and wise...