All of us grow old No escape from it How does, though, one Grow young? This heart beats As do all hearts Which can This tongue speaks As...

In the worlds between my skin and bones, something trembled My vision cracked, as if reality had grown tired of my uncouth eyes Fire...

Nothing borne of nothingness Yet something, all this Borne of nothing Confusion, what’s next Confusion, how to be as collected As sedate,...

I have been on the roads across This land Been through its streets and alleys Though it was different, all of it Before I walked here,...

Cold has made my toes and fingers ice Noon sun shines warm I thaw myself Book opened, legs crossed, I begin to read But the distractions...

Seawater and salt Together yet separate A reasonably fitting analogy For anyone you’ll share your story and, If you’re lucky, your heart...

On her face, storms and blizzards merge Sounds escape her mouth only for want of food and play And she sleeps, curled in the furrows of...

The trees have run away from here The ground pulled bare and baked But we don’t know about them Of the creepers in our gardens Of the...

Cracked red floors Pockmarks on the paling ancient walls The conjoined bed frame shifting as I try to find a spot of comfort A fan above...

His sovereignty captive Legs for striding across grasslands Now feeble and withered Roam in circles along moats and fences The grand mane...

Walking up and down the same streets To and from the same rooms Seeing the same sights Try not to get too caught up In the thinking And...

The human race, such helpless creatures Doomed as any other animal Still raging on the battles, clinging to Our naivete Walking slowly...

Out in woods somewhere The dark rising and no Encampments in sight My stomach full yet I scrounge for more Nourishment A spark I carry...