On A Lonely Road

On A Lonely Road

I wander on my road
which always felt lonely
until I realized we are
all alone on this road

It is our own journey
no one else but us
yet we form alliances
from hunter gatherer

days when someone
had to have our back
days now when it is 
good to have friends

I am alone on this road
it is an awakening
it is my path to traverse
it is each person's path

I wander on my road
I don't feel lonely
I realize we are 
all alone on this road

It Is A Circus

It is A Circus

Out there…on the road
lives scream around you
swerve past


some stay behind
go slow

Out there…on your path
life screams around you
swerves past

Old Tree

What the Old Tree Has Seen

They stand tall
above everything
heads above fog
they see the sea

logged off
perfect wood
for picnic tables
decks

it never rots
its made into pulp
the mills stink
they stand tall

we are elfin beneath
I hug them as I hear
surf roar and see elk
in meadows near

Small

Small
I remember small
walking between my parents
my raised arms thigh high
into the waves
that knocked me down
looking up through water
gasping, spitting, choking
my Dad laughing

Chocolate Chip Cookies

White Chocolate Chip Cookie

The full moon
a sugar cookie
macadamia nuts
white chocolate

Time takes bites
until a new batch
gets served up
full moon

I love those nights
a sugar moon
macadamia nuts
white chocolate

Theater Masks

Disco Babes

Faces drawn in clay
like theater masks
from the scalpel

they dress in leopard
laugh and dance
like theater masks

She and I

My Skeleton

We creak

she and I

we think

more about

each other

We knead

bend and stretch

we feel

more about

each other

I tend

to be cerebral

get lost 

forget skeleton

we tend

more about

each other

we oil

she and I

we think

more about

each other