this rising

be prepared

to witness

this rising

a phoenix

that ascends

from ashes

I will soar

above this

dark chaos

what if

what if I gave up the charade

told you how I really felt 

about things?

what if I said, the hell with it

and leave, chasing lofty dreams

that seem too far away

but what if I choose to stay

and love you anyway

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #212: What the What?

joy

your smile

dazzling eyes

brings such joy

to my life

I dream this 

love will last 

until we 

fade into 

light stardust

- A tricube poem written for dVerse Poetics: Choose Joy

I want to believe in promises

I want to believe in

every word you promise

I want to believe that

everyone has some

goodness in their heart

but time and time again

I’m left disappointed

in the action of others

yet I still believe that

goodness is still out there

- Written for dVerse Quadrille: Time for a 44-word poem

I don't want to forget

I don’t want to forget 

my mother’s perfume, 

my father’s steady hands

or my brother’s laughter

I don’t want to forget

the first kiss under moonlight

the way my heart quickened

under the gaze of his brown eyes

I don’t want to forget

standing beneath the Eiffel Tower

riding the Tube in London

or viewing the Caribbean Sea

I don’t want to forget

all the good times 

not allow them to fade due to 

heartbreak or disappointment 

I don’t want to forget

I don’t want to forget

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Of Mantras, Repetita Juvant

in all the lights

daylight breaks across

the autumn sky ushering

in a new day

trees of brown, red and

gold comes alive 

in the daylight

the crisp air tingles

our skin as we gaze

into moonlight

we whisper to starlight

before we close our eyes

to dream

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #210 - Let there be Light

reconciliation

rift between us

wider than oceans

being the adult

extending a branch

healing deep wounds

our words inflicted

still holding hope

sunrise in distance