to ask mom a question

I wanted to ask you a question
but my nerves got the best of me
you said I could ask anything
I was too shy to cross the threshold
so I just stood beside you
quietly folding warm laundry
the afternoon sun shined bright

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #186 - Fold

warm soup in autumn

cool rains in autumn
chases away hot summer
chicken noodle soup
fills our bellies with warm thoughts
at the leaves change to brown

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Time for Soup!

when pretending

they saw the writing on the wall
but chose to ignore those
slanderous words

they knew the sand in the hourglass
would soon run out
but they still pressed on

he wore rose-colored glasses
she brushed everything under
the rug pretending all is fine

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #185:Brushing the Dust Off

the bridge that lies between us

in dreams I run across a bridge
to fall into your waiting arms

I thought love would be enough
to bridge the gap that grew between us

but those valleys run deep and
your voice echoes against the
high cliffs that now separates us

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Building Bridges

smashing the box

let us smash the box
that people like to
place us in simply for
our race, sex, gender,
social class, zip code,
marital status, having kids,
not having kids,  
being a social butterfly
or a wallflower –
we are all too complex
for simple labels

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #184: Smashing Poems

signs

in search for a sign
she gazes upon the sky
studying the stars

even in daylight
she questions blooming roses
which path she should take

watching the sun set
she whispers a prayer that is
answered at sunrise

- Inspired by dVerse Poetics - Semiotics: Reading the Signs

in the sky of fading summer

we take in the stars
in the sky of fading summer
we catch a sliver of the moon
in between the clouds
I wish we had more time
to spend in this moment
but autumn calls our names
and we must obey her song

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #183 - A Sliver of a Poem