longing

I wish for days

when I can get

lost in the clouds

dance with the sun

sing with the moon 

and stars aloud

slumber under

ocean wave sounds

without a care

but those days

seem too far off

to come true

so I sit working

and writing

away my blues

when summer was a real vacation

under a hot summer sun

we played outside all day

until the moon arrived

then we went inside

for a cool night bath

to repeat the cycle

again the next day

those were the

real summer days

before we grew up

and became adults

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #83 - Sun

commute

when I drive my car each morning

to work, then back home each evening

I sometimes pass pedestrians or
commuters waiting for the bus 

I sometimes wonder if I should have

been one of those commuters 
exercising my legs each day and 

letting someone else take the wheel

but this suburban landscape does not

make public transport all that convenient 
so I'll have to stick to my daily car ride

earning money for gas, insurance and repairs 

waiting...

a year waiting

becomes two

three, four, five

how long

should I wait

until it’s time

to throw in

the towel

a hello

can turn

into a date

form into love

even blossom

into marriage

if the cards

fall into place

I wait under

summer suns

winter moons

hoping love

will come soon

for this wait

has worn me

down a bit

firecracker

she was always a firecracker

her light would sparkle the night sky

a bit loud and unpredictable

Photo by Heiko Stein

Courtesy of Pixaby

what lies ahead

I wonder what lies

ahead beyond the blue sea

is it you and me?

I think of that day

I left you with words unsaid

lonely tears unshed

now filled with regrets

I wait for the rising sun

heart still holding hope

exhaustion

these bones are tired

this soul exhausted

a heart weakening

I ran a thousand miles

the car still stalled

it meant nothing

the moon is weeping

stars collect tears

is this my ending?

the sun rises again

I keep on walking

nothing more I can do