On distant shores

Sleep comes like a tide.
Evenings at home, we drift off
heads back, mouths open.

Tree falls in the forest analogy

I stop posting in
the blogosphere.  No one reads
me. Do I exist?

Free at last

Today was her last
day on a job I said ‘don’t
quit’ two years ago.

St. Croix – end of day

Cruzan pineapple
flavored rum makes happy hour
even happier.

Caribbean morning

Intense turquoise, the
water is a wake-up call
to swim, sun, sail, dream.

Big death, little death

Sleep gently takes you,
like the lethal injection
you cannot resist.

Alone time

I burn candles and
incense. Maintain silence. Find
myself in nothing.

Substitution

Sometimes, the hunger
that compels you to eat a
cookie is sadness.

Protection

Soldiers wear helmets.
Women wear makeup, styled hair.
Our mode of defense.

Unbroken

The house of my heart
is white, clean, pure. No windows,
doors. No visitors.