San Diego fire 13 – Lucky

Miraculous. Fire
missed Anne’s house. She’s back at home.
The worst thing now – smoke.

Serendipity

Kindred spirits drift
within the net and sometimes
meet by accident.

Eve and the tea of knowledge

I’d never cheat on
my husband. But that smells so
good one sip won’t hurt.

Solitaire

Seductive silence
wraps me past midnight. I crave
the absence of sound.

San Diego fire 5 – Family back east

California burns.
Your life separate from us?
Now just smoke and ash.

San Diego fire 3

Spring Valley is bone
dry. Here in New York skies rain
tears of compassion.

Left behind

What’s necessary?
The triage of memory.
A pyre to the past.

Packing to evacuate

Photos first, then the
baby albums. Love letters.
We can buy new clothes.

Can’t sleep 6

At 6:30 they
awake to find I’m still up.
The curse of deadlines.

Projection

Sometimes when others
envision us in new light,
we become realized.