new moon another chance to make it right

spring snow-melt
forgetting where
the pain is buried

pixel by pixel
light finds a way
night sky

lavender hours
here at the furthest edge
of sorrow

on both sides of the barbed wire soft moonlight

seashell collection 
Gran whispers the name 
of the child she lost

dark news 
the comfort 
of crows

fading bruises
birdsong
in the distance

at the end
of the wrong road taken
a flower

just when we thought
she’d live forever
starlight

cane in hand
he pauses to feel
the sunshine

in pine shade
for a while I forget
this life will end

for now a spark just that

the loss of our farm land keeping the moon

deep woods happy to just be

cat scratch
another lie
about my scars

her rusted sewing machine newly threaded with wild violets

broken love...
the departing cries
of gulls

mayfly
so little
time

midnight moon shedding light on the scars of my past

self-medication 
the mirror breaks 
eye contact

river moon 
the slow bend 
of the blues

returning 
the sound of gunfire 
returning

white chrysanthemum
who will remember me
when I’m gone

all is liquid 
at some point 
my excuses

a spatter
of raindrops on the window
abnormal cells

incomplete beings
     you and me
complete the city

deep in nothing
a tiny blue speck 
burning

whiskey chaser
promising myself
an hour of happiness

the over
and over
of over

flags at half mast
the silent cry
of the wind