The tree I see each day from my back deck has finally bought some new clothes and is wearing them resplendently on this warm spring day. She was cold and naked for months, and though I do like most...

Tear me to pieces so I cannot recognize meTake my weight and burdens of this life away from me for awhileIt is what I cannot do for myselfDestroy meInch by inchLet me finally crumble at your feetI am not...

the world feelshalf an inchfrom where I remember itbut mornin still comespalebeautifulwith the last of the nightstill caught in its throatlight settlinagainst the windowjust shy of yesterday leavin shadowsto hesitate at the edgesbefore reachinfor the sunI’ve learnedalmost has a...