(tweeted 6.5.2014)

From seed to stalk
From crawl to walk
From health unto disease
In peace or strife
We choose a life
On our feet or on our knees.

[tweeted 5.19.2014]

Our place
is a small small place
unshared by lovers, friends
We cross the bounds
as we make our rounds
on our way to our own ends.

Next time perhaps or never,
surely any time but now
to say the things we need to,
but never quite know how.

I had a hard time
till I took time
and made time
my own
sails set
and rudder firm
I set a course for home.

(tweeted 4.28.2014)

Stillness eludes me
midges and gnats
inflated annoyances
day dragging
defying reason
consuming years

Control’s an illusion
by spirits dispelled,
the stronger the better
the tighter it’s held.

(tweeted 4.10.2014)

Malaise in search of definition
finds a peg to hang its hat
in the settled slogans of toothless rebellion.

(tweeted 4.2.2014)

Naked treetops scratch the sky:
brown brush against a blue and
white backcloth, reaching.

(tweeted 4.1.2014)

This is your rite
not prom or graduation
not ceremonies of sect.
This parking-lot shuffle,
a test, and your own set of keys.