It had been 10 days, 8 of those on a boat. I missed them terribly. I could feel the ache for them inside my chest. Every still moment filled with a shaking foot, a bopping knee or a compulsive time-check. When are they letting us off this boat?

We filed out into one of the 4 main lobbies of the cruise ship gathered with hundreds of other people and their luggage. We’d all been on this ship for o...

Outside my window

Is a colored streak of cars

Speeding through the night.

That is my office.

My window from home is much

More in touch with earth.

Mother Earth that is.

She reflects her greatest works

Through my clear glass pane.

Outside my window

Is a colored streak of birds

Humming through the trees....

Gloved hands wrap tightly around the bars.

A quick squeeze to pump the brakes.

Legs strong, old wounds turned to scars.

The crisp air quiet like winter lakes.

Ahead the trail moves in curves like gentle waves,

An “S” that has no ending and begins again.

A stone here, bridge there, nothing paved.

Tires tread terrain kicking dirt through bends.

Heart pumping, legs burning, climbing to the top....

Bound to

You with this gold

Ring on my finger

Forever is too short to be

With You...

Rynal, struggling to wake, blinked his eyes open catching glimpses of sun beams flooding in through his bedroom window. This was his tenth year, over 3000 days, calling planet Maltick his home and yet the cold air still stung like it was day one. ‘Some things never change’ he thought to himself as he threw the covers back. “Time?” Rynal asks. The clock to his right, resting on his bedside hover sh...

One day I will turn to kiss your head

But you will be gone.

One day I will reach to stroke your back

But you will be gone.

One day can come and go so quickly

And one day you will be gone.

One morning I will walk along the sidewalk

And I will walk alone.

One morning I will awake in my bed

And I will awake alone.

One day can come and go so quickly

And one day you will be gone.

One night I w...