Tell Satan Hello for Me

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He, once her lover,
shattered all illusions of faith,
stabbing her with the brevity
of harsh words spewing
from his forked tongue,
and an utter lack of remorse
on his handsome face.

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Different Child

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“I am liberated back into the fragility of childhood.” Jim Harrison
She was a different sort of child,
spending carefree days dancing
alone in dappled sunshine
red-golden curls bouncing
as she sang silly made up songs.

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Battle

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Nature’s nocturne wafts in the evening zephyr
heralding the night as crickets sing in harmony
with cicadas rhapsody begging love to come hither.

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Silhouette

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His silhouette slides into the moonlit room, I cannot see his face
only a fleeting memory gone too soon of another time and place.

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