Writing

  • Crash Into Me

    Waves crashing You Your lovely Essence Alive and FREE Crashing into my Welcoming beach Violence never present Kindness and trust On the leading edge Pushing gently My beach Soft and smooth Harshness removed By storms Long passed Gently created To take on Your waves A landing place Running out To meet you Not content In…

  • My Gift

    Part I: I am learning My instincts Are valid Almost always Right My “gut” Speaking Internally Audibly I’m listening In a way Like never Before An earthly Almost animalistic Movement Meaning Flowing through me A voice Quieted Far too long Bringing joy Living in this Moment Learning I am courageous Tenacious Enough to Follow my…

  • Faithfully

    Faithfully https://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey-faithfully-song/ A song built Into my core Buried deep within My psyche 1983 This song Hit Smacking the mainstream Hard and with substance I was Ricky Back then Journey was Well, they were A massive part Of my music Upbringing My older sister Loved them They were played On all the Radio stations The…

  • Never Too Late

    Never too Late Never too late To start again Never too late Fully embracing life Your life The only  Present life You’ve been given We say… Tomorrow Next week When I don’t Have kids When we retire When, when, when Crippling ourselves In passivity’s embrace Quietly allowing Distraction, numbness The grind To keep us From…

  • Whimsical

    Whimsy Thrives and jives Alive on Softened skin Breathing smoothly Out of her Overtaking the air Surrounding her aura Luxurious beauty Magnified Electrifying my brain Sizzling from Deep within Stirring an Ancient drum beat Beating to A new rhythm Smooth and wild Her whimsy Nature’s whimsical-ness Can’t be helped Bunny trails A must Delightfully following…

  • Boulder Beautiful

    Strolling in Mudrocks name Rolling around Promising myself I would give This a chance Understanding Blind dates are hard As if I was cold-calling On someone’s door The unknown Of what’s on the Other side Causing edgy emotions They were sitting Three people In a booth Anticipating my entrance Needing a fourth To complete the…

  • Through Courage

    20 seconds 60 seconds 300 seconds It’s not The time Spent It’s the Courage embraced The courage to step in To move To say What you want to say What you know Needs to be said To have a chance To move beyond A spark Into flames To speak A gentle tenacity Spoken To invite…

  • Searching for Words

    She said: I love Your words I love feeling And knowing You through them I’ve been searching A lifetime For words For my words I looked Into nature I looked Under rocks I looked In streams Nothing Trying to talk Literally opening My mouth To have The words I thought Were there To not Bubble…

  • In Heaven

    I left work early Rushing towards Offering hugs Allowing tears With permission Spending our time Together Lots of raw Emotions Honestly felt No darkness In her passing Understanding A.M. Walked through The veil Understanding her Torment Feeling its weight And cost It was time Time for her To walk the trail With her sister Her…

  • The Gambol

    The air thick as an Alaskan morning from the incoming sea fog. They wandered blindly through it without worry or concern. Their bodies floating in unison. Their minds tranquil and captured in the moment. Their hearts pulsating as the new blood of risk poured through their hungry veins. They were discovering the moment! Their meandering…