Sitting on the edge of day and last rays She clings to the strings of her paper kite Tighter in the nooks and crannies she kneels Not quite loud but still she speaks At night she counts the stars alight Matching each twinkle to the shine in her eyes Her heart is soothed when waves … Continue reading Lost girl ~ SM
Dear Ram-shackled barn, Your fear of the thunder storm must run deep It came and rapped at your shutters And yet you held firm till it passed Still, you stood A month went by and you believed the worst had passed But clouds gathered and with them your fear grew Darker it became as the … Continue reading Poem: “Letter To Time” ~ SM
Here within a winter's horizon Meted calamities break the dawn Long daggers and pronged spears Double edged renditions Cogently charged to press on ingrained iniquities A lengthened penance Timed over three scores Unflinchingly still We stay sitting On the frontline Till darkness illuminates itself ~SM~
Teach me love I say And you say Love is sight Love is seeing beyond the visible Deep into the pits of self and soul Past barricades built from hurts of old To a person within that's hardly grown I'll teach you Love Love is the perfection of touch It's the hand lightly placed on … Continue reading Sensing Love ~ SM
Mama told me you would be beautiful even before you were born Mama told me She dreamt of your eyes, that they sparkled like diamonds; Eyes that led all you would encounter deep into your soul, seeking to understand all that you could know. Mama told me She could hear the bubble of your laughter, … Continue reading Mama ~ SM 27.02.17
Move past the past's turmoil Beyond the mistakes and constant broils Can you rise above the froth Soar high on the tips of a surf board's nose And stay? Murky waters and quicksand Pull me down beneath the drudgery of lost days If my will is strong, If my muscles obey my heart's cries and … Continue reading Stay ~ SM 23.02.17
This thing, Gives sight to the unseen thoughts that once heard words that were false but rung true even on clearest nights lit by a full moon, This thing
He tends his garden, his price possession I watch through stained kitchen panes as he moves and turns Gloved hands pick up a creeping branch and prod it with a stick Skillfully the soil is turned and its thirst quenched This plant is done, he moves to the next I follow his gaze and they … Continue reading Rose Gardener ~SM~
Holding on to an oily rod Counting the stars that fill a cloudless sky Packing sun beams in a box for our lady of snow Seeing sound Hearing light Phenomenally impossible Even for a phenomenal you and me Golden sunsets before dusk Cattle grazing in the field Winter giving way to spring Spring bringing forth … Continue reading Phenomenally Impossible ~ SM
Prickly heat rousing me from a slumber Seeping in and hauntingly familiar If this was a light, it would be amber Warning me not to step any harder Blindly, foolishly, the meter goes higher Crazy, depraved my thirst cuts deeper Heat, smoldering, hot like lava My lips, pursed, they stick together Planned, unplanned, fate took … Continue reading Fear ~ SM 05.05.10
Words Become Me 