Singularity

  When I was a child I chose the characters I would play. I was a blue coat soldier, I was a tear stained Cherokee, I was a white haired General in the White House deaf to rage. As I grew older a slow gravity began to pull me into one dense concentricity of self....

Day Fire

Marco Island, Florida The day fire descends into the sea to rest among the dolphins.

Presentation

Marco Island, Florida A woman walked out from our condo building toward the pool adjusting her swimming clothes each step of the way. Looking down from my high balcony perch I could not see the disarray she attempted to correct, only her body wriggling the bathing...

Bird Song

Marco Island, Florida The bird in the palm tree outside our rooms, bereft of news, sang happily all day.

Beach Walk

We take our morning walk along the beach, broken sand dollars, shattered shells, the strand strewn with unmourned mortality, Endless sea and sand will one day vanish with yesterday’s sand castles lost to tides. What I have learned from daily loss changes my longing...