Sip of brewed mugwortand reality shatterspixelated beadslike a murmurationshapeshifting imagesluring me skywardI am skin-sheddinganti-gravitationalAlice in Wonderlandwatch me grow. (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)
Predawn Poseidon rises unfurls a blanket fog, burying shore and sky I awaken in a cloud, set adrift before feet touch floor – dream within a dream. (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)
Don’t take out the garbage during a black out – alligators prowl in blackened streets, lurk curbside waiting for the unsuspecting – I’ve seen them, chasing the pedestrian, my screams ineffective; witnessed the brave returning from the night disheveled and shaken Was it the alligator? I ask with all the compassion of I-told-you-so. No, comes […]
The year my second daughter was born, it seemed to rain eternally. I can’t say when the depression set in, but by February, I didn’t want to leave the house. I prayed a lot to God, asking what was wrong with me. By all accounts, I had everything anyone could want: two beautiful children, a […]