written 1998
What did they pay for this rainbow… Here on their high plateau? Aching lungs and the northwind’s s… And drift upon drift of snow. What was the price of this jade gr…
Cicadas Singing in synchronization As if the Tree branches Were strings of a mammoth
Rivers Rivers Rivers cool cold Refreshing rivers, running, leapin… Joyously over the waterfalls. Flying rapturously through the air With a song of praise cupping
Daddy don’t you touch him with tha… Cause when he kills you, the world… Understand. What got into him? What made him… Not knowing he lived the life of a…
Thoughts, Swirling like mist, Obscuring Reality. Marginal distinctions
Ear to ear is the toothless grin, Widened eyes take all the world in… Sparse fly away hair, soft on your… Alert, attentive expressions to al… Perfect little hands that grasp an…
Your eyes close And Thoughts fill your head Of A pure and simple innocence
Misconceived, She was misconceived A mother grieved... And she is left without Still searching for a safe
He knows of a man who was so proud… Now this son wanted to follow in t… He learned how to race bicycles an… He then learned how to race motorc… Always this son followed his dad,…
You once told her Romance isn’t out there That her search would be An effort in futility. Well, she had to prove herself rig…
The old year is gone, the new year… Now if they could only make pain d… Every time she sees someone smile… She can’t stop thinking why must c… Dreams of spring flowers and happy…
Bare roots twist incredible design… Cascading down to drink the river They float between the banks among The rocks you say “Lie back and Look up, Mom”—green bordering
There is no hurt in despair and de… With deepest overtures and bone-ac… Like the tenderest touch of consci… That defamation of soul can find n… No peace from pain-filled humiliat…
What’s going on? Instead of better It’s turning wrong. It’s every day Cain kills Abel, For less than colors
Hate surrounds their lives. It is in what they say or do. She doesn’t relish living this way… ...How about you? There must be something they can a…