spiritual

  • Surrender

    Birds falling, feathers on flightless skies— looping through cloudless mornings and pale crescent moons— shining bright for another world’s night. I sip my tea in the buttery blues of dawn— with faded fathers and unshed tears— I remember This is… Continue reading

    Surrender
  • Monstrous Teeth

    Monstrous teeth groan at the edges of my consciousness— I run from them as my mind leans forward, tempting the maw with familiar angst, desperate to writhe against the whet. Continue reading

    Monstrous Teeth
  • Dogwoods

    Spoiled flowers— 
 weep your wilt
on me. Brown tears streak my throat, caress me— my languid grief. Boughs swayed  when I looked for you— silver leaves— flashing lost memory.
 Petals— drop, my knotted wounds— bathe my limbs, your barren spores. … Continue reading

    Dogwoods
  • A Spell for Letting Go

    A spell to burn, in the ashes— sanctuary. Continue reading

    A Spell for Letting Go
  • Dead Flames

    The curse of loneliness is that I like it. It carries me to worlds unnamed– Until I see nothing, but memories untamed. Continue reading

    Dead Flames
  • Mirrors

    My mirror  is a funny thing, reflecting back every sin Prisms held my mind, reflections bent to serve The curve of glass— a glance reveal— many selves,  set to blur I slipped up once— staring deep— Continue reading

    Mirrors
  • Hummingbird

    Where do you go when empty blooms sway? Ruby throats flash in green limbs– when I lean close, time ripples away. Wings beat in my mind– when I wake, silence hums. Continue reading

    Hummingbird
  • Mourning Showers

    Today— the mourning doves were not mourning anything. They arrived on hushed wings— Summoning the dawn with chatter and song. Continue reading

    Mourning Showers