Orpheus and I

Trailing behind you along the night-deserted highway above, black sky, sharp stars, below no sound cracks through the haunted hours when all day-creatures have metamorphed to silence. You before me, Orpheus leading me up the wide entrance from Hell. I terrified that this fragile moment will crack and drop me into the void, burst to … Continue reading

Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin of my soul a soul of no place of dream of never here by the skin of my flesh a singing flesh so warmly covered siding me and against Soon did I drift towards you a hazy snail into the pocket of my desire to sleep there pale with longing Take me to market, … Continue reading

Scattered to the Wind

Still as stone she lies beside her husband soon to be her ex. Forty years earlier, at 28, she had expected that in death she would mirror the Egyptian statues at the museum one of two constant companions side-by-side equal and loving to eternity. Instead, when death calls, she will be single, leaving behind a … Continue reading