Ballad of a Flirty Captain

I accept responsibility for floating adrift at sea everything else I ascribe to luck Life’s not controlled by me. I fell in love with Mystery first who often visits here to experience her argument for wonder over fear. I fell in love with Magic next brought...

growing up on Kingston Drive

I remember three tiers of kids: the teens, not us, the big kids, us, the little kids, younger sisters, brothers. the older, as groups, always trying to ditch the younger, but as individuals always up to playing with anyone at all willow tree forts where grownups can’t...

My world has blue dragons

My world has blue dragons in the north orange sherbet-colored dragons in the south dragons with long eyelashes that smell of rain in the east and dragons with sparkling tails and charming overbites in the west Only people who’ve been here a long time – long...

this time love came softly in

this time love came softly in sitting with my broken heart   last time she showed up with tea when I was reading   she arrives beside fear to demand safe space   to fully feel it   and I’ve noticed you and I, friend, summon her while playing   sharing a game, a...

How we love

  We sleep on the floor in the living room with you When you can no longer use The stairs up to bed   We hold your head and feed you When the disease spins lies to your brain Saying that eating is a bad idea   We stop time together Putting the world on...