Dueling Goats

Two posturing NubiansVying for a pet 
A regular Hatfield-McCoy feud

A Regular Storm

Rolling sky blast beatsLead by taiko clatters and strikes–

Flashes of spot lights

Reveal white, gray, blackened shades

While a deluge cascades

Fat droplets through live oaks.

Cooper Hall, USF, Florida

Monotone sound waves

Bombard the inner drum;

Idle chatter is birdsong

That lightens the mood.

Avian Leaves

Bluejay fly by
Avian chatter overhead
Gentle breeze settles leaves

Shovel hand

Velociraptor hand
Bent, taut, jerky responses.
Nails shovel and mark
Skin, sheets, book pages.

Sharing the Roads

Connected by rubber and leather
Eyes on asphalt, voices on the phone, ears tune in to the radio.
I vow with all beings
to appreciate the company along the drive

Golden Hoards

Reading of hoards and the Wellton 26
all for college classes.
May the bones rest in the shifting sands
and the spirits unearth the unknown past.

Frightened Anger

Anger: a friend of ill-will
that lunges and lashes out.
I vow with all beings
to face the frightened self it is

Abled Reason

As ill will floods all reasoning
I vow with all beings
To evoke the image of my parents
And see the Able that is my true self

The Heart and The Mind

When the heart races
And the mind follows
I vow with all beings
To accept and embrace every ill moment.