Grace of State

"Take hold once more, just this last trip. Warm me once, in farewell for all I was and wanted. Just this once, think more of me than that the canvas. Let me drink from the cup that I filled when I w..."

"I do not die today. I become nothing I haven’t built. This is when I return what I have been given. Where being makes motes, in the eyes of this place. What I was. Whom I could have been. I pondered. ..."

"A mile in his shoes That was the lesson. He had Glenlivet on his breath And two shoes, one red; one gray He smelt of cookies and blood A coppery blend of home and hospital. He had green eyes Black h..."

"Living only here in view; screened.There are those times I reliveAnd places I can’t forgetTimes and faces.I dwell too much;I can’t walk away,I can’t. I want those times, too much.I don’t have anything..."

"Tending the Embers Probing the gift Gray haired Warted and shriveled Scarred Burden and burdened Tending my place The last line A quiet insult Only warm in my memories Slowest in line Cold, always co..."

"When I was small; I needed to be bigger I prayed to God, to answer Every part of me wanted to be more, a part of others They were bigger, had answers They had what I wanted Took what I wanted even mor..."