tigerlilly

"At three in the morning, darkest hour… a doubt arises; and I have no power to quell the thought, rising cold and gray, that you have flown far away. Writhing... twisting in my head, phantom notions f..."

"Around the clock, there is no hour you are not here in dreamtime’s bower, in wistful thoughts and midnight scenes… I sense you here, in all my dreams. This is where I see your face, you smile at me…..."

"It was a flannel-wrapped southern night, and the Yankee man did not yet know how warm a honeyed drawl could drip into his ear, drowning out the rifle-cracking sound of ice storms splitting sap-frozen ..."

"spread before her like a rainbow, lay many colored beads... new sinew at the ready, bone needle used with ease; sharp knife to cut the pattern in the buckskin piece at hand, she's shaping her tomorrow..."

"The inn was filled with soldiers passing through this village fair. The tavern owner's daughters served up ale with practiced flair. But one had slipped away unseen, drawn by a young man's winning wa..."

"Bad news, breaking into the sphere of consciousness, heralds change. A weighty word that snares my spirit, sends it plunging like a stone to unfathomed depths. These are uncertain times, but I've w..."

"A soft smile is playing across my lips... as i feel rose petals 'neath my fingertips, and I think once again, how lucky am I... to have all the love of this wonderful guy. The flowers were followed b..."

"The preacher stood before them, a stern look in his eyes... it was not their love he questioned but the age that gave surprise. He'd counseled them together, then with each apart... to determine in ..."

"i know it's a dream yet it seems so real that i feel your warm breath on my face as your arms hold me tightly so close an embrace that desire starts to burn and my body yearns for your touch and t..."

"oak in the acorn sun and rain stir life forces all stretching skywardall comments and critiques welcomed Written January 20th, 2002 © on Jan 19 2002 09:02 PM PST   10 • 0"

"as children, we didn't know the games each other played... or the box-top matinee's we sat through on saturdays. and though we learned some lessons as we went to school, we grew up making choic..."

"My New Year’s resolution was to watch my weight, and so the foods I love too much have been banished from my plate. And though I broil and grill with pride and steam the veggies, give up the sides, ..."

"full moon's light bathed the rustic cabinnestled in the trees.frost rimed window drew a doe's eye,in deer's curiosity.a glance through the winter bound portal,revealedhumans in love's embrace...while ..."

"tears shed for love tears are the measure of a hearts true reach, when someone in love would so beseech... with prayers that our cries would strike the right chord of the fates who control these move..."

"walk through the desert planting words throughout all the seasons water with tears cultivate in anguish the barren stony ground as it brings forth verse.all comments and critiques welcomed Written J..."

"my elusive far off dream man so many miles away can still work his dark magic with memories that play across the barren deserts in the lonesome's of my mind then take me to the center of the heat i w..."

"life is a cold gray cloudy morning filled with chilling winter rain my heart pulled up one more blanket but i can't shut out all the pain you closed the door but didn't slam it that sad silence fille..."

"black satin ribbon winds before us a rain-slicked highway in the night red sabers clash there with green broadswords flashing reflected traffic lights ice cold wind swarms 'round the leathers into yo..."

"the call of darkness the sense of danger you're reaching out to touch a stranger in the night he's waiting for you waiting only for you there stands another waiting for someone for someone like you ..."

"a bourbon-dripping fingertip traced the contours of his lips and fiery amber liquid pooled transferred by a kiss while the night unspooled before them like a silken ribbon unwinding in their bed warm..."

"night zephyrs found my desert oasis when life was settled heart becalmed in the barrens of my own choosing this world held camels tied date palms fruited heavy overhead with the efforts of saying n..."

"this ordinary flower has extraordinary dreams and whiles away the time reflecting on life's streams for the tigerlily grows by babbling brooks where rocks divide frothing water as it looks for some v..."

"you have given my heart wings to soar away across the very darkest clouds that came up yesterday you've taught me how to fly past every problem that's in sight but i don't know how i can do without..."

"i count up at days end all the little things you do pack the kid's lunch wash the car buy the dinner for two and as i see the total acts that number our love i thank you darling from my heart my numb..."

"the cold air turns our breath into frosty vapor wreaths around our faces we walk home silently no words are needed in these friendly sheltered spaces our gloved hands clasped between us bridge the g..."

"you said you liked my denim jeans the old chambray shirt with worn-out seams you said there's nothing you would suppose like all the freckles on my turned up nose you said my black hair shone raven ..."

"darkness wraps around us as we cradle in the night thunder rolls and rain falls while lightning flashes bright sky tears sweep across the blackened face of window panes and sheeted kissing water d..."

"may i come to dance with you? it's true the steps are words and music comes from verse rhythm from a metered line so new please take my hand then listen while we wait as speech will orchestrate..."

"one day Hope went sailing on the sea of Love whispering prayers unfailing to the Captain up above Hope's ship was stout and true sails billowed full of air waters calm and blue the day so bright and ..."

"fluffy gray tabby portioned across sliding books precarious nap the tuxedo cat brought city notions to a patchwork crazy quilt with dark eyes glowing the cat measured the length of her bath with pi..."

"junked not trashed but boated shipped out today setting sail i'm so free time unrelated antiquated threw my watch in the sea life bends itself to the shape of the next wave in sight ..."

"A friend called me this morning, with a story sad, but true... and how often have you heard this, when a good friend calls on you? recalling, she said... The numbers on the clock flash almost tw..."

"each night held magic for him all the years of his married life because of one sweet ritual he'd shared with his dear wife her hair was a cascading curtain black satin in the light the joy of takin..."

"silence no calls e-mails or IM's there's nothing from him icy cold fingers of dread grip tightly chilling last night's warm heart rank tendrils of worry creep into frayed edges of thoughts stop ..."

"with lights turned down to dim glow music plays our song's refrain we hold each other tightly circling dance steps sighing names just outside our window worlds are passing in the night while h..."

"good morning, darlin' time to get up hope you slept well last night hoping also when i held you that i loved you just right we can keep away together winter's knocking at our door your arms give m..."

"diamonds of spring are sunshined dewdrops strung on blades of grass graceful curving reeds bending over water's face shade the summer light autumn leaves falling from the frosty branch of home reve..."

"purple crocus wrapped in green spears it's way through an         ice field's formation against the white snow     cardinal's wings flash red stop for sunflower seeds     frost-bleached winte..."

"philodendron pales from enforced hibernation   kitchen windowsills     in terra cotta         pots aloe yearns for sol's     heated summer kiss   ivies twine and cling   to surfaces just w..."

"true loves path is walked at times with gravel in our shoes loose pebbles that just sit there giving rise to blues we'll limp along drag our feet but seldom stop taking stock of little things that..."

"this bed that once saw slumber witnessed passisve sleeping scenes has become a place of torment sheet shrouded tossing dreams soft pillow where i once rested this blithe untroubled head is crushed b..."

"some lovers have the luxury to share a lifetime's span of years for others life is cut short leaving one who's wreathed in tears most will fall into another picture of the lot ordinary people with a ..."

"my being plummeting through darkness razor-edged crystal shards projecting from the walls of my unknown reality scrape away all vestiges of man from this frame of bone and sinew landing with a thu..."

"my friend i come to you with open eyes heart in hand no great surprise my soul is known reflected i can hear it in your voice singing stories at day's end our lives meet and touch on many pathways..."

"waking this morning sinking back into pillow's cradle crying for womb sheltered silence fractured only by heart beats once more thought marbles clatter loud on waxed floors shattered dream pieces s..."

"good morning love you say it's not i'm listening i hear wishing i could hold you tight in this early morning light damn these miles between us when you need me there you know there's nothing in yo..."

"eternal circling ripples flow with man the pebble in a pond his years keep going 'round and 'round doubling back beyond this tiny pebble dropped by gods or fates or dreams into imagination's cent..."

"a friend places smiles in life's pathway so that I may walk in laughtercomments and critiques welcomed :) Written February 5th, 2002 © on Feb 05 2002 01:28 AM PST   10 • 0"

"morning brings first snowfall still so new and white soft down plucked from sky geese fresh-fallen through the night contented Mother Earth's breasts once chilled by winter's cold clothed now in a ..."

"In my pool of quiet time, the hushed silence of first snowfall magnifies the word 'alone' as I think of you. I'd not thought to see the racing moon revealing scenes of such quiet beauty without your..."

"old dark tangled forest grown so deep and wild gave birth to a fair rose bright changeling child a vine rooted in legend was her own namesake she a wild rambling rose with a dark path to take fair ..."

"There's a little chocolate Devil living underneath my skin, he hides away in daytime... but our souls are so akin. At night when lights are lowered, lovey-dovey's by my side... this devil tempts imag..."

"It is a fact, ladies and gentlemen... that history has been most unkind in it's view of ~sssnakes.  "~Sssnake in the grass", now is that not a spirit of brassss, I ask? Just because one of our ances..."

"It's time to clean the attic, prepare a spring yard sale. such clutter seems to stack up over years, without fail. I've just found a little box belonging to my high school days. So I stop awhile to  ..."

"It's three in the morning and cold out here, but should i go home?  Bad night, rain... Johns staying home, cozying with the wife, watching the kids play. No take except that five for a little hand, ..."

"ruby wine in crystal glasses glowing in the candlelight a lover's assignation taking place deep in the night soft swelling strains Rachmaninoff began to fill our ears as violins intimated *uplifting*..."

"like autumn's leaf on a pond gentle breezes pushed you on past my reach beyond all recall winter's snowflake melts so fast on my tongue it didn't last just a chill where it fell now remains spring's..."

""I didn't think you'd understand" he said, while smiling...I just lied. Relief came through in his voice, my tears stayed locked inside. "You know I love you" he said, as he backed away, and the fun..."

"one day before days had come to be measured all that existed was a mass of seething energy in the cauldron of emptiness The Divine One then dipped His finger into this mixture of chaos tasted the res..."

"wee kitten moments old pushed aside struggling silently still caught in tattered birth sac no breath sounds do i hear mother cat's decision made dare i think then to open heart inviting that one insi..."