Drafted early June 2022. Excerpt I wrote this out right after I had been dating someone a second go at it and as all long distance happen a phone call that ended the relationship. Dating is hard and just seems to get even more complicated as we get older and that’s not even including adding … Continue reading
Muse
changes coming
im not sure what it is about this time of year that I get these burst of energy. I'll lay there in bed tossing and turning trying my damn'ist to fall asleep and when finally when I start going into sleep my mind jolts right back a sound a movement a dream and right back … Continue reading changes coming
January Musings
a little Irish tea tonight I'll pay for it by morn' light add a little extra dancing in the kitchen can't do this again pull my strings down the galley act a stoic 'and could you give a little' Another roadside bar Another empty seat 'Oh but this is the life..I chose Another town Another … Continue reading January Musings
a winter ahead
dec. 28, 2021 the lights still twinkle the snow falls softly and in the dark... I wait for tulips of the spring ….to bloom until then, I'll bury you beneath the snow the wolves close in the howls…. from the distance, to your tent they howl and you stare in the pond reflections staring back … Continue reading a winter ahead
at peace
you may ask why and here I'll say I've been reminded of the ease of conversation- how good it feels for depths of the tete-a-tete the nuance of the dance and there have been verses written for me the lengths of devotions scrolled out on paper slipped under the sheets clinging to dreams and notions … Continue reading at peace
Day Outing to Bald Head Island
Bald Head Island had been on my list right from the start when I had found out about the little island and lighthouse just south of Wilmington, NC. It fascinated me that it is the place that all these uber rich and celebrities go when they are wanting beach vacations in the Carolinas. I also … Continue reading Day Outing to Bald Head Island
Hammocks State Beach
Camping behind sand dunes, sounds of ocean waves, salty skin. Tall beach grass, waves crashing, turning into wakes, card games at night. Starry night sky, black bears lurking about. Knot tying, screws in sounds, breakfast with Elvis. With love, jess
Switch flip I’ve been waiting along time Of wondering eyes across the hall Colliding without touching Somewhere in this expanse Down the galley Down the hall Down the taxi way A switch flip In the unknown You’ll be known Do you feel it now… ……. Searching the abyss Wondering in this fog I once new … Continue reading
September 11th
I'll try not to take too long to write this tonight or to ramble too much. I have to wake up the latest by 4:30 am in the morning and I am currently sitting in bed in my hotel room in F***ing Nebraska. Really Nebraska isn't so bad as long as you are not driving … Continue reading September 11th
maybe whoever he is will write my name in his heart making space there where he thought he had no room for perhaps he will sing a song - one that he'd been humming but could never figure out maybe it won't hurt so when i'm all alone thinking of you nights we drove chasing … Continue reading
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