Before I forget.

I make a wider orbit
Not to feel my hurt


Others burn so close
accustom to the nearness
feel the loss daily, hourly, minutely.

And eternally.  Missing moments
Moments that should have been shared
Moments that continue stories

That book.
The one you were in
It stopped writing here
And we don't know how to go on.

It stopped writing here

Empty pages dotted with tears

Sequels primed.

Epic in the widest orbit.

The Little Life

Happy little life
free of politics
free of family strife
happy little life.

That only works because it rhymes.

On the Way

What is the soul
and does it change
when it is freed?

Is there a lightness
inside
clamouring to shine?
arms ready to reach
wanting to comfort
knowing finally
how to teach peace,
but suddenly caught
in the moment of knowing
One moment away
and having to wait
-but not really minding?
A destination
worth a lifetime of journey

and resolved

we are on our way.

The Dragon

I am the dragon - and duly slain
but wary you should be, for my teeth are firmly planted
and shall see the will of me.