My Heart Chose You

  My Love for you lingers

like the scent of the rose

But how can this be when
you have not been close
enough for my arms to
embrace . . .
Or my lips to kiss?

How can one miss
the lover one has
never known? Read more

I Listen To The Silence

Darkness about me

In the somnolent silence
The silence has substance
As thick as can be

silence about me    
as loud as a scream
In a nightmarish dream
It can terrify me Read more

It lies in all of us

Passion.

It lies in all of us. Sleeping… waiting… and though unwanted,

unbidden, it will stir… open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us… guides us.

Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Read more