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NYE

The straight lines of reality

Are rarely black and white.

 

Behind the beauty

Of the strings of life

Is a foggy present

That is too beautiful to let wander

Without recognition.

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New Years EveDCKennedy CenterGeorgetown

NYE

The straight lines of reality

Are rarely black and white.

 

Behind the beauty

Of the strings of life

Is a foggy present

That is too beautiful to let wander

Without recognition.

Read and leave comments (0)

New Years EveDCJefferson MemorialGeorgetown

Crossroads - my National Poetry Day piece

I feel like I'm at a crossroads,

a path I do not know.

The future's looking complex as a vortex

as I continue to grow.

 

Do I wait in frantic futility

brazenly biting my lip and learning humility?

 

I see you stuck in Stockholm

waiting for the day that you finally come home.

 

Destined for greatness

yet thwarted by gravity and quicksand

...

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