Stabbed
I thought it was a gift behind your back. It was a knife for mine.
You broke the ground we both stood on, yet you wonder why you also fell.
For All Eternity~
seated on a swing, two buddies make a promise to have each other’s back.
hazel eyes
your hazel eyes
get me sunburnt
but i like the way you shine on me
A steelheads journey
Between freshwater pebbles, they nestled. Until the unique migration towards sea, called them to change.
Dementia
Heart breaking, I asked grandfather if he still knew me. He smiled with empty eyes.
Ghost
Staring in the mirror,
Sunken eyes, hollow smile.
Gazing ahead,
Only a ghost looks back.
Daddy
Daddy lived, loved, laughed and cried while drinking gin from the bottle until he died.
Buzzards are above, ants are below, she hovers somewhere in the middle, uneaten and clean.
Innocence, Asleep
Pinewood cradle,
satin-lined,
where
innocence
lay.
Carnation
scented chapel;
“Rest
In
Peace”,
her funeral spray.