Tag Archive: poetry


I once was…

I once was a writer who wrote out of spite,
Converting the few free minutes
of long workweeks
into words.
That didn’t last.

I once was a writer who relied on a muse.
The words poured freely but rarely.
Rarer yet…
Then never.

And now I sit down
for a thousand
daily
words.
Time and again.
Habit and perseverance.

Will you?..

Will you be there for me at the end,

When the shadows devour the sun,

When there’s no one to hold my hand,

When the many become the one?

When old rivalries fade away,

When we move past the hope and grief,

When there’s nothing more left to say,

Will you be there, or will you…

The 27th state

Florida,
The frontier of fun,
Where the fluffiest clouds,
Like fairy tale refugees,
Fill up the sky.