• Haze

    It feels like I am going crazy  When everything becomes hazy  I want to be called a mother  And give a life to your brother  Maybe I should, instead, plant a daisy 

  • Know

    No one needs to know  Anything about the show  He had already made up his mind  And could pretend to be kind  By learning how to go with the flow 

  • Coyote

    Loud music blaring  Sounds like coyotes howling  Bluebirds sing softly 

  • Baking

    After the pie exploded  He realized the instructions were coded  By not reading directions  He missed the obvious connections  Not knowing the boss was loaded 

  • Wind and Trees

    The wind and the trees didn’t bother me when the sun was still out.  Back when I thought I was still brave.  Now I was beginning to wonder if I had ever been brave.  I had never been afraid of the dark until this very moment, but here I was.  Alone.  Outside.  Terrified.  I wanted…

  • Finest Hour

    “Yesterday was not my finest hour,” Greg said into the microphone.  As I listened to his new recording, I started to wonder what he was going to do next.  Would he confess his sins or just the ones for he which he had been caught?  I knew I shouldn’t be listening to his confession, but…

  • Starlight

    Bright shimmering stars  Leading me away from him  And back to myself 

  • My Community

    “I knew my community would pull together when I really needed them.  They knew what I needed before I even knew.”  I stared out the window to the ocean and wondered what I could have done differently.  I needed to decide what I was going to do, but also longed for someone to tell me…

  • Explorer

    He always thought himself an explorer  When really he as a very loud snorer  He needed to sit and decompress  To get better at chess  Then he could become an adorer 

  • Lies

    Muddied mystery  Hiding truths.  Facts.  Denials.  Leaving me behind.