twisted

this twisted trail

is also mine

night owl

busy

banana peels

evening sun busy

with fruit flies

bones

lightning strike

the thunder

in my bones

woodsmoke

woodsmoke

laughter floats

downriver

quiet

pine forest

august heat

is so quiet

road

mountain road the one that goes to the milky way

time

summer time

the length of

tree shadows

alarm

fire alarm

i grab

my heartbeat

cicadas

storm warning

the air heavy

with cicadas

day

tidal chart

day comes and goes

with the birds

patches

old

mug

one

patch

too

many

tea

drops

island

rain scent

an island of clouds

floats downriver

gravity

hydrocephalus the gravity of water

trash

picking up trash

so much riverbank

for a snake

language

quiet sounds

darkness teaches me

the language

extreme

extreme heat

the balcony belongs

to the spider

passion

passion flowers

not just for you,

butterfly

until

a frog

on a lily pad

until the egret

river

walking with me

the dark river has

a soft blue voice

rising

clouds shine on a summer night death count rising

moon

                    midnight

      after the storm

smells of moon

dream

in my dream

the wilderness sounds

snow white

secrets

as many secrets as one can keep pond shadows

scones

morning sun

kneading poppy seeds

into scones

quiet

under my bed the quiet of his purr july fourth

time

the time it takes

a flower to bloom

a butterfly

goldenrod

through wild fern

a raccoon trail turns

to goldenrod

neighbors

when neighbors

become family

pandemic

night

through the trees

night follows me

to the river

morning after

the morning after a trail of wine red sun drops