Hard Paths

The hardest path is sometimes the shortestTruth to be told or a falsehood to concealHeavy heart and conscience plaguedIn either … More

Identity

“Is that true?” they ask, when they want to knowAbout poems I’ve dreamt off somewhere to catchWords snatched at “a … More

End of Session

None of our tough questions get answeredHard heads and tight lips and red facesHiding truths under armor cracks of brief … More

Some daily affirmation

I swearIs what I needIn truth I doTo be that kind of personOnce I decide to doI will ahead and … More

Unquieting Quiet

Quiet melodyA gentle mind daydreamingImagines pleasant lives picturedCut into silent stone definedChiseled shapes of unheard soundMolded solid that the waking … More

Patronus

Not that I think you are terrible for itKeeping secrets and telling fibsIs nowhere near the ballpark of evil I’m … More

Redemption

Into our heavy shame wedges truth,sharp, an accusing guilt that can move usnowhere, cannot carry us back in timeto change … More

A Hallmark Moment

My friend calls to tell me a co-worker,rushed to Queen’s Hospital the night before,had undergone an emergency quadruple-bypass. The others … More

At the Movies

Follow the yellow brick road with me. Seethe cornstalks, their long sheathed greencobs, how they snap to attention in front … More

Broken Trust

Many years have passed, and I still can’t get the image out of my head,all the broken glass I swept … More

Selective Hearing

I can’t hear youYou say when you choose not to acknowledgeWhat someone has saidYou lie Over Zoom, FacetimeFake a bad … More

So I Notice My Electricity Bill Went Up

Two months ago, a pair of Hawaiian Electric workerscame to my house to install a state-of-the-art meterwith all the bells … More

How Cold I Am

At this point I believe we should let what seems, just be, everything unquestioned and accepting anything completely. Let’s move … More