I think I’ve known him all my life

I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More

It’s All Downhill

I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i.  I shiver, … More

Carousel of Time

The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More

Books as old friends

I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my … More

Cold Comfort

He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip … More

My corn grows high

in five large black plastic pots on my lānai,watering, and fertilized with care,I am satisfied, bearthe slight tremorin my hands … More

November Song

I look back on them all long and longfor what I might have had in my mind’s eyesee red skirts … More

Time Lesson 9: How to Cut It

I sliced the back of my neck the other day.Not huge, but not small either. Lots of blood.I was pissed. … More

Time Lesson 7: Stop the Clock

Benevolent Time sat cross-legged on the mantle smiling,saying she’d push it over, her index finger often fakingflicking it, when, to … More

Time: Lesson 6 (Picture It)

It’s a storm brewing a good distance away, hit or pass me questions,perfectness of June moons, the chaos of a … More

Time: Lesson #5 (September Song)

RememberSummerCountryRockDiscoPop78Era / AndRecordsCassettesCDsMP3sWaiterPlease * * * * * Aloha #WriterFriday. Today’s #WritingPrompt is music Use it to inspire a piece … More

Hiking Lessons

I am hiking up Pālolo Valley with my friend Olav.  We’ve brought along way more than enough beer to fuel … More

Time: Lesson #4

See here, this is her jigsaw puzzle, given to me early on, that from the firstI can remember, I began … More

Time: Lesson #2

You must be right-handed. I blush, turn my head and give her a sideways glance. Oh no, not that.  I … More

Retirement

It’s possible I may live longer than my parents did.Desperation for more time should affect me with less intensitymaybe, given … More

The Walk of Life

Passing, I looked inside, saw that family, remembered,their stony group staring at those white china plates,no one speaking a word, … More

Siren Song This Way

I often hear it pierce through everythingthat bouncing glitter of your voiceagainst the pane of slumping glasssee the black clouds … More

Seeing Nearer

I see when I have finally walked almost to the endof this said old oak forest, and I am going, … More

Future No Future

I’m no spring chicken, as my dad used to say.What if this is what life will be like until the … More

Secret Friends

I picked up the phone and pretended to haveconversations with you, imitating my parentsthe way kids do.  But you never seemed … More