“evil minions of the grey and cold rule
within my hideout of emotional numbing
absorbing the season’s warmth and kindness”

“I’m / Easily / Absorbed / Into the dark…”

“…opening a door and your mind
to skies of calming and natural prisms
diffusing wilder colors…”

Photo Courtesy of Jessica Taylor Crystal

A Love Poem for Diane

“your digital virtual reality appears as real
or your living reality dissolves into ethers of the virtual…”

“climate change means a far longer march…”

“tonight—my smudged ochre sun
fell from his perch of smoky despair…”