“and they will aid us in arduous steps

if we take some time

to get to know them by name…”

“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…”