The house is quiet. I sort the laundry wash the dishes change the linens organize the closets prepare the food make a list and try, try try try not to think. But here I am. Thinking. * Last night I had a dream. Someone died in my dream. Someone close enough to me that I … Continue reading The Day I Die
Flames
The flames are dancing again. They sway softly, reaching up just enough to reveal blues and greens before settling down into the rhythm of orange fused with a yellow-white, burning my eyes as I stare. There is a sudden leap in my heart as one little flame tries to escape and jumps off its wick … Continue reading Flames
Never Can Say Goodbye
Why is it that every single time I have to leave you, even just for a short while, I feel an ache that paralyzes me and turns my heart cold? Why is it that I cannot bear to be away from you? What power do you possess that can chain me down and make me … Continue reading Never Can Say Goodbye
Eighteen
Lines form on my face and hands lines form from the ups and downs I'm in the middle without any plans I'm a boy and I'm a man I'm eighteen and I don't know what I want eighteen I just don't know what I want eighteen I gotta get away I gotta get out of … Continue reading Eighteen
This Is ISRAEL
I am listening to the radio.  A woman is on.  She is talking about life.  About gratitude.  About unity. She is saying how we are all family.  She is reiterating the need to act as one nation.  To help one another.  To reach out to one another.  To connect with kindness. She is interrupted. AZ'AKA (alarm) … Continue reading This Is ISRAEL
Colloquially Speaking 