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6+ Legs

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"It's a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess." ~ Hopper ("A Bug's Life", Pixar) ...

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I Am Darkness

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I Am Darkness Where were you last night? In bed, no doubt, or somewhere similar. Perhaps couch, chair, mat or earth cradled your weary head in dreamy, gentle hand. Brushed by breezes of slumber melodious, your eyelids drooped, wavered, and at last closed. But did you sleep? Ah,...

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Raindrops ~ Short-story

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Raindrops in puddles and puddles in seas; Gales are winds, and the wind is a breeze; Raindrops and teardrops are sweet and sour; Seeds and sprouts and buds that flower; Letters makes words and words make stories Stories are lives and lives are histories. Sizes, shapes and times...

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No Compromise

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No Compromise To choose between two human ills, Beneath the influence of wills That could care less who evil kills, Choose with no compromise. To speak a word in favor of The right to joy and joy of love For humankind, by action prove: Speak with no compromise....

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The Key

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The Key Beside the gilded mantle-clock There lies a key without a lock, A lonely, useless key. Yet never could the key that is Be worse than its stark opposite: A lock without a key. Between the prisoner and free There stands a door without a key, A...

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Remember?

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Remember? Remember that hero you used to believe in? Remember that person you put all your faith in? Remember that someone your trust was anchored in? Where is that hero now? Remember that vision you used to give all for? Remember that dream you cut all your fun...

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I Rise

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I Rise This heart-enflaming liberty That bears me up to fantasy; My wingéd feet Are bright and fleet I rise on airs of ecstasy. My way up is never-ending Freely float like colors blending Neath painter’s brush So soft and lush I rise and fly from all pretending....

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But A Rose

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But A Rose White is the rose - a whispering pallor Hints there of cream and ivory color, Gilds the edges of this snowy flower And yet ‘tis but a rose. Gold is the rose – a glittering shimmer Glances there starry as Orion’s quiver Decks the rich...

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From Sea to Sea

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From Sea to Sea Though she drank the Sea, yet would she thirst. Between endless sky and boundless waters she lay, rolling with the swell on her raft of salt-crusted wood. Eyes closed and breathing slow, she tried to will her body into cooling down. High above, the...

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Ehhh . . . Who?

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Tried to draw a friend; Looks nothing like her; So . . . Who is this? What do you think her name is? ...

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A Risky Business

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LoTR Risk-Pieces Photographed at Close-up (set-up done by my little brother) (lighting done by my little sister) ...

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Without Love

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Without Love Though I give until I’m empty; Though I strive for all I’m worth; Though I heal the wounded gently; Though I rise and save the earth. Though I make a crown of glory; Though I win the final race; Though I tell the greatest story; Though...

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In Jesus' Name

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In Jesus’ Name “In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen,” The little child whispered again. Her “Bless my Daddy, Mommy, cat,” Were said – she knew that that was that. “Dear Father, God,” would take good care Of all she loved. The monster’s lair Beneath her bed did not...

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