Beloved Grandmother

A mother’s name drifts away the windslipping through my fingers in the breeze,impossible to catch and hold oneven as I grasp onto the strings.I cry out, oh it’s so loud,the wailing around me and in my head.a brother can’t catch his breath,I tell him, take one in, and then release.But I can’t seem to catch […]

A Song for Love

I’ve written a song of grief, words from the heart of death.Wrote lyrics for endless sorrow and a heart breaking every breath.I’ve written with ink dipped in darkness even with its call for blood.But I have never written a song for my love. So pure a force, how could it harm?The comfort with peace like […]