white moths
escorting the sun
over the mountains
sunrise holds her breath
till she turns blue
in the face
the crack
in the sidewalk
where you stood
when I said the thing
I shouldn't have said
how the rain
lets go
of every drop
after the rain
blades of grass
glistening
eyes to the sky
wondering a million things
shades of blue
stare back with answers
I don't understand
white balloon
lost to the sky...
day moon
parking lot
I toss a flock of pigeons
into the sky
the sparks
from last night's meteor...
dandelions
the songs
I could never write...
windchimes
broken thunderhead
the sound of glass tinkling
on the sidewalk
song sparrow
who never feels sorry
for herself
(trying to teach me
how to sing)
sparrows
rain-dancing
in a pool of dust
thunderstorm
rescues me
from the silence
watching you paint
in the garden
the colors of a robin
in a stripe
across your nose
crow touches the moon
after the sun goes down
to start the crickets
gravel road at night
you and I walking
on moon rocks
old duffle bag
under the bed
where my dad
used to put the moon
in the morning
the night
I put my daughter
on my shoulders
so she could touch
the stars
I follow
the tracks of a jackrabbit
until
it turns into
a coyote
shining through the pines
Little Bear
crosses the road
the first crickets shining
as the stars
sing me home
moon
half for you
half for me
I imagine
what she would have
smelled like
if I had only waited
and she had bloomed
dead firefly
on my windowsill
I make a wish...
coal black sky
a billion diamonds
I could have given you
the beautiful
short flight
of rose petals
the graves
of all my troubles
marked with wildflowers
blackbird
piece of rainbow
stuck in his wing
the poem
the sparrows laid at my feet
word by word
lonely dirt road
footprints
of the moon
"this is the most
I've loved"
said the bird
(as the wind held him and said
"this is the most I've hurt")
scattered in the desert
the wreckage
of the old moon
where I left my worries
in the water
under the bridge
new moon
(just me and you,
stars)
June bugs
still
dreaming
I turn up the happiness
as loud
as it will go
love
this beautiful high wind
that lifts me up
and tears me
to shreds
daylight
waiting for crickets
under invisible stars
when these chimes were silent
you were the one
who untangled me
tiny green bud
where she planted
sunrise
when I only had
a few seconds
you were
all the time
in the world