Month: October 2018

A hundred thousand years—what will they find? After lapping hungry at our feet the creeping seas rise, and then retreat. Will humankind be fossil over time? What traces from the life of our tribe-- like ancient middens buried in sandstone with hidden bits of pottery and bone-- what part of modern man survives the tides?… Continue reading After the Climate Changes →

There's the smile we recognize-- but as we're greeting him we see exhaustion in his eyes where hope is stretched thin, the transformation to a man who doesn't fill his skin. They're gone, he convinces us— all the lung tumors. New at believing wellness isn't just a rumor— his eyes beg us, like a child… Continue reading The Ghost of Cancer Past →

Let us wander through the wood, entwine our hands forever— hearts as weightless as a breeze, a path that wanders endlessly, and gathers us together. Our future broad as sky, and brilliant as a moonlit dream, and time is but the whispered sound of aspen leaves that flutter down, the murmur of a stream. And… Continue reading Love Song →