scorpius odyssey

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  • Flirting Over Coffee

    Over coffee with my best friend Drinking out of a Gigantic funky mug And nibbling cookies and cakes I look at you with Dreamy droopy eyes. Her back to me You look back at me In amusement and wonder Drinking out of a Gigantic funky mug And nibbling cookies and cakes. Our senses tickling each Continue reading

  • Perfect Flaws

    I Am full of flaws And if you can love me With all my flaws Why! Then You are just perfect for me! Continue reading

  • Click Of A Mouse

    Your face is a fantastical mystery And your voice enticingly seductive Carries m away from here To the land of fantasies. There seems to be a parallel world That I long to fuse together But the run away train keeps running away Leaving the tracks apart. All of a sudden the train stops And my Continue reading

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  • In Perplex Wonder (1998)

    Shallow rivers of tearsDrying out the sorrows of the heartMuteness is the only way to speakShattering glass the sound ofThe life wanting to be lived. Fragmented years that haveLoops that trapsStruggling for airCovered in the silence of all theSerenity that is no more. The path shines luringThe body into the unknownSpirit hovering awayOut of sight Continue reading

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  • Healer (1998)

    My bones drumbeat Calling on the healer Stirring in my body Ancient knowledge of many Taking roots in my wisdom. I listen to the drums beating The Serenity Prayer In the pits of my being. The healer takes notice Unknown to the wisdom Forgotten knowledge stored away I see in the reflection Somehow I understand Continue reading

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  • the creative journey

    Final Draft. My novel “The Senator” has morphed into a screenplay. Interesting how the creative writing has a life of its own. People ask me all the time: when are you going to publish? I say, no rush. I am in no rush through life. There is just death at the end of it all Continue reading

  • Body Bag – Self Expression Series (2002)

    She left the house on a cloudy day With shades on her pretty face Last night I heard her cry next door And he said but babe we took a vow For better or for worse I really did not mean to hurt you It is just that my worse is when I am drunk. Continue reading

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  • Beltway – (Inside the Beltway Series) – 4.19.2011

    Stuck clock on the wall, Wondering, pondering If there is anything past the last call. Brick wall on the building, Standing, meandering When there was time that moved. Stoic building across the beltway Glowering, towering Where there was my back yard. Circular beltway tightening neck Choking, suffocating Blown away by all things flushed. Going in Continue reading

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  • Son of Appalachia (8.3.2011)

    Father, I am a son of Appalachia just like you I know that I am not the perfect son that lived But my promise to you is true as the righteous son Assuming his place and role that you have defined for me Just like the fathers of Appalachia have done for their sons My Continue reading

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  • on a scorpius odyssey!

    Yes!  I have decided to embark on another scorpuis odyssey while on vacation on the fine beaches of North Myrtle and Charleston – two of my favorite beach bum vacation spots.  The odyssey may turn out to be a second draft of one of my novels or play that is begging to jump off the Continue reading