I taste the air of times past
as she walks and I ride
toward the tar covered trail
lined of birch and pine.
A distant hum echoes
softly in the breeze….
Poetry by River Maria Urke
Beneath the numbness a tingling comes and goes announcing life and death pain and loss in a world blinded by difference and run by fear the everyday is flavored a mundane mix of denial another moment gone another kiss missed 1000 steps behind my yesterday’s lover tempted by temptations wrung through blades of glass today…
A midst the troubles of loss and the hell’s of pain I gained the art of crafting a path for my stumbled steps unlocking the woman I am to face the disease I’ve ignored. I began by molding mistakes into steps and lessons learned into stones building blocks I laid outside my back door. Forming…
I remember my hands touching the ground for a sideways second as my feet flew above landing with my arms raised to the sky. I remember the wind rushing through my hair as I dashed between trees bare feet on rich dirt. I remember those times long past before my body went mad and forgot…