leapingbackwards

Toward  the

western sky,

dreams of 

roads still

left to travel.

sides 2007

 For Jeanne Mae - Memories Not Quite Done

bright yellow hope

seeps in uninvited

sides 2006

On the Road to  St. Louis

Breathing the same nightime sky

I somersault through the stars

drawn to the vibration of the moonlit highway

and the sound of a long ago voice that is

so beautiful I want to cry.

Relaxed in the passenger seat of that big rig

I watch you morph from the boy I remember

to the full grown man that you are now

all the while wondering how you see me

and hoping you don't think I'm crazy.

Too soon the time comes to leave the night 

as earthly obligations demand my attention.

Even so, I marvel at the power of this road

to connect over thirty years of distance

until there is none.

sides 2006

Karen and Frank - Young Love

Bound Up Rising To 

 I was caught by a tremendous fish

who bound me up