Metaphor Good Morning Poems

I Rise
I open the windows of my humble adobe
I breathe in the mountain air
I make a pot of coffee
Then read the News...

Recession, inflation 
Homeless, addiction...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The scream was enough for neighbors to hear , 
The hairs on her arm didn't stand up 
Blood dripped slower and slower warm getting hot...

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The Fever Spreads

I am slipping. 
Not slowly but faster than expected. 
I wanted it to go better. 
I made a plan and have a goal....

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People grow up,
     people transform...
     Thoughts diversify,
     acquire novel wills,
   ...

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Santa Hits The Snooze Button
(For Christmas Cheer contest)

Santa woke up feeling fruity
The Mrs was spark out
He grinned cos in a minute
His Rudolph clock would shout

Whinny,...

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Nightingale Insomnia

The leaves are quite tonight
the winds have gone to lazy rest;
the moon steals a peak—
disinterested, reclines away
leaving the dark humid night lingering
and sleep becoming...

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At first the sun's fingers
Poke up just a bit,
Seeming to find the ocean's ledge,
They grab a hold of it.

With radiant arms extended,
It raises itself higher,
Then...

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arising on a poetic morning...

as the sharp rays
of sunlight 
meticulously sliced
through lingering clouds
to sculpt away the web of darkness
of night
i broke off a piece of...

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