Secret Touch

Secret sensations.
Thoughts evoking,
Secret temptations.


Shadowed memory,
of a heated smile.
Thought made sensory.


Distance crosses tectonic-plates,
Yet minds meet instantly.
This, the way of the fates.


Together but Apart.
Life's continued touch.
That little secret in the dark.

Painting with Poetry

The grandest of Art
is painted on the page
colors formed by black and white.

It begins with gobs of words
Each one a stroke of genius
Meant to make greatness

The First layer laid
is unremarkable
to the onlooking eye

Base outline drawn
Perhaps a river in the distance
A snow covered peak

Then an artist adds the
highlights, low tones
Adjectives and Similes

Painting pretty pictures
Like Michelangelo, Who
Used colors that touched Adam to God

Writers write a painted glory.
Each passing word a Piece
that makes the Master whole

Close Moments

Love from a distance
Love from afar
No one knows how painful
the close moments are


Knowing they will
last only moments in time
Each second granted
something divine

No one can know
what their empty place means
Even their presence
has a sadness it brings

The knowledge of knowing
it will quickly end
Makes the shadow of kisses
a fair-weather friend

Love from a distance
Love from afar
No one knows how painful
the close moments are