Painted Sky

Sunset falling

night time nears

light is petering out.

Clouds are glowing

multi-cloured

peace and quiet 

begins.

Perfect

and 

imperfect,

a painted sky.

Dragonfly Memories

I sit in the warm fall sun

 and watch the

dragonflies.

Their lives ending in 

a flash of 

red and blue;

a spectacular finale.

Lighting upon the rocks

 around me,

I wait for the perfect moment

to get closer with

my camera;

to get the perfect shot.

One lightly lands,

and its delicacy amazes me.

I lean in and quietly 

capture that moment.

I blink,

and the dragonfly flies off,

leaving me with a picture

and a memory.

• this photo was taken at the Brickworks, an amazing nature preserve
• it was in October, and all the dragonflies made an awesome sight 

The Person On the Street

Insanity is

slowly taking

over

your

m

     i

          n

               d

Spinning out of control,

lost in a

frenzy of

thoughts and voices.

How can I

help?

It makes me feel hopeless 

just to watch you here

slowly leaving this world.

What can 

I 

do?

Drop you

a coin in the

ragged coffee cup,

and hope for your 

health and safety.

Winter

Snow and ice reminds

us of the upcoming times 

of joy, 

the cold 

and pureness of the 

new season.

Holidays,

celebration

and snow,

just a blink of the eye 

in eternity. 

Small Thoughts

I was thinking about
the way my life works.
Big things and small thoughts,
small things and big thoughts. 
Exploration of the greatest kind.

People and Technology

No matter where you                                                Staring intently,

walk these s t r e e t s,                                                      texting,
you'll see                                                                 surfing the web,
person                                              talking loudly in a one sided conversation,
after                                                                          social networking,
person                                                                       and emailing;
have their cellphones                                         so involved with the small, 
or                                                                technological world they know
laptops out.                                                         that they forget about the 
                                                                                         wonders 
                                                                                             and 
                                                                                           people 
                                                                                          outside
                                                                                    of the box that

                                                                           technology has made.