Log Jam

Days flow down and away river jammed packed with logs groaning together on the raging waters from head of the flume to the gated and closed bottom groaning under pent up pressure as if influenced by their own desire to be free of the muddy slippery banks and confines from shore to distant shore to sail alone, with time […]

Forbidden Thread

A loose thread hanging free from a hem with a tiny persistently begging little voice digging into the ear like water torture “Pull me, pull me, please set me free!” Becomes an unscratchable growing itch just below neck between shoulder   blades the Midwest on the map of the back

The Struggles of Memory

Thoughts drip down and away into a river jammed with memories like logs packed together and raging from top of open mind to the closed bottom groaning under pressure and their own desire to be free of the banks and confines of the mind to sail alone, peacefully, one at a time like a swimmer […]