A Noise Above the Crows

Golden Dream Bird

Golden Dream Bird

Spread your wings

bird of gold

fly to your own heaven.

Away from the

grit and greed

of this artificial

reality; this house

of broken dreams.

. . .before your feathers

are ruined in the rain

of false hope; your

regal posture bowed

by the drudgery of the

slave master called career

Fly high into the unknown and unknowable

world of god.

. . .so you can bring the

dreams of mortals to

the maker of this world.

Hand slips to slap
   the snooze
Cold
invades my warm space
under the blanket
   Stayed up too late--again
It feels good
  No obligations
My teeth
  don't need to feel the bruising brush right now
My clothes?
   not TOO dirty
The remote
   under my pillow
Not hungry enough
   yet
Mail
   just bills and junk
besides
   the world
is dangerous,
anyway
Now what was I dreaming

Ah, to catch a dream. . .

Mrs. Brown

Mrs. Brown

Hello, Mrs. Brown; old, friend

You warm my heart with your

Comfortable, soft embrace.

You Comfort me with your simple charm.

You hold my hands; hid from the world,

protect my neck from Jack’s frigid bite.

Your mate; that hood, long-lost

to the laundry lady‘s careless toss.

October though May; ten times now

You wiped away my tears; of both joy and pain;

You brought me through

triumph, tragedy, love and hate.

I must now retire you; true friend

Your frayed ends and pockets that do not hold

I have a new coat

Bigger, shinier and bold.

The Ticket Agent

The Ticket Agent

How safe

from the world

I feel

myself

tucked up under this hat

hid behind these sunglasses

Headphones offer my ears

a bubble of music

from the babies

crying

the drunk

ranting

the indigent

ranting

but

the ticket agent

invades

sees all

knows all

My soul.

Last Turn

(logline)

Aaron Gates, once a NASCAR champ to be, has a final chance to be a hero when he enters a car race in a last ditch effort to get money to save his ailing girlfriend. One bad turn could end his life.

Mirror of My Mind

(logline)

Serena McGinnis believes her troubled and tragic past was buried along with her stepmother Darla. An unexpected visitor threatens to shatter her fragile psyche and undo the facade of sanity.